Golden Is the Word for Beijing 2022 北京2022充滿金色機遇

王雪萌 鄧夢寒

Kuala Lumpur， Aug. 1 （Xinhua）—Golden is the word for the second handshake between the Olympic Movement and China， the world’s most populous and fast-developing country.

[2] When the International Olympic Committee trusted Chinese capital Beijing and co-host Zhangjiakou with the 2022 Winter Olympic Games on Friday in Kuala Lumpur， it grasped a golden opportunity to promote winter sports and the Olympic Movement further more in the country of 1.3 billion people after the 2008 Summer Games.

[3] The ambitious 2022 host has planned to push winter sports among 300 million people， which means almost the whole population of the United States will either get in touch with， become interested in， regularly practice or even excel at the sports in the next seven years.

[4] As Beijing boy Song Andong just became the first Chinese to be drafted in the National Hockey League in the US， more kids could be expected to follow his steps. Ice hockey， among many other winter sports， has gained growing popularity and the Winter Olympics is sure a huge boost for it.

[5] It will also be another opportunity for the IOC to put its Olympic Agenda 2020 to test as the profound reform put forth by IOC president Thomas Bach last year aims at keeping the ancient Olympic Movement vigorous and attractive.

[6] Beijing 2022 host has unfolded a Games plan that underlined the full alignment with the principles of the Olympic Agenda 2020 and stressed sustainability as one of the key pillars.

[7] Since the very inception of the bid， Beijing 2022 made its priority to design a Games that would be athlete-centered， sustainable and economical.

[8] Beijing 2022 will take full advantage of both the tremendous Beijing 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Games legacy—including existing competition venues， infrastructure and people with deep operational experience—and having a clear vision of how the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games is integrated in China’s existing regional economic development plans.

[9] Thus， Beijing 2022 could be a good demonstration on how the Olympics stops being a white-elephant producer and benefits the people who embrace it.

[10] Golden era is also for the Chinese as well.

[11] In many ways， the Winter Olympics Games has already started to change people’s life for the better when Beijing announced its bid in 2013 with Zhangjiakou， a city from neighboring Hebei Province.

[12] Chongli County of Zhangjiakou， where about 50 gold medals will be on offer from snow events in 2022， turned from an unknown small place whose residents struggled at poverty line into a hot tourist destination in just one year.

[13] Most Chongli residents， who never had the chance to see Beijing， some 200 kilometers south of their home， will find it an easy journey—around 50 minutes of ride—to the heart of the country once an inter-city high speed railway completes in 2019.

[14] Back in Beijing， the host city geared up to clean its air， implementing a five-year plan starting from 2013 that cost 130 billion US dollars to upgrade heating system， cut car waste emission and close down heavy-polluted plants. Neighboring metropolitan Tianjin and provinces including Hebei adopted similar measures.

[15] A second five-year plan to further improve air quality is under study， according to Beijing mayor Wang Anshun.

[16] When the IOC handed the 2022 hosting right to Beijing， making it one and only city to stage both summer and winter Olympics， it made a safe and reliable choice， knowing the Chinese will live up to their commitments from top to bottom.

[17] Chinese President Xi Jinping has thrown his weight behind host Beijing， reiterating the nation’s passion for the Games in a video speech played during the final presentation to the IOC members on Friday.

He promised the Chinese people “will present to the world a fantastic， extraordinary and excellent Winter Olympics”.

[18] See you in Beijing in 2022.

2015年8月1日（新華社）吉隆坡——奧林匹克運動與世界人口最多、發展最快的國家中國再次結緣，這一次堪稱金色握手。

[2] 2015年7月31日，國際奧委會在馬來西亞吉隆坡授予中國首都北京和張家口2022年冬季奧運會聯合舉辦權。繼2008年夏季奧運會后，國際奧委會抓住了這一黃金機遇，在擁有13億人口的中國進一步推進冬季體育運動和奧林匹克運動的發展。

[3] 2022的東道主雄心勃勃，已計劃在3億人口中推廣冬季體育運動。這意味著，未來7年，將有幾近美國全部人口那么多的中國人接觸到冬季運動、對此產生興趣、進行日常鍛煉，甚或出類拔萃。

[4]繼北京男孩宋安東成為第一個被美國冰球聯盟選中的中國人后，會有更多的孩子追隨他的腳步。在眾多冬季運動中，冰球越來越受歡迎，而冬季奧運會必將極大促進此項運動的發展。

[5]對于國際奧委會而言，這也是檢驗其《奧林匹克2020議程》的一次機會。該議程由奧委會主席托馬斯·巴赫在2014年提出，是一次具有深遠意義的改革，旨在讓古老的奧林匹克運動保持活力與吸引力。

[6] 2022東道主北京已展示了一份奧運計劃，該計劃充分詮釋了《奧林匹克2020年議程》的原則，并將可持續性作為關鍵要素加以強調。

[7]競選伊始，北京2022奧申委就著重設計舉辦一屆以運動員為中心、可持續且節儉的奧運會。

[8]北京2022將充分利用北京2008奧運會和殘奧會留下的巨大財富（包括現有的比賽場館、基礎設施和運營經驗豐富的人員），并設立明確的目標，將2022年冬奧會及冬殘奧會融入中國當前的區域經濟發展計劃。

[9]這樣，北京2022將會成功證明，奧林匹克運動會不再是華而不實之物，而是能造福參與者。

[10]這也是中國人的黃金時代。

[11] 2013年，北京宣布和鄰省河北的張家口市共同申辦冬奧會后，人們的生活已在很多方面得到改善。

[12]在2022年冬奧會上，張家口崇禮縣將產生雪上項目的約50塊金牌。崇禮曾是一個不知名的小地方，當地居民掙扎于貧困線上;僅僅一年時間，那里就變成了熱門旅游目的地。

[13]大多數崇禮居民以前從沒機會到距離家鄉以南約200公里的北京看看，等2019年城際高速列車通車后，他們只需大約50分鐘車程就可到達祖國的心臟了。

[14]再看看北京，這座主辦城市已經準備好凈化空氣，2013年開始實施五年計劃，耗資1300億美元升級供暖系統、減少汽車尾氣排放及關閉污染嚴重的工廠。毗鄰的大城市天津和包括河北在內的臨近省份也采取了類似措施。

[15]北京申辦冬奧階段時任市長王安順稱，正在研究第二個五年計劃，旨在進一步改善空氣質量。

[16]國際奧委會將2022年冬奧會舉辦權授予北京，使其成為唯一一座既舉辦夏奧會也舉辦冬奧會的城市。奧委會的選擇是安全可靠的，因為他們知道中國人將完全履行承諾。

[17]中國國家主席習近平全力支持北京申辦冬奧。2015年7月31日最后一場面向國際奧委會委員的申辦冬奧陳述中，播放了習主席的視頻講話，他在講話中重申了中國對奧林匹克運動的熱情。

他承諾，中國人民“一定能在北京為世界奉獻一屆精彩、非凡、卓越的冬奧會”。

[18] 2022年北京見！

（譯者單位：上海交通大學）