China News Service, Fuyun, Xinjiang, November 29 (Gou Jipeng) The winter in Altay is covered with snow.
In welcoming the "Winter Breeze" of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, the 15th Xinjiang Winter Tourism Industry Trade Fair (referred to as Xinjiang Winter Expo) opened on the 27th in Fuyun County in the region.
Since 2006, the Xinjiang Winter Expo has been successfully held for 15 sessions.
From being held in one place to participating in all prefectures and cities, from inter-provincial cooperation to participating in Eurasian countries, the Xinjiang Winter Expo has become an important window to showcase Xinjiang’s "Ice and Snow Romance".
During the interview, a reporter from Chinanews.com noticed that Xinjiang is relying on abundant ice and snow resources to develop ice and snow tourism, ice and snow sports, and ice and snow equipment industries, making “cold” resources increasingly “hot”.
Ice and snow tourism "hot"
On the 27th, after the opening ceremony of the 15th Xinjiang Winter Expo, the reporter walked into the Coco Tuohai International Ski Resort in Xinjiang. On the 9-kilometer ski trail, the "post-00" Sichuan guy Wang Qi, and a group of "snows" "Friends" galloped down, and a layer of snow wave arose behind him.
"I came here on October 1st, and I plan to play until the end of April next year. The snow season is long and the snow quality is good. It has the longest machine-pressed snow track in the country, and you can also experience alpine cross-country skiing." Wang Qi Say.
The development of ice and snow tourism in Xinjiang has the advantages of good weather conditions, large terrain drop, and high endowment of ice and snow resources.
At present, there are 58 ski resorts in Xinjiang, which are distributed in various cities and cities, forming the development layout of Urumqi ice and snow tourism distribution center, the northern slope of Tianshan ice and snow tourism belt, and the Altai mountain ice and snow tourism belt.
Xinjiang is relying on abundant ice and snow resources to make winter tourism a breakthrough in the transformation and upgrading of the tourism industry, and ice and snow tourism is becoming "hot".
Ice and snow sports "fast"
On the opening ceremony of the 15th Xinjiang Winter Expo, the reporter met the 16-year-old amateur ice hockey player Tangarke on the outdoor ice rink of the Fuyun County Gymnasium in Altay Prefecture. train.
"I didn't know what ice hockey is before. After joining the ice hockey team, I often participated in training and competitions. My body became stronger and stronger and I also made many friends." Tangalke said that he has joined the ice hockey team 6 Years.
The Altay area is rich in ice and snow resources, and in recent years has focused on the development of ice and snow sports.
In 2014, Fuyun County in the region took the lead in developing ice hockey in Xinjiang.
"At the beginning of the formation of the team, the players did not have uniforms and professional protective gear. In the past few years, the team has gradually gotten on the right track. It has not only professional protective gear and clothes, but also professional competition venues. More than 60 students participated in the training. "Fuyun County Youth Hockey Team coach Zhou Xiaofeng said.
In addition to ice hockey in Fuyun County, Altay City in the region has also become the first city in China to incorporate skiing into the physical education curriculum of primary and secondary schools, driving more students to share the fun of skating and skiing.
Jalken Saiyiti, the first-level inspector of the Xinjiang Sports Bureau, said: "Xinjiang is carrying out the work of'Ice and Snow Sports Entering Campus' to lay the foundation for Xinjiang's ice and snow sports and the ice and snow industry, and open up new sources. There are more than 300 schools with traditional characteristics of sports in the Xinjiang Ice and Snow Project."
As one of the provinces with the most abundant ice and snow resources in China, Xinjiang has a strong mass base for ice and snow sports.
In recent years, the development of mass ice and snow sports has been continuously accelerated to help achieve the goal of "300 million people on ice and snow".
"More" ice and snow equipment industry
The reporter saw various ski suits exhibited by local ice and snow equipment manufacturing companies in Xinjiang at the main venue of the 15th Xinjiang Winter Expo.
"The ski suits produced by our company, from raw materials to quality of craftsmanship, are comparable to some international brand ski suits." Sun Xinping, deputy general manager of Xinjiang Habahe County Yaju Bedwear Co., Ltd., was full of confidence when introducing his own products.
According to reports, the company registered the "Altai Snow Wolf" brand in 2016 to develop products such as ski suits, ski caps, and ski gloves with Xinjiang characteristics. In 2020, sales exceeded 20 million yuan.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the company will also build a 4,600-square-meter intelligent ice and snow equipment production plant, with an annual production capacity of 300,000 sets of ski suits.
In addition, the reporter also saw a lot of fur skis in the exhibition area.
Fur skiing, as the cultural heritage of the Altay region, is also taking advantage of modern industry to radiate "new vitality".
In April 2019, Altay Heilong Ice and Snow Equipment Co., Ltd. settled in Fuhai County Industrial Park, and its snowboards, ice skates, skates and other ice and snow products filled the gap in the local ice and snow equipment manufacturing industry.
“We visited a number of producers to learn more about ancient fur skis making techniques. Based on traditional craftsmanship and advanced manufacturing technology, we deliberately produced this lightweight and easy-to-storage fur skis for tourists to experience.” Altay Heilong Said Shi Yang, general manager of Ice and Snow Equipment Co., Ltd.
Nowadays, with the rapid development of Xinjiang ice and snow tourism and snow sports, more and more companies are optimistic about the Xinjiang ice and snow equipment market and are involved in it. "Made in Xinjiang" is increasingly competing for a place in the ice and snow.
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