Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 7 (reporter Yan Sicong) during the panel deliberation of the Beijing delegation at the second session of the 13th National People’s Congress on the 6th, representatives of the National People’s Congress, deputy mayor of Beijing, zhang Jiandong, executive vice chairman of Beijing Winter Olympic organizing committee, said that the weather forecast for Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympic Games would reach “100 meters” and “minutes”.
Zhang Jiandong introduced that 70% of the gold medals in the Winter Olympics and the Winter Paralympic Games will be produced in snow venues. However, due to the great skiing events of influence of meteorological condition, the meteorological forecast system is particularly important. Taking Yanqing competition area as an example, the starting point of alpine skiing project is about 2200 meters above sea level. The wind speed is very fast, and the changing meteorological conditions will directly affect the competition results.
“This is a big test for the weather forecast.” He said that at present, the weather forecast team of the National Meteorological Administration is conducting drills and tests according to the requirements of the International Olympic Committee, requiring the forecast to be “100 meters” and “minutes”, that is, the forecast is accurate to “every 10 minutes, every 100 meters” data. It is understood that the National Meteorological Department began to prepare very early and built several meteorological monitoring points, including radar weather stations, in Zhangjiakou and Yanqing regions to ensure that the requirements were met.
In terms of event preparation, Zhang Jiandong said that last year, the annual task of venues and infrastructure construction for the 2022 Winter Olympics and the Winter Paralympic Games in Beijing had been basically completed, and the event organization, the service work of the competition is also being comprehensively promoted, and the popularity of ice and snow sports is accelerating. This year, we will continue to accelerate the construction of venues and infrastructure, further promote the organization and service guarantee of the events, and prepare for a series of test events.
He said that this year will usher in a one-thousand-day countdown to the Beijing Winter Olympics and the Winter Paralympic Games, and various test competitions will also be carried out one after another. “The test competition will examine the facilities, staffing, organization and service guarantee of the competition venues. The earliest test competition will be Yanqing’s Alpine Skiing World Cup.”