Beijing has ramped up efforts to ensure city services operate smoothly during the Winter Games, officials said at a news conference at the Main Media Center on Saturday.
China's Ren Ziwei won the men's 1,000-meter short track speed skating final at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics on Monday night, earning the host country its second gold medal of the Games.
The Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games will be the start of a new era for winter sports worldwide with over 300 million Chinese taking up winter sports, said International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach on Thursday, as he opened the 139th IOC Session in the Chinese capital on the eve of the Opening Ceremony.
China claimed its first gold at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games in the 2,000m mixed team relay of short track speed skating here on Saturday.
Top legislator Li Zhanshu on Saturday held talks with the Republic of Korea (ROK) National Assembly Speaker Park Byeong-seug, who leads a delegation to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.
Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games scheduled on Feb 4, at the National Stadium.
China's fulfillment of its pledge to engage 300 million people in winter sports was praised by Bach, who described it as an "unprecedented, great achievement," and said it will become an important legacy of Beijing 2022 for the Chinese people and for the Olympic Movement.