Opinion | Beijing 2022 will be the safe and unifying Olympic moment the world needs
- Over the past six years, China has followed a green, inclusive, open and clean pathway to ensure the best preparations for the Winter Olympics
- With the challenges facing the world today, the Olympic spirit of solidarity matters more than ever. Countries politicising sport risk sullying this spirit
A successful Beijing 2022 is China’s solemn commitment to the international community. In his New Year Address, President Xi Jinping declared that China will spare no effort to present a great Games to the world.
And China delivers. Over the past six years, we have followed a green, inclusive, open and clean pathway to ensure the best preparations for the Winter Olympics.
China welcomes friends from all over the world and hopes to, through the gathering, shore up unity and friendship in the global family.
Beijing 2022 will be a green Games. A multifaceted approach has been taken to reduce the Games’ environmental impact. We are translating our vision of sustainability into action and making the Winter Olympics carbon-neutral, the first of its kind in history, by building low-carbon and eco-friendly sports venues. All venues will be run on 100 per cent green energy with an ice-making technology that produces zero emissions.
This will cut standard coal consumption by 128,000 tons and carbon dioxide emissions by 320,000 tons by the end of the Winter Paralympics.
