(In the past ten years in China) China's "300 million people participating in ice and snow", why did the world marvel at it?
China News Agency, Beijing, February 23rd: China's "300 million people participating in ice and snow", why does the world marvel?
China News Agency reporter Xing Chong
The Beijing Winter Olympics have just come to an end. The Chinese sports delegation has won 9 golds, 4 silvers, 2 bronzes and 15 medals, setting its best record in a single Winter Olympics and ranking among the top three in the gold medal list for the first time.
On February 20, the closing ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics was held at the National Stadium "Bird's Nest".
Photo by China News Agency reporter Mao Jianjun
On the field, Chinese ice and snow athletes achieved historic results, and the participation of people outside the field in ice and snow also attracted admiration from the world.
Speaking at the closing ceremony, IOC President Bach called it "a truly unparalleled Winter Olympics".
Not only because of the "great success of Chinese ice and snow athletes", but also because of China's "300 million participation in ice and snow", which also "established the positive impact of the Winter Olympics".
"To make sports serve the harmonious development of mankind" is the unswerving pursuit of the Olympic Movement.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, national fitness has been elevated to an unprecedented level.
"300 million people participating in ice and snow sports" has changed from a vision to a reality, which is a concrete epitome of the people-centered sports development idea.
At the beginning of the bid, China will host a Winter Olympics in the grand blueprint of sports development. It must break the competitive pattern of "strong summer and weak winter" and "strong ice and weak snow", and also use this as an opportunity to promote the leap of mass sports. developing.
In the past few years, China's ice and snow territory has been expanding in the "south expansion, west expansion and eastward expansion", and "difficult to get out of Shanhaiguan" has been permanently sealed as history.
Data map: Ski lovers enjoy ice and snow sports.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhai Yujia
When the Olympic ice, snow and fire came to China for the first time, the Chinese people's sports concepts and methods were newly enriched.
As of the beginning of last year, there were 654 standard ice rinks across the country, an increase of 317% over 2015; there were 803 indoor and outdoor ski resorts of various types, an increase of 41% over 2015.
No matter where the world is, whether the four seasons change, people can enjoy the joy of ice and snow sports.
Many enthusiasts say that ice and snow sports make people "go up" because they have discovered a new experience that enriches their lives.
Statistics show that as of October last year, the number of people participating in ice and snow sports in China reached 346 million.
During the Winter Olympics, Bach mentioned this figure many times, saying that it opened a new era that will greatly change the world's winter sports landscape.
He repeatedly stressed that such a vision can only be realized in China.
When sports began to integrate with economic, social, cultural, diplomatic and other fields, more complex functions were activated, and the connotation and extension of sports had never been so rich.
What the world admires is not only that the vision of "300 million people participating in ice and snow" has become a reality in China, but also that the value of sports serving people is best presented here.
In the past ten years, making people have a stronger body has become the meaning of satisfying the people's better life.
From 2012 when "widely developing national fitness campaign" was written into the report of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, to 2014, when national fitness became a national strategy, and then to the first mass competition in the National Games in 2017, the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China clearly stated that "extensive fitness activities" With the goal of carrying out national fitness activities and accelerating the construction of a strong sports country, heavy measures have been released one after another. People have found that there is a "15-minute fitness circle" around them. Public sports facilities, including Olympic venues, are open for free, and sports have been quietly integrated into the Chinese people. in healthy living.
In the past decade, Chinese competitive sports have shown strong strength in the international arena.
In 2018, he topped the gold medal list for the tenth consecutive time at the Asian Games in Jakarta; last year, he overcame the challenge of the epidemic and won 38 gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics, tying the best result in overseas competitions; now, he has set a record at the Beijing Winter Olympics. record.
Medals and moments of passion, Chinese athletes vividly interpret the Chinese sports spirit with a more confident and three-dimensional diversified image, giving sports a deeper meaning.
On February 18, Chinese team player Gu Ailing was presenting the souvenirs.
On the same day, the freestyle skiing women's U-shaped field skills final of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics was held at Zhangjiakou Yunding Ski Park.
Chinese team player Gu Ailing won the gold medal in this event.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhai Yujia
In the past ten years, competitive sports and public participation have had a positive interaction. People cheered for the Chinese athletes in the Olympic arena, and participated in the sports.
The new generation represented by Gu Ailing, Su Yiming and Gao Tingyu reached the top of the Winter Olympics, which has become a strong proof that China's ice and snow cross-border and cross-project recruit talents and the development of winter projects is getting wider and wider.
The spirit of the women's volleyball team on the field, the glory of national table tennis, the legend of ice and snow, etc., touched, inspired and nourished the growth of generations of Chinese people, and expanded the base and added thickness to the comprehensive and balanced development of sports.
The Beijing Winter Olympics have come to an end, and "300 million people participating in ice and snow" is regarded as the "most important heritage achievement".
In China's journey to become a sports power, the Beijing Winter Olympics has become an important historical coordinate. In the future, the progress of sports will continue to lead the healthy development of the whole people.
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