The Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics will be held from March 4 to 13.

On February 21, the Chinese sports delegation was established in Beijing. This is the fifth time that my country has organized a delegation to participate in the Winter Paralympics.

The delegation is headed by Zhang Haidi, chairman of the China Disabled Persons' Federation, Zhou Changkui, secretary of the party group and chairman of the board, as deputy head (executive), and vice-chairmen Wang Meimei and Zhang Wei as deputy heads.

　　The total number of the delegation is 217, including 96 athletes (including 68 male athletes and 28 female athletes), and 121 coaches, staff, competition assistants and medical security personnel.

　　The athletes come from 12 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, including 7 ethnic groups including Han, Manchu, Wa, Dai, Dong, Yi, and Miao.

The average age of the athletes is 25 years old, the oldest is 45-year-old alpine skier Zhang Haiyuan, and the youngest is 17-year-old snowboarder Geng Yanhong.

　　In the delegation, 85 athletes participated in the Winter Paralympics for the first time, accounting for 88.5%.

The delegation will compete in all six major events and 73 sub-events of wheelchair curling, Paralympic ice hockey, Paralympic alpine skiing, Paralympic snowboarding, Paralympic cross-country skiing and biathlon.

Compared with the 2014 Sochi Winter Paralympic Games before the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games was successfully bid, the number of major events has increased from 2 to 6, and the number of minor events has increased from 6 to 73.

This is the one with the largest delegation, the largest number of athletes, and the most complete participating items since my country participated in the Paralympic Winter Games.

　　my country's Winter Paralympics started relatively late.

The goal of the delegation is: to show the world the spirit of Chinese disabled people's continuous self-improvement in the new era, to showcase the development achievements of my country's Winter Paralympic Games, to strive for good results, and to win glory for the country.

　　(Headquarters CCTV reporter Gao Lei and Han Wenyang)