On May 10, guests started countdown board. On that day, the 1000-day countdown to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics was held in Beijing Olympic Park. Photo by Ju Huanzong, Xinhua News Agency reporter
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 10 (reporter Wang yongjiye) the 1000-day countdown to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing was held in the south square of Beijing Olympic Park Ling Long Pagoda on the evening of the 10th.
Cai Qi, secretary of Beijing Municipal Party Committee and chairman of Beijing winter and Olympic organizing committee, director of the State General Administration of Sports, executive chairman of Beijing winter and Olympic organizing committee, Chen Jining, mayor of Beijing and executive chairman of Beijing winter and Olympic organizing committee, governor of Hebei province, xu Qin, executive chairman of Beijing Winter Olympic organizing committee, Zhang Haidi, chairman of China Disabled Persons’ Federation and executive chairman of Beijing Winter Olympic organizing committee attended. More than 1,500 people from all walks of life, including IOC officials, diplomatic envoys in China, athletes and volunteer representatives, attended the event.
Chen Jining said in his speech that Beijing, as a “city of double Olympics”, fully implemented the Olympic concept of green, sharing, openness and integrity, and carried out various preparations with high standards and high quality, positive results have been achieved. The construction of venues and infrastructure has been accelerated, the organization of events and the service of events have been solidly promoted, the market development momentum has been good, the publicity and promotion have continued to heat up, and the popularization of ice and snow sports has been accelerated, resulting in the active participation of the masses in ice and snow sports, support the vivid situation of organizing the Winter Olympics. The arrival of the 1000-day countdown to the Beijing Winter Olympics marks a new stage in the preparation for the Winter Olympics.
Yu Zaiqing, vice chairman of the International Olympic Committee and vice chairman of the Beijing Winter Olympic organizing committee, delivered a speech saying that in 2019, the preparatory work for the Winter Olympic Games entered a critical stage. I hope everyone can take an active part in exploring the charm of winter sports and contribute their own strength to Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
During the activity, Zhang Jiandong, vice mayor of Beijing and executive vice chairman of Beijing Winter Olympic organizing committee, released the “Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games and Winter Paralympic Games Voluntary Service Action Plan”. Beijing Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympic Games have set up five volunteer service projects, including early volunteers, test volunteers, Games-time volunteers volunteers, urban volunteers, and volunteer service Heritage transformation. Among them, the Games-time volunteers project will be officially launched in December this year.
At 8 o’clock that night, as the audience shouted 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Cai Qi, Zheng Zhongwen, Chen Jining, Xu Qin, Zhang Haidi, the first vice president of the International Olympic Committee, samaranch, the chairman of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Coordination Committee, and the International Olympic Committee, Literary and Art Circles, athletes, student representatives, together pushed the hand pull rod to light up the countdown device for the Winter Olympics, Ling Long Pagoda the number of 1000 days on the big screen.