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“for a fantastic， extraordinary and excellent winter olympics”

Chinese President Xi Jinping inspects the preparations for the Beijing 2022 olympic and Paralympic winter Games on January 4， 2022， and visits the National speed skating oval. Xi lauds it as a good example of lowcarbon operation and multi-purpose utilization which has followed the“green， inclusive， open and clean” approach.

olympic Decorations adorn Beijing

Xidan， one of the most well-known commercial streets in Beijing， is now adorned with Beijing 2022 featured decorations. On the northwest corner of the main Xidan intersection， adorable Winter Gamesthemed flowerbeds create an Olympic environment which attracts visitors on January 14， 2022.

sculptures of two mascots

Sculptures of the Beijing 2022s mascots Bing Dwen Dwen， an ice panda， and Shuey Rhon Rhon， a Chinese lantern child， are displayed at the west end of the New Shougang Bridge on January 14， 2022， in Beijing. Standing on the bridge， visitors can get a birds eye view of Shougang Industrial Park， once the location of Chinas steel industry giant but now a site of the Beijing 2022 Winter Games.

aerial Night View of the？“ice Cube”

The National Aquatics Center， widely known as the “Water Cube，” once the swimming venue for the 2008 Summer Olympics， has been transformed into an “Ice Cube” to be a venue for curling events during the Winter Olympics， thus making it a model of sustainable utilization of Olympic venues.

olympic Village ready for Beijing 2022

The Zhangjiakou Winter Olympic Village， made up of 10 groups of 31 buildings， starts its closedloop management on January 13， 2022 and enters into the Games operation mode.