Original title: The strong voice of the era of “Together to the Future” – Beijing Winter Olympics has won wide international acclaim
On February 4, the Year of the Tiger, Renyin, is the beginning of spring, when everything grows and everything is renewed.
From the Temple of Hera to the Great Wall, from Mount Olympia to Mount Everest, from the “Three Questions of the Olympic Games” a hundred years ago to the “City of Double Olympics” today. On this day, the fire from the Peloponnese peninsula in Greece once again lit up the Olympic lights in Beijing. Amid global attention, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced the opening of the 24th Winter Olympics in Beijing. Under the banner of the Five Rings, athletes from all over the world are inspired by the Olympic motto of “faster, higher, stronger – more united”, showing the beauty of ice and snow sports and pursuing excellence and glory.
During the 16 days, nearly 3,000 athletes from 91 countries and regions competed on the same field, and some countries sent delegations to attend the Winter Olympics for the first time. As the first global comprehensive sports event to be held as scheduled since the outbreak of COVID-19, the Beijing Winter Olympics once again demonstrated China’s action.
The joy and friendship brought by ice and snow sports are shared by people all over the world. The world has witnessed China’s progress from a sports power to a sports power, and the wider space China has opened up for the development of global ice and snow sports. The solidarity, cooperation and hope demonstrated by the Beijing Winter Olympics conveyed to the world the voice of the times of “together to the future”, and injected more confidence and strength into the turbulent and changing world.
The Winter Olympics Covenant, Witnessing China’s Commitment
General Secretary Xi Jinping has always been concerned about the work related to the Beijing Winter Olympics and the Winter Paralympics. He has personally planned and promoted it, and has given important instructions on many occasions, constantly injecting strong ideas and action into the success of the Beijing Winter Olympics. Under the leadership of General Secretary Xi Jinping, the preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympics have been progressing smoothly and fruitful, and the blueprint for the 2022 Winter Olympics has gradually become a reality——
“In China, ice and snow sports do not enter Shanhaiguan. If ice and snow sports can be promoted within the customs, it is expected to attract 200 to 300 million people to participate, thereby igniting the torch of Chinese ice and snow sports.” In 2014, President Xi Jinping’s trip to Sochi and the International Olympic Committee Bach, the chairman of the conference, talked deeply and eloquently expressed China’s Winter Olympics dream.
“Beijing’s successful acquisition of the right to host the 2022 Winter Olympics will be conducive to the mutual promotion of China’s sports and social and economic development and the development of the world Olympic movement, and will help promote exchanges and mutual learning between Chinese civilization and civilizations of other countries in the world, and give the Chinese people the opportunity to once again contribute to the Olympic Games. It contributes to the development of sports and the dissemination of the Olympic spirit.” In August 2015, shortly after the successful bid for the Beijing Winter Olympics, President Xi Jinping said when he met Prince Ahmed, President of the International Olympic Association and President of the Olympic Council of Asia.
In November 2015, General Secretary Xi Jinping made important instructions to insist on green, shared, open, and clean Olympics, emphasizing the promotion of the Olympic spirit, strengthening sports exchanges between China and foreign countries, promoting the integration of Eastern and Western civilizations, and showing a good image of China.
“It is necessary to enhance the sense of mission and responsibility, conscientiously implement the development concept of innovation, coordination, green, openness and sharing, adhere to the green, shared, open, and clean Olympics, and complete all preparation tasks with high standards and high quality. , to make the Beijing Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympic Games a wonderful, extraordinary and outstanding Olympic event, and hand in a satisfactory answer to the people of the motherland and the international community.” In March 2016, General Secretary Xi Jinping listened to the preparations. Emphasize when reporting.
“When hosting the Winter Olympics in China, we must keep our word and our actions must be resolute. And we will hurry up sooner rather than later. As soon as I return to China after my meeting with you this time, I will go to Zhangjiakou to see the snow field there.” In 2017, When meeting with Bach at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, President Xi Jinping once again expressed China’s sincerity and determination to host the Winter Olympics.
“Every step has been taken steadily, and now it is the stage of sprinting. I see that everyone’s work is still in full swing, and we will work harder and harder.” One month countdown to the opening, General Secretary Xi Jinping’s fifth field trip In the preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympics, he emphasized firm confidence and persistent efforts to do a good job in all the preparatory work to ensure the complete success of the Beijing Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics.
Bach praised: “In terms of promoting the Olympic movement, President Xi Jinping is a well-deserved champion.”
The “Winter Olympics Covenant” issued by President Xi Jinping on behalf of China has attracted a large number of respondents.
About 170 official representatives from nearly 70 countries, regions and international organizations gathered in Beijing, including more than 30 heads of state, government, speakers, important royal family members and heads of international organizations.
At the beginning of the new year, China’s Winter Olympics diplomacy is efficient and pragmatic——
On the fifth day of the first lunar month, in the Golden Hall of the Great Hall of the People, President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan hosted a banquet to welcome international dignitaries who attended the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
For 3 consecutive days, more than 20 foreign affairs activities were held intensively. President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin had their first “offline” meeting in more than two years, jointly announcing the official launch of the China-Russia Sports Exchange Year; Polish President Duda made a special trip to China to implement the agreement made more than five years ago. The chairman sighed with emotion, “We are the acquaintances of gentlemen who are faithful and righteous”…
At the beginning of the new year, China’s Winter Olympics diplomacy is cordial and vivid——
When meeting with Prince Albert II, the head of state of Monaco who has participated in the Winter Olympics five times as an athlete, President Xi Jinping specially expressed that he presented a pair of Beijing Winter Olympics mascots “Bing Dun Dun”; when meeting with Argentine President Fernandez, the two sides The discussion adhered to the people-centered development philosophy, while also emphasizing the further strengthening of bilateral relations on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Afghanistan. During his visit to China, President Fernandez made a special trip to the Chinese Communist Party History Exhibition Hall and became the first foreign head of state to visit the Party History Exhibition Hall… President Xi Jinping showed his friends from five continents the hospitality of China, the hospitality of China and other countries Friendship and understanding deepened further.
At the beginning of the new year, China’s Winter Olympics diplomacy has won wide acclaim——
Bach and UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed that respecting the rules, respecting each other, and uniting the world through peaceful and healthy competition is the mission of the Olympic Movement and should also be the goal of all countries in the world. The world today is facing many challenges, which calls for more unity and cooperation. It is hoped that the international community will take the Beijing Winter Olympics as an opportunity to transcend differences, move towards the future, and jointly build a better tomorrow;
Hungarian President Adel hopes that this passionate sports event will make people forget the hardships of the new crown pneumonia epidemic;
Peruvian President Castillo regarded the careful preparation of the Beijing Winter Olympics as “China’s practical action to promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind”;
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Many international dignitaries have said that the Beijing Winter Olympics will help demonstrate the resilience, solidarity and pursuit of happiness of mankind, and is a vivid embodiment of the Olympic motto of “more unity”.
Covenant of the times, feel the innovation and development of China
“The Chinese people are looking forward to and waiting for this opportunity. I believe that if you choose Beijing, the Chinese people will be able to dedicate a wonderful, extraordinary and outstanding Winter Olympics to the world in Beijing!”
General Secretary Xi Jinping leads the way to the Winter Olympics, and the concept of green, shared, open and clean Olympics has turned into beautiful and vivid pictures of ice and snow. Every step of the Beijing Winter Olympics closely follows the pulse of the development of the new era, and invites the world to share the promise of the times with the promise of China:
Adhere to ecological priority, resource conservation, and environmental friendliness, and lay the foundation for a beautiful China for the Winter Olympics; insist on joint participation, joint efforts, and common enjoyment, so that the Winter Olympics will have a good social effect; insist on facing the world, the future, and modernization. The Winter Olympics have become a booster for opening to the outside world; they are diligent and thrifty, put an end to corruption, improve efficiency, and insist on zero tolerance for doping issues, so as to make the Winter Olympics as pure and flawless as ice and snow.
The world sees that this is a green and low-carbon Olympic event——
All newly built and renovated venues and facilities meet the green building standards, and for the first time in the history of the Olympic Games, all venues have been fully covered by green electricity; the carbon emissions of the “Ice Ribbon” are approaching zero; ; From the beginning of preparations, the event needs of all venues and post-competition utilization have been fully considered; among the transportation service vehicles for the event, energy-saving and clean energy vehicles accounted for 85.8% of all vehicles, the highest in the previous Winter Olympics…
In the Shougang Park, which has been “transformed” from the abandoned industrial park, Bach has a long-term view: “It realizes the perfect integration of competition venues, industrial heritage reuse, and urban renewal.” “When it comes to sustainable development, you only need to look here. one look.”
The world sees that this is an innovative and intelligent Olympic event——
“Ice Ribbon” creates high-quality ice surface, and “Fastest Ice” justifies its name with its strength. Dutch athlete Kai Nuys won the championship with an Olympic record-breaking result, saying that “running 60 kilometers per hour feels great here, and all our athletes can do their best here.”
The world‘s first high-speed rail 5G ultra-high-definition studio was set up on the Beijing-Zhangjiakou High-speed Railway Winter Olympics train. The Russian journalist Matveyev praised that this is a studio galloping at a speed of 350 kilometers per hour, which can meet all the reporting needs.
The smart restaurant took the lead in “popularizing” in the reports of various media. Cooking and delivery are fully automated, and food service is available 24 hours a day. Czech national TV reporter Thomas Budak bluntly said that the whole process was “like watching a science fiction movie”…
The world sees that this is an open and cooperative Olympic Games——
Gather the wisdom of all parties, gather the strength of all walks of life, and rejuvenate the benefits of the world. 57 specially-appointed experts selected from 18 countries and regions around the world joined the Beijing Winter Olympics preparation team; young people from various countries enthusiastically signed up to participate in the selection of volunteers for the Winter Olympics, welcoming visitors from five continents; a number of the world‘s top sports companies participated in ice and snow sports in Zhangjiakou High-tech Zone, China The equipment industrial park has been put into operation, and more than 300 million Chinese people have participated in ice and snow sports, stimulating the unlimited potential of the global ice and snow industry, and making sports and economic and social development dance gracefully.
Laszlo, a Hungarian expert, went all the way with Beijing’s “Double Olympics” process. Working and living in China for 16 years, he used the word “open” to interpret the rapid development of China’s economy and society; Latvian sleigh sled racing expert Kotans participated in the design of “Snow Dragon”. Seeing children playing in the snow field in Yanqing, he lamented that “the development of ice and snow sports in China is full of vitality and hope”.
“History will be engraved with this stroke, and the world will have a new understanding of China’s path.” Behind the successful Beijing Winter Olympics is China’s unremitting efforts to respond to the demands of the times, as well as China’s historic achievements and historic changes in the new era. The concentrated expression is a great practice of the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind.
The Beijing Winter Olympics once again proved that a China that is constantly developing and progressing through opening up has always been a strong engine for the common development of the world and the backbone of the progress of human civilization.
A contract for the future, hand in hand towards a better tomorrow
Since ancient times, the Olympic Movement has carried mankind’s beautiful pursuit of peace, unity and progress. From “One World, One Dream” in 2008 to “Towards the Future Together” in 2022, China has actively participated in the Olympic Movement, persistently carried forward the Olympic spirit, and is a firm pursuer and activist of the Olympic ideal.
At present, the new crown pneumonia epidemic is still raging, and global problems such as climate change and terrorism are emerging one after another. China argues that the international community should be “more united”. China implements the purpose of the Olympic Movement and continues to promote the cause of human progress. It is an activist group that unremittingly promotes global solidarity and cooperation and promotes the international community’s “together toward the future”.
President Xi Jinping pointed out: “The countries of the world share a better future with more than 190 small boats rather than on one big boat, so we put forward the Beijing Winter Olympics slogan ‘Together to the future’.” “Faced with various Urgent global challenges, strengthen solidarity and cooperation, and jointly ride on the ‘Noah’s Ark’ of the new era, mankind will have a better tomorrow.”
Christopher Dolby, executive director of the IOC Olympics Department, firmly believes that this event will show how the world can overcome difficulties and become stronger together.
A total of 109 gold medals were decided at the Beijing Winter Olympics, which is the Winter Olympics with the most items and gold medals, creating opportunities for more ice and snow athletes to realize their dreams. On the field, the masters compete on the same stage, and off the field, the athletes interact warmly——
In the competition of Japanese figure skating star Yuzuru Hanyu, he bravely challenged the Axel quadruple jump, the most difficult action in the world, and tried his best to overcome and surpass himself. Because of practicing the Olympic spirit, he is loved by many audiences.
American curling player Christopher Price posted on social media the Olympic commemorative badges presented by Chinese players, lamenting that “although the Chinese team members and I do not speak the same language, we smile and greet each other with boxing every time we meet.”
The 46-year-old Brazilian Jacqueline Moran participated in the two Olympic Games held in Beijing as a mountain biker and a cross-country skier respectively, becoming a legend in the history of Olympic sports.
The “single national team” sent by the Gulf country Saudi Arabia and the Caribbean island country Haiti completed the “first show” of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, opening a new chapter in the ice and snow sports of these countries.
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Outside the arena, the stories of the Beijing Winter Olympics are strung with the dreams of countless ordinary people——
In Africa, local children learned about “what snow looks like” and “how to play in the snow” through cartoons themed on the Beijing Winter Olympics; in Brazil, ballet companies from slums based on the Beijing Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics The theme slogan promotes the song “Together to the Future”, choreographed and created dances, conveying the beautiful vision of the Pakistani Communist Party to welcome the Winter Olympics and create the future together with passionate dance gestures; A photo with the Beijing Winter Olympics mascot was posted on social media to express their love for the “space panda”; in Hungary, children painted the Winter Olympics auspicious with brushes in bright colors, combined with extraordinary imagination and creativity and their favorite sports, express their yearning and support for the Olympic Movement…
Guterres said that the COVID-19 epidemic is still raging in the world today, extreme emotions are rampant, and geopolitical tensions are intensifying. The international community urgently needs to carry forward the Olympic spirit that symbolizes unity. The Olympic and Paralympic Games send an important message to the world – a message of peace, but also a message of mutual respect among all cultures, all civilizations and all races.
Shaheed, President of the 76th UN General Assembly, stressed that sports are a platform for dialogue and diplomacy, reconciliation and revival, cooperation and collaboration. The Beijing Winter Olympics are an important opportunity to transcend geopolitics and promote global solidarity, peace and human creativity.
“The sportsmanship and strength delivered by China transcend the differences between countries and bring us closer together.” Greek Olympic Committee President Kapralos thinks so.
At the closing ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Olympic flag was solemnly handed over from Beijing to Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo. The Olympic spirit is continuing to be passed down, and the Olympic story is endless and ever-lasting.
The world will never forget that the Beijing Winter Olympics will bring together “you” and “me” into “we”, build a heart-to-heart bridge to enhance understanding, build consensus and win-win cooperation among peoples of all countries, and compose a song of harmony and friendship. Song.
The world will never forget that when the international situation was turbulent and the haze of the epidemic persisted, a “more united” Winter Olympics responded to the expectation of all mankind to overcome the difficulties together and move forward in unity, and inspired all countries in the world to “work together”. The mighty power of the future”.
The Beijing Winter Olympics have come to an end, and the Paralympic Winter Games are approaching. The international community is opening a new chapter in its great cause of pursuing the common values of peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy and freedom for all mankind. Let us join hands, full of confidence, to the future together! (Yan Huanrong Yi Qu Pei Han Xiaoming)