Snowmaking machines begin to work at the National Alpine Skiing Center in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China. Snowmaking for alpine skiing events of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games started on Monday and is expected to complete by mid-January in 2022.
Samaranch Jr. highly valued the organizing of Beijing 2022, saying "BOCOG has done a great job organizing the test events. International organizations and athletes had positive feedback on the venues."
Preparatory work for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games has received great attention and support from the international community, ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a daily news conference.
His visit to Athens came just a week after the Olympic flame of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games was handed over to Beijing at Panathenaic Stadium. "Beijing is ready," Wang said. "We are confident of hosting a simple, safe and splendid Winter Olympics."
Chinese researchers have developed two instruments to measure the size of snow particles and to evaluate the hardness of the snow.