Has our country ever hosted the Winter Olympics?

Not yet, but China will host the Winter Olympics in 2022.

The 2022 Beijing-Zhangjiakou Winter Olympics (2022?The?winter?Olympics?in?Beijing?amp; Zhangjiakou) The 24th Winter Olympic Games, referred to as the "Beijing Zhangjiakou Winter Olympics", will be held in 2022 It will be held jointly in Beijing and Zhangjiakou City, the Republic of China, from February 4, 2022 (Friday, the fourth day of the first lunar month, the beginning of spring) to February 20, 2022 (Sunday). This is the first time in China's history that the Winter Olympics has been held. Beijing and Zhangjiakou are both host cities. It is also the third Olympic event held by China after the Beijing Olympics and the Nanjing Youth Olympics.

Olympic bid timetable:

On November 3, 2013, the Chinese Olympic Committee officially sent a letter to the International Olympic Committee, nominating Beijing as the bid city for the 2022 Winter Olympics. .

In January 2014, with the approval of the State Council, the 2022 Winter Olympics Bid Committee was established.

On March 14, 2014, the International Olympic Committee announced: Beijing-Zhangjiakou, China, Krakow, Poland, Oslo, Norway, Lviv, Ukraine, and Almaty, Kazakhstan. Five cities have officially bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics.

On May 26, 2014, the mayor of Krakow, Poland announced that Krakow would withdraw from the bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. In last Sunday’s citizens’ vote, nearly 70% of voters said Oppose the bid.

On June 30, 2014, due to domestic political turmoil, Lviv, Ukraine, announced its withdrawal from the bid.

The scene of a successful bid

On July 7, 2014, the International Olympic Committee announced in Lausanne, Switzerland, that it had completed the preliminary selection of cities to bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics and selected them according to the rules. Three candidate cities: Beijing, China, Oslo, Norway, and Almaty, Kazakhstan.

On October 2, 2014, because the Norwegian government voted to refuse to provide financial support, the city of Oslo had to announce that it would give up its bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. The only remaining candidate cities are Beijing and Almaty.

In January 2015, the Beijing Winter Olympics Bid Committee and the Almaty Winter Olympics Bid Committee submitted their bid reports for the 2022 Winter Olympics to the International Olympic Committee.

At 4 pm on March 28, 2015, the International Olympic Committee evaluation team held a press conference at the Beichen Intercontinental Hotel. Alexander Zhukov, member of the International Olympic Committee and chairman of the evaluation committee, and executive chairman of the Olympic Games Christopher Dolby attended the launch.

Zhukov said that during the five-day inspection, the evaluation team asked more than 150 questions and had a heated discussion with the Beijing Olympic Bid Committee. All evaluation members greatly appreciated that the Beijing Olympic Bid Committee had fully absorbed the spirit of the International Olympic 2020 Regulations, and were very happy to see the legacy of the 2008 Olympic Games playing an important role in the planning of the Olympic bid.

In early June 2015, the International Olympic Committee Evaluation Committee published its evaluation report on candidate cities after an on-site inspection.

On June 9, 2015, Beijing and Almaty made technical presentations to members of the International Olympic Committee at the Olympic Museum.

On July 30, 2015, the 128th Plenary Session of the International Olympic Committee opened at the Kuala Lumpur Convention and Exhibition Center. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib delivered a speech and announced the opening of the plenary session. Liu Yandong, head of the Beijing Winter Olympics bid delegation and Vice Premier of the State Council, led the delegation to attend the opening ceremony. On the morning of the 31st, IOC members heard in turn the bids for the 2020 Third Winter Youth Olympic Games Bratislava (Romania) and Lausanne (Switzerland) and the 2022 Winter Olympics bids for Almaty (Kazakhstan), Beijing (China)'s statement was held in a secret ballot in the afternoon. Beijing received 44 out of 85 votes this time, while Almaty received 40 and abstained from one vote. Beijing defeated its opponent Almaty by 4 votes. The results of Almaty's bid to host the Olympics are similar to those of Beijing's bid to host the Olympic Games in 1993 and PyeongChang's bid to host the Winter Olympics in 2007.

At 17:57 on July 31, 2015, the 128th Plenary Session of the International Olympic Committee was held in Kuala Lumpur, voting to select the host city for the 2022 Winter Olympics. After 85 International Olympic Committee members voted In the vote, Beijing defeated its opponent Almaty 44-40 and won the right to host the 24th Winter Olympics in 2022. Beijing Mayor Wang Anshun, Chinese Olympic Committee Chairman and State Sports General Administration Director Liu Peng, Zhangjiakou Mayor Hou Liang and International Olympic Committee Chairman Bach signed the "Host City Contract".