Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee: After the games, the venues will be open to the public to serve more disabled people
2022-03-06 19:37:08Source: China News Network
China News Service, Beijing, March 6 (Reporter Chen Hang) Liu Yumin, director of the Planning and Construction Department of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, said at a press conference on the 6th that all venues of the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games have simultaneously considered barrier-free facilities. It will be open to the public after the game, providing services for more disabled people, and driving the improvement of barrier-free facilities construction in Beijing and even China and the development of sports for the disabled.
Liu Yumin said that from the beginning of the preparation, the Beijing Winter Paralympics and the Winter Olympics insisted on simultaneous planning and simultaneous implementation of facilities construction, aiming to provide a high-quality, barrier-free and accessible environment for all participants.
The first is to strictly implement the requirements of the “Accessibility Guidelines for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics”, and achieve one standard for three competition areas. The Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee released the Accessibility Guidelines to the whole society in September 2018. The Guidelines are based on the International Paralympic Games Accessibility Guidelines, combined with the current regulations and standards on accessibility in China, as well as the experience of previous Winter Olympics. It not only pays attention to the barrier-free construction of venues and facilities, but also forms a continuous barrier-free environment from the city to the venue.
Liu Yumin said that the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee has also released the “Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympic Games Accessibility Guidelines Technical Indicators Atlas” to give specific guidance on construction details. All venues and facilities in the three competition areas of the Beijing Winter Olympics strictly implement the above requirements in terms of planning, design, construction and operation, and use unified standards for construction and delivery. During the preparation period, the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee also conducted special inspections on the barrier-free facilities of the venues several times with the host city, rectified the problems found in a timely manner, and at the same time summed up the experience, and strived to achieve perfection in the construction of the facilities.
The second is to build a barrier-free environment for the venues in an all-round way with athletes as the core. The Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee adheres to the concept of running the competition with athletes as the core, and ensures that the facilities and access are barrier-free according to the physical conditions and actual needs of the athletes in the venue. The main entrance is equipped with automatic doors, barrier-free seats, barrier-free elevators, and barrier-free toilets. , Barrier-free showers, barrier-free ramps, elevator prompts for the blind, athlete locker rooms, low-level service desks, barrier-free signs, etc. There are also barrier-free waxing rooms, barrier-free cable car systems, etc. in the snow stadium. Everywhere the athletes go, the slight height difference is eliminated, and anti-skid safety measures are added.
Liu Yumin said that eye-catching, concise and easy-to-understand barrier-free guide signs are set up in the venue to ensure that information is barrier-free. At the anti-doping checkpoints, medical clinics and other locations, large Braille text or voice prompts in both Chinese and English are specially equipped to facilitate the visually impaired athletes to understand related matters.
At the same time, in order to ensure the safety of the Paralympic athletes, the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games has added some safety protection equipment on the basis of the Winter Olympics track, such as crash pads, crash bars, lamp posts and electric lights close to the track. Boxes, wooden fences, etc. are used for safety protection, and special personnel are assigned to conduct regular inspections. At the same time, in order to ensure the normal use and maintenance needs of disabled athletes’ prosthetic limbs, wheelchairs and other auxiliary equipment, a standard wheelchair and prosthetic limb repair room is set up, and a professional technical team is equipped to provide guarantee services to ensure that the services are barrier-free.
The third is to create a humanistic environment with temperature and barriers. The Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee has specially formulated the Beijing Paralympic Games Service Knowledge Handbook, which provides all teams and service support personnel with information on accessibility concepts, accessibility etiquette, communication skills, service skills, Paralympic service points and the characteristics of the main disabled customer groups. Through a series of training and drills, barrier-free facilities and barrier-free services complement each other.
Fourth, pay equal attention to the needs during the game and the utilization after the game, so as to form a sustainable barrier-free heritage. All venues in the three competition areas have simultaneously considered the dual needs of barrier-free facilities during the competition and after the competition, leaving more barrier-free heritage for the venues and the city. The stands, barrier-free seats and barrier-free toilets of the National Aquatics Center have been increased in size accordingly, and will be retained as permanent facilities after the game, and the best seats to watch the game will also be reserved for the disabled.
Liu Yumin said that all venues will be open to the public after the game, providing services for more disabled people, and driving the improvement of barrier-free facilities construction in Beijing and the whole of China and the development of sports for the disabled.
“The Winter Paralympics is short-term, but it is long-term to promote the construction of urban barrier-free environment and the development of the cause of the disabled in China.” Liu Yumin said that he will further build and maintain the corresponding facilities with the spirit of excellence, so as to bring the disabled friends to the disabled. for security and happiness. (over)