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Has China hosted the Winter Olympics?

Until the 23rd Winter Olympics, it was never held in China.

But in 2022, the 24th Winter Olympic Games will be held in China.

2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games

2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games The 24th Winter Olympic Games will be jointly held in People's Republic of China (PRC), Beijing and Zhangjiakou from February 4 to February 20, 2022.

This is the first time in the history of China to host the Winter Olympics. Beijing and Zhangjiakou are both host cities, and it is also the third Olympic Games held in China after Beijing Olympic Games and Nanjing Youth Olympic Games.

The 23rd Winter Olympic Games closed in Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium on the evening of February 25th, 20 18. Chen Jining, Mayor of Beijing took over the Olympic flag, marking the entry of the Winter Olympics into the "Beijing cycle".

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Olympic bid process:

1, 20 13 1 1.3, the Chinese Olympic Committee formally wrote to the International Olympic Committee to nominate Beijing as the bid city for the 2022 Winter Olympics.

2.20 14, 1 June, with the approval of the State Council, the bid committee for the 2022 Winter Olympics was established.

3.20 14 On March14, the International Olympic Committee announced that five cities, namely, Beijing-Zhangjiakou in China, Krakow in Poland, Oslo in Norway, Lviv in Ukraine and Almaty in Kazakhstan, formally bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics.

4.2065438+On May 26th, 2004, the mayor of Krakow, Poland announced that Krakow would withdraw from the bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics. In the public vote last Sunday, nearly 70% of the voters expressed their opposition to the bid.

5.20 14 On June 30th, due to the domestic political turmoil, Lviv of Ukraine announced its withdrawal from the bidding.

6.2065438+On July 7, 2004, the International Olympic Committee announced in Lausanne, Switzerland that it had completed the primary selection of the bid cities for the 2022 Winter Olympics, and three candidate cities were selected according to the rules: Beijing, China, Oslo, Norway and Almaty, Kazakhstan.

7.20141010 On 2 October, Oslo had to announce its abandonment of its bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics because the Norwegian government voted to refuse to provide financial support. The only candidate cities are Beijing and Almaty.

20 15, 1 In August, 2008, the Beijing Winter Olympics Bid Committee and the Almaty Winter Olympics Bid Committee submitted the bid report for the 2022 Winter Olympics to the International Olympic Committee.

9, 2065438+July 3, 20051Sunday 17: 57, the128th plenary session of the International Olympic Committee was held in Kuala Lumpur, and the host city of the 2022 Winter Olympics was selected by voting. After 85 members of the International Olympic Committee voted, Beijing defeated its rival Almaty 44-40 and won the right to host the 24th Winter Olympic Games in 2022.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia -2022 Beijing Winter Olympics