[Explanation] At present, the countdown to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. As one of the venues for the Beijing Winter Olympics, Chongli District, Zhangjiakou City, not only has abundant ice and snow resources, but also has ice and snow venues with comprehensive supporting facilities, attracting tourists from all over the country every year. Come here to experience ice and snow sports.
Recently, the reporter saw in a local ski resort that many ski enthusiasts are showing off their skills on the piste and enjoying ice and snow sports.
[Concurrent] Skier Huang Zongqin
I have been skiing for 6 years, and in the past 6 years I have also seen that the small county town of Chongli (district) has gradually become different now. There are also many ski resorts here. (With Beijing 2022) Winter Olympics bidding With success, snow friends are getting more and more information about skiing through various channels, so everyone’s skills are completely different from those five years ago.
[Concurrent] Tourist Ms. Zhang
I didn't dare to (slip) at first, but after I tried it, it was really cool. I have no regrets in my life.
I have played wherever I have been.
[Explanation] According to the ski resort staff, benefiting from the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, Chongli District uses snow as a medium to develop ice and snow sports and promote the renovation and upgrading of ski resort operators.
In recent years, a number of ice and snow events have been held in the local area, attracting many tourists and ski enthusiasts, and also bringing economic benefits to the ski resort.
[Concurrent] Li Yongtai, Executive Vice President of Taiwu Ski Town, Chongli District, Hebei Province
Now it has formed a reception capacity for nearly a year, basically 1 million people, and now all (skiing) practitioners from all over the country have also poured in, including many partners, and all kinds of activities have also come in. All have come in, and this is also due to the improvement of the entire (Beijing 2022) Winter Olympics.
[Explanation] Then the reporter went to another ski resort. The person in charge here introduced to the reporter that this ski resort was put into use in 2003. At that time, it received less than 10,000 tourists in a snow season. With the successful bid for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Since then, the number of ski enthusiasts who come here has doubled, and the number of skiing practitioners has also increased a lot.
[Concurrent] Luo Li, Chairman of Wanlong Ski Resort, Chongli District, Hebei Province
When (time) was the biggest change? When (tourists) surged in 2015, we (Zhangjiakou) jointly bid for the successful Winter Olympics in Beijing. Then (through) media propaganda, let more people know What is skiing? We in Beijing and Zhangjiakou have successfully bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics. During the 2015-2016 snow season, the number of people skyrocketed. That year we received more than 200,000 people. At that time, in 2003, A snow season can (receive) several thousand people.
[Concurrent] Zhang Luwei, the ski instructor of Wanlong Ski Resort, Chongli District, Hebei Province
(Now) The students we teach are more from all over the world, and some even come from abroad. More tourists make our coaches more and more. Once our coaches were like sixty or seventy, seventy or eighty. Over the years, we have kept it at around 300 per year.
[Explanation] The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics will create opportunities for the development of ice and snow sports in Zhangjiakou City.
Up to now, Zhangjiakou City has built 9 ski resorts, with 177 high, middle and primary ski trails with a total length of 164 kilometers, 70 ropeways and magic carpets, 45 kilometers.
In addition, the local area has actively carried out various competitions to popularize popular ice and snow sports.
At the end of the 2020-2021 snow season, 285 ice and snow events will be hosted and held, and the cumulative number of participants in ice and snow sports has exceeded 5 million.
Chen Shiyu reports from Zhangjiakou, Hebei
Editor in charge: [Lu Yan]