Greeting the beginning of the 139th session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the president indicated that organizing the event allowed the Asian giant to involve 300 million inhabitants in snow and ice sports, promote regional progress, ecological conservation and green solutions for problems of everyday life.
As he assured, the process also made it possible to open spaces for the global development of winter disciplines and thanked the IOC for its support as the country prepared for Beijing 2022.
Xi added that by moving from the One World, One Dream theme at the 2008 Games to Together for a Shared Future at the 2022 Games, China actively participated and illustrated its commitment to keeping the spirit alive in the Olympic movement.
Finally, he highlighted the work of the IOC to promote solidarity and cooperation through sport even in times as convulsive as those of today’s world.
The Chinese president offered his speech by videoconference to welcome the 139th session of the IOC, in which the president of the entity, Thomas Bach, the Beijing 2022 Organizing Committee and other leaders linked to the event will present work reports.
That meeting will also review the final report on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, will be on pause from February 4 to 18, and then will resume the debates on the 19th for the renewal of the members of the international organization.
In addition, the executive board of that body analyzed on Tuesday and Wednesday behind closed doors the final preparations for the contest, the experiences of the athletes since their arrival in this capital and the mechanisms designed to guarantee a doping-free contest, among other issues.
Although the mixed curling competitions began yesterday, Beijing 2022 will be officially inaugurated tomorrow and will make this city the only one on the planet to host both variants of the event under the five rings, after hosting the summer version of 2008.
The Olympic chapter will take place from February 4 to 20, while the Paralympic will be from March 4 to 13.
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