Olympics pushes China on track toward winter sports powerhouse as millions hit ice and snow
2022-01-30 10:15:30 source:Global Times
January 29, 2022
With the countdown ticking down to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics coinciding with China's biggest festival, the world's second-largest economy is immersed in hearty anticipation for a robust Year of the Tiger, buoyed by its top leader's winter sports enthusiasm and a national push to build a sporting powerhouse.
The upcoming event, set to make Beijing the first city ever to host both Summer and Winter Olympics, is fueling a winter sports consumption boom, as evidenced by strong data.
More importantly, it's envisioned to propel the country's sporting spectrum - a pivotal exemplification of China's national strength and social civility at large - and muster up courage and commitment across the globe mired in a downturn, according to industry insiders, foreign diplomats and officials ready for a pandemic-resilient and global gloom-defying grand gathering of the year.
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