On the 15th, the sustainability plan of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games was released. This plan explains why the Winter Olympics is related to people’s lives and affects your future.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 15th, “Beijing Winter Olympics, what’s my business?” If you are not a sports fan, a question mark may appear on your head when talking about the Beijing Winter Olympics.
On the 15th, the sustainability plan of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games was released. This plan explains why the Winter Olympics is related to people’s lives and affects your future.
Sustainability, you and my future
The sustainability plan put forward the Winter Olympics vision of “sustainable · towards the future, the overall goal of” creating a new model of Olympic Games and regional sustainable development “has been determined, and the three important fields of” positive environmental impact “,” new regional development “and” better life “have been clarified, 12 actions, 37 tasks and 119 measures were proposed.
A little dizzy? Knock on the blackboard and draw the key point, in one sentence-create a greener, more modern and better future.
Every specific measure is closely related to our daily life, and some have achieved phased results.
The Sea Mount, where the Yanqing competition area of Winter Olympics is located, is more than 2,000 meters above sea level. During the construction and operation stage of the competition area, we always pay attention to protecting species diversity. The construction unit Beikong Jingao Construction Co., Ltd. has set up a full-time department of ecological environmental protection to protect trees through local, near-land and relocation.
Liang Dedong, director of the company’s environmental protection and sustainable development working group, shared that although trees had been avoided in the early stage at the construction site of Yanqing Dongao village, when the tower crane was actually arranged, still found the risk of destroying trees. To this end, the construction unit specially adjusted the position of the tower crane, increased the arm length of the tower crane and increased the model of the tower crane, which did not hesitate to spend a lot of effort.
In order to allow animals to migrate freely, Yanqing competition area controls the construction duration, time period and construction intensity at the initial stage of construction, and uses bridges, culverts and other forms to form animal passages. During the construction process, researchers set up artificial bird’s nest around the competition area. In the spring of 2019, the Bird’s Nest had more than half of its occupancy rate. The infrared camera set in the competition area also monitors the return of animals such as Spore and Impala. At present, ecological protection experts and design teams are working with the construction team to jointly implement the ecological restoration work in the competition area.
Green, low carbon and sustainable, is the iron law of the construction of Beijing Winter Olympics venues without discussion. Previously, most of the refrigerants used to make ice in ice venues contained a large amount of Freon, which would cause depletion of the ozone layer. After repeated communication between Beijing Winter Olympic organizing committee and the International Olympic Committee, it was decided to use new carbon dioxide refrigerant in four ice venues such as the National Speed Skating Hall, while other ice venues also used new refrigerants with relatively small impact on the environment. Carbon dioxide refrigerant is first used in Olympic-level ice events, which will be a great contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Beijing Winter Olympics.
All venues of the Winter Olympics are being constructed in strict accordance with the national green building standards. The evaluation standard of green snow athletic field developed by Beijing and Hebei province has filled the gaps at home and abroad.
According to the concept of “sponge competition area”, surface water, rainwater and artificial snow making snowmelt water in Yanqing and Zhangjiakou competition areas have passed “infiltration, retention, accumulation, purification, utilization, after the integrated design of drainage, we can achieve a win-win situation of sustainable utilization of water resources and ecological environment protection. The exposed ground such as snow track and road slope, Dongao village and parking lot in the competition area adopts Earth-rock and shrub vegetation for ecological restoration, such as a huge “absorbent” sponge to ensure rainwater infiltration as much as possible. After treatment, the domestic water in the competition area is also used for flushing and irrigation. Experts pointed out that the advanced concepts and technologies in the preparation of Winter Olympics can serve the construction of smart cities in the future after the transformation and application of scientific and technological achievements.
Sustainability, you and me
as the epidemic prevention and control situation continues to improve, Shougang Garden, located in the western suburbs of Beijing, began to make an appointment on May 9th. Tourists are in twos and threes, or take photos, or running. The century-old industrial heritage where BOCOG is located in Beijing is becoming a new landmark of ice and snow sports due to the transformation of fire and ice in the Winter Olympics. Driving 0.3 billion people to participate in ice and snow sports will be the landmark heritage of Beijing Winter Olympics.
The Winter Olympic Forest Park under construction and the relocation protection base of the competition area are both located in Zhangshanying town, where Yanqing competition area is located, bringing together more than 30 species and 24000 plants migrating downhill from the core area of the competition area. Winter Olympic Forest Park is an important part of Zhangshanying town’s planning of “Winter Olympic ice and snow leisure town. After completion, the park will form a core public green space in the local area to provide recreational venues for residents.
It is an important consideration for the preparation of the Winter Olympics to let the common people really benefit from the preparation of the Winter Olympics.
The Beijing-Zhang high-speed railway, which was just opened to traffic at the end of last year, connected Zhangjiakou, Chongli, Yanqing and Beijing urban area into a line. The original three-hour drive between Beijing and Chongli was shortened to 50 minutes, which really made Chongli snowfield an ideal place for ski lovers.
Nearly 30000 out of 126000 people in Chongli district served the snow farm directly or indirectly, successfully serving the “snow economy” rice bowl. So far, the development of ice and snow industry and the preparation of Winter Olympics have brought unprecedented development opportunities to local people. Chongli officially withdrew from the poverty-stricken county sequence in May, 2019.
The coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region has contributed to the preparation of Winter Olympics. The holding of the Winter Olympics has put forward high standards for public services such as accommodation, catering and medical treatment. In contrast, there is still a gap between Yanqing and Zhangjiakou. In order to meet the demand of the competition, Beijing, Yanqing and Zhangjiakou can have the same service guarantee standards. On the one hand, Beijing accelerates to improve the public service level in Yanqing area, on the other hand, it can give full play to the advantages of capital resources, plus-sized assistance to Zhangjiakou in various fields.
Regardless of the interconnection of transportation and the construction of Beijing-Zhang sports culture tourism belt, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei coordinated development is accelerating and serving the national strategy.
“Use the wind of Zhangbei to light the lights of Beijing”, this poetic slogan is particularly striking at the construction site of Zhangbei flexible DC project. The clean energy in Zhangjiakou area will help the Beijing Winter Olympics achieve full coverage of green electricity in all venues for the first time in the history of the Olympic Games. The green electricity delivered to Beijing every year in the future is equivalent to one tenth of Beijing’s annual electricity consumption, zhangjiakou also ushered in an opportunity for the development of renewable green energy……
Many people are both familiar and unfamiliar with sustainability, because they are often seen, and because they are rather empty. But in fact, sustainability is affecting our lives, especially under the influence of the epidemic, a greener, healthier and more coordinated lifestyle is the embodiment of sustainability.
Shougang Park, Jingzhang High-speed railway, renewable energy…… They were all written into the sustainability plan of the Winter Olympics. These seem to have little to do with the Winter Olympics, but they are all born with the Winter Olympics. All aspects of our life in the future will also benefit from this.
Sustainability, setting standards for the Olympic Games
Liu Xinping, director of the Sustainable Development Department of the overall planning department of Beijing Winter Olympic organizing committee, introduced that the International Olympic Committee attaches great importance to sustainability, its future reform roadmap the Olympic 2020 agenda lists sustainability as one of the three basic themes; The new code emphasizes that “it will further improve the flexibility, efficiency and sustainability of Olympic delivery”.
As the first Olympic Games after the promulgation of “Olympic 2020 Agenda”, from bidding, organizing to holding the whole process of practicing the agenda, Beijing Winter Olympics integrates sustainability into all aspects of organizing, give full play to the important role of the preparations for the Winter Olympics in driving the development of cities and regions, and strive to hand over two excellent answers to the preparations for the Winter Olympics and local development.
London Olympic Games in 2012 initiated the sustainable management system of large-scale events, and all subsequent Olympic games need to pass the certification of this system.
While the sustainability management system of Beijing Winter Olympics sets more comprehensive standards for the Olympics and creates many “firsts”: it is the first sustainable management system of large-scale activities in China that has obtained third-party certification; it is the first sustainable management system in Olympic history that integrates the three international standards of “sustainable management system of large-scale activities, environmental management system and social responsibility guide; it is the first sustainable management system covering the whole field and scope of Olympic preparations.
Zhao Yinggang, deputy director of the expert committee on sustainability consultation and advice of Beijing BOCOG, said that the sustainability plan not only covers the sustainability work to be completed in the Olympic Games, but also from the perspective of regional development and social progress, closely combined with the preparations for the Winter Olympics, the preparations for the Winter Olympics complement the sustainable development of the country and the society. (Writing reporters: Ji Ye, Li Li, Wang Yong; Participating reporters: Niu mengtong, Shen Nan, Wang Meng, Lu Xingji, Ding Wenxian, Lu Yuchen)