Unknowingly, the Tokyo Olympics has come to an end, and it seems that everyone cannot completely withdraw from the passionate Olympic spirit. Don't worry! The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics is just less than six months away. Have you already begun to look forward to it?

Six years ago, Beijing, China, officially won the right to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. Beijing will make history, becoming the first city to host both the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics. Now, Beijing and Hebei have created first-class venues together.

Now that the permanent facilities of the competition venues have been completed, let us take a look of the venues of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in advance!

The National Stadium (Birds’ Nest)

A total of 39 venues are to be used at the Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, including 12 competition venues, 3 training venues and 24 non-competition venues. A major feature of the construction of the venues for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics is to maximize the use of the legacy of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

National Aquatics Centre (“Ice Cube”)

The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics venues reveal rich connotations and countless ingenuities in planning, design and construction, and they incorporate Chinese elements into the design. We can capture a glimpse of this from the names of the venues: Big Air Shougang (“Snow Flying Apsaras”), National Sliding Centre (“Snow Dragon”), National Ski Jumping Centre (“Snow Ruyi”), National Aquatics Centre (“Ice Cube”), National Speed Skating Oval ("Ice Ribbon"), etc. All the venues showcase China’s rich and profound culture.

Big Air Shougang (“Snow Flying Apsaras”)

The National Speed Skating Oval ("Ice Ribbon")

Besides, adhering to the concept of “Green Olympics”, all new indoor venues of the Beijing Winter Olympics meet the three-star standard for green buildings, and other existing indoor venues meet the two-star standard for green buildings. At the end of 2020, all venues of the Beijing Winter Olympics achieved 100% green power supply, that is, electricity comes from wind or photovoltaic power generation. For this reason, the Beijing Winter Olympics will be the first Olympic Games in the 100-year history of the Olympic Games to use all green and clean electricity.

China National Convention Centre Phase II

From Tokyo to Beijing, from midsummer to midwinter, dreams will not stop and Olympic mettle will continue. On February 4, 2022, namely Start of Spring, the first solar term of the year, it is believed that Beijing, the "double-Olympic city", will show the world a simple, safe and exciting Winter Olympics. Let us look forward to it!