Beijing 2022: Olympic Games aims "to engage 300 million Chinese people in winter sports"

Access to winter sports for 300 million Chinese and the creation of jobs and infrastructure are key elements of the "Legacy Report" presented by the Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Games organisers on 23/06/2021.

"A record 224 million Chinese people participated during the 2018-19 winter season, exceeding 200 million (197 million in 2017-18) for the first time in history," according to the Chinese Academy of Tourism. Reaching 300 million would represent an increase of 34%. This would mean that 21.2% of the total population (1.41 billion Chinese people in 2020) would have access to winter sports.

Investment in the winter sports industry reached about ¥610bn (€78bn as of 31/12/2019) between 2018 and 2019. 40 new ice and snow sports facilities and nearly 1,000 ice rinks have been built in 100 Chinese cities. A total of 876 ice sports venues and 644 snow sports venues were commissioned in 2019 in China, said the Beijing 2022 report, "produced by Beijing 2022 in cooperation with Beijing Sport University."

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