[Ice and Snow Agreement Winter Olympics Time and Space Tour] Shougang Park: From the old to the new and old industrial areas into a city show belt

  CCTV News:Through the Winter Olympics, Chongli, a small mountain town, became famous and emboldened. The ice and snow industry formed around the ice and snow movement has given her the endogenous motivation for sustainable development; The ever-increasing transportation facilities have deeply integrated the once unknown small mountain city into the overall pattern of coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei. This is a transformation from scratch and a vivid practice of Chinese development.

  After leaving Chongli, the next stop is Shougang, Beijing. If Chongli’s ski town is a new student from scratch, then Beijing Shougang has experienced a "makeover" rebirth. After the relocation of Shougang, the factory buildings and transmission equipment with obvious rust were left behind. In 2016, after the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee was stationed, there was a new look here. The silo that used to store ironmaking raw materials was transformed into clean and fresh white after renovation. This is the office area of the Winter Olympics Organizing Committee; Next to the cooling tower, the ski jumping platform has also risen.

  It is not only Shougang’s park that has completed the gorgeous turn, but also the urban planning of western Beijing. Not far from Shougang, the new Shougang Bridge stands on the Yongding River. It was officially opened to traffic in September 2019. It extended Chang ‘an Avenue to the west and gave this once industrial zone a new urban orientation.

  CCTV reporter Guan Weina:Today, we will take you to punch in the hardest venue of the Beijing Winter Olympics — — Shougang park.

  What is the relationship between Shougang, which is full of industrial wind, and Winter Olympics? Let’s start with the ski jump.

  CCTV reporter Guan Weina:The grand platform competition of freestyle skiing in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics will be held here, and it is also the only venue for snow sports in Beijing. Not far from it, there are still three cooling towers of the old Shougang, which have experienced a hundred years of industrial heritage and modern winter Olympic facilities.

  Make way for ecological improvement Shougang moved to Caofeidian.

  Shougang, with a history of one hundred years, is one of the earliest modern iron and steel enterprises in China. Since 2005, in order to improve the ecological environment in Beijing, Shougang has moved from Shijingshan in Beijing to Caofeidian in Hebei. Completed the leap from "mountain" to "sea".

  CCTV reporter Guan Weina:Behind me is Shougang Ironmaking Blast Furnace, which once made great contributions. Now it has become a show with full personality, and it has also become a new landmark in Shougang Park that must be punched in.

  Winter Olympics injects new vitality and transforms into a new urban space.

  Visit bookstores and drink coffee under the third blast furnace; Working in the former raw material silo. Today’s Shougang Park, riding the east wind of Beijing Winter Olympics, has injected new vitality and become a new urban space integrating sports and leisure exhibitions.

  CCTV reporter Guan Weina:This place is called "Xiuchi". Do you know what it used to do? Actually, it is a pool for storing circulating water for ironmaking. But now, after renovation, we can see that there are many trees around here, and there are many koi fish in the pool. Now it is autumn, and many citizens can take their families and friends for a walk and enjoy the autumn on the wooden plank road, which has also become a good place for everyone to relax.

  Beijing citizen Zhao Yi:It turned out that it was very messy, because there was basically no one to manage it at that time. After bidding for the Winter Olympics, it changed a lot. The air was a far cry from the past, making people feel willing to come here and see it.

  The Winter Olympics Park was unveiled with a 42-kilometer all-horse route.

  On the occasion of the 100-day countdown to the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Beijing Winter Olympic Park was officially unveiled in Shougang Park, and Beijing, the "Double Olympic City", officially owned the "Double Olympic Park". Beijing Winter Olympic Park, through the transformation of the public space on the left bank of Yongding River, integrates eight parks along the route, making the ancient Yongding River glow with new vitality again. Shougang’s environmental transformation also makes it an important part of the park, and the biggest highlight of the park is a 42-kilometer all-Malaysia route.

  CCTV reporter Guan Weina:As you can see, this is the starting point of the marathon. Compared with the previous Beijing city marathon route, this route is the first fully enclosed marathon route. So how does this route feel when running? Let’s listen to the real experience of runners.

  Lin Haiyan, a runner:I ran from home to here, from Zhaogongkou to here, 40 kilometers. I run and exercise every day. The national sports are quite good. The government has invested so much, which is really good and powerful.