Source: Beijing Daily
Original title: The construction of 39 venues in the three major competition areas of the Beijing Winter Olympics went smoothly. 15 test activities will be held from October this year
On July 31, Beijing celebrated the sixth anniversary of its successful bid for the Winter Olympics. It was learned from the press conference on the construction of venues for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics held on July 30 that, as of now, the permanent facilities of 12 competition venues in the three major competition areas have basically been completed, and the national stadium will undertake the opening and closing ceremonies. “Bird’s Nest” will be completed in October 2021. Starting from October 2021, the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee will successively organize 15 test activities.
The permanent facilities of 12 competition venues in 3 competition areas are basically completed
The construction of venues for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics began in 2016. “After more than 5 years of construction and hard work, the venue construction work is progressing smoothly.” Liu Yumin, director of the Planning and Construction Department of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, introduced that 39 venues were used in the three competition areas of Beijing, Yanqing and Zhangjiakou during the game. Up to now, the permanent facilities of 12 competition venues have been basically completed, and the non-competition venues including Beijing Winter Olympic Village (Winter Paralympic Village), Yanqing Winter Olympic Village (Winter Paralympic Village) and Zhangjiakou Winter Olympic Village (Winter Paralympic Village) are permanent. The facilities have been completed. The second phase of the National Convention Center and the Zhangjiakou Mountain Broadcasting Center are undergoing internal decoration by the Olympic Broadcasting Company.
Yu Dequan, deputy director of the Municipal Major Project Office, introduced that the Beijing and Yanqing Winter Olympics project organized and constructed by Beijing Municipality, 8 competition venues, have been fully completed by the end of 2020, and all ice and snow production has been completed. All-round testing and inspection activities. Of the 9 non-competitive venues, 8 have been completed. The remaining National Stadium “Bird’s Nest” has now fully entered the construction and transformation phase of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics, and is scheduled to be completed in October 2021.
According to Liu Haifeng, a member of the Party Group of Zhangjiakou Municipal Government and deputy director of the Municipal Winter Olympics Office, there are 9 venues in the Zhangjiakou competition area, and 4 competition venues including the National Ski Jumping Center and the National Cross-Country Ski Center have been completed by the end of 2020. Among the five non-competitive venues, the Zhangjiakou Winter Olympics will complete the construction task in June 2021. The equipment and facilities are being optimized and improved as required by the Winter Olympics Organizing Committee to ensure that they are put into use as soon as possible. The four venues of the Mountain News Center, Mountain Broadcasting Center, Award Plaza, Uniform and Registration Sub-centers are also being constructed as scheduled.
In addition to the venues, a batch of temporary facilities will be constructed to welcome the Beijing Winter Olympics. “Temporary facilities are mainly built before the event, and removed after the event, including seats, fences, security checks, epidemic prevention, technical systems, etc. On the whole, they are characterized by many points, wide coverage, and short construction time. We insist on not being able to borrow. Rent, rent, not buy.” Yu Dequan revealed that the temporary construction has basically completed the planning and design work and entered the implementation stage. The construction of all temporary facilities will be completed before the end of the year.
Environmental refrigeration in ice stadiums
What are the characteristics of the construction of the Beijing Winter Olympics venues? Liu Yumin introduced that the first is to make the most of the 2008 Olympic heritage. The 14 Olympic heritages include 10 venues including the “Water Cube” and 4 land heritages including the National Speed Skating Stadium.
Secondly, the ice stadiums use environmentally-friendly advanced refrigeration technology, 8 ice stadiums and 10 ice surfaces. The National Speed Skating Hall, Wukesong Ice Hockey Training Hall, Capital Gymnasium, and First Short Track Speed Skating Training Hall also use a carbon dioxide transcritical direct cooling system. The snow stadium inherits the concept of natural mountains and forests and reduces disturbance to the environment.
In addition, all buildings meet the green building standards. Among them, the newly built indoor venues all meet the three-star standard for green buildings, and the existing indoor venues can also meet the two-star standard for green buildings through energy-saving renovation. All venues use green energy. Through the construction of the world’s first 500 kV Zhangbei flexible DC grid project, the Beijing Winter Olympics innovatively introduced the abundant green and clean electricity in the Zhangbei area into Beijing, not only making the Beijing Winter Olympics the first 100% use in the history of the Olympics The Winter Olympics of green and clean energy also realized “lighting up the lights of Beijing with Zhangbei’s wind”. With the commissioning of this project at the end of 2020, green electricity such as photovoltaics and wind power from Zhangjiakou have entered every household in Beijing.
The post-match utilization plan also runs through the stadium construction. Yu Dequan revealed that the venues in Beijing and Yanqing will be open to the public after the game, which will greatly improve the conditions for public participation in ice and snow sports and provide hardware and technical support for 300 million people on ice and snow. For example, the National Aquatics Center “Water Cube” has turned into an “Ice Cube” with the advent of winter, and Wukesong Stadium has realized a 6-hour ice hockey and basketball court conversion. The Yanqing competition area opened part of the relatively flat track of the National Alpine Ski Center after the game, and built a number of public ski trails. After the game, Yanqing Winter Olympic Village will become a reception hotel and open to the public.
“One museum, one policy” epidemic prevention plan will be formulated
“This year we will complete part of the finishing work of the second phase of the National Stadium and the National Convention Center. At the same time, in conjunction with the epidemic prevention and control policy, we will fine-tune and improve the venue facilities. The delivery of all temporary facilities will also be completed before the end of the year.” Liu Yumin revealed, learn from Based on the Tokyo experience and Beijing’s prevention and control policies, the Beijing Winter Olympics will formulate a “one hall, one policy” epidemic prevention plan. At the same time, increase temporary facilities, such as isolation channels, temporary toilets, isolation wall, temporary isolation points, etc., to ensure the safety of personnel.
From October 8th to December 31st, the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee will organize a total of 15 test activities including 10 international competitions, 3 international training weeks, and 2 domestic test activities. (Ren Shan Wu Dong)
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