This year’s government work report mentioned that "after careful preparation, we successfully held a simple, safe and wonderful Beijing Winter Olympics, and we will certainly be able to run the newly opened Winter Paralympics". At the same time, the report puts forward that "the legacy of Beijing Winter Olympics should be used well". So what is the Olympic legacy?
According to the definition given by the International Olympic Committee, the Olympic legacy is the result of realizing the Olympic vision, including all tangible and intangible long-term benefits created or accelerated by hosting the Olympic Games for the public, urban and regional development and the Olympic movement. On the eve of the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Winter Olympics released the Heritage Report Collection of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games (2022), which covers seven aspects, including sports, economy, society, culture, environment, urban and regional development. During the Beijing Winter Olympics, 44 typical heritage cases in these seven aspects were also published, summarizing the highlights of the popularization and development of ice and snow sports, winter Olympic venues, scientific and technological innovation, urban renewal, regional cooperation, volunteer service and many other aspects.
What are the highlights of Beijing’s Winter Olympics legacy? What does it have to do with ordinary people?
Member of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference Lian YumingThe Beijing Winter Olympics has left a rich Olympic legacy for China. My personal summary is that the six legacies of the Olympic Games light up the city of the Olympic Games, including sports events, competitive level, venues and facilities, talent teams, etc., which is the most direct legacy of the Winter Olympics. Through the Olympic Games as a world stage, more Chinese has realized the importance of ice and snow sports to public health and leisure industry, and more Chinese has realized through the Winter Olympics that it is a happy and healthy popular sport to participate in ice and snow sports. I think this has taken a new step to popularize the ice and snow industry, especially for healthy China and a sports power.

Professor Sun Baoli of Beijing Sport University"Olympic legacy" is the tangible and intangible long-term benefits brought by hosting the Olympic Games to people, cities or regions and the Olympic movement. In the "post-Olympic" period, further improving the level of public services and solving the people’s livelihood problems with the help of the Beijing Winter Olympics legacy is the main way to bring benefits and gain to the people, and it is also an important embodiment of the direct connection between the Beijing Winter Olympics legacy and ordinary people. The venues and facilities of the Winter Olympics are the tangible heritage of the Beijing Winter Olympics. After the games, they can provide the people with a national fitness venue continuously, so that more people can participate in the ice and snow sports, thus promoting the popularization and development of ice and snow sports in China, and further improving the sports public service level of the city. The intangible heritage of Beijing Winter Olympics also includes the cultural value of the Olympic movement and the collective memory of the public for the Winter Olympics. For example, the Beijing Winter Olympics embodies the common aspiration and pursuit of all mankind for peace and unity, advocates the concept of "community of human destiny", and shows the image of China and the spirit of China.
How to use the Beijing Winter Olympic Stadium with the most beautiful Chinese style after the game?
Sports heritage can be said to be one of the most direct and important heritages of Beijing Winter Olympics. Among them, the beautiful Winter Olympics venues and their nicknames full of Chinese romance left a deep impression on everyone. "Snow Youlong" dances with "Ice Ribbon" and "Snow Ruyi" holds hands with "Ice Yuhuan". These winter Olympic venues not only show the concept of "green, shared, open and clean", but also spread the elegant and romantic beauty of China to the world through the Winter Olympics.
Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference member Shen JinTake the national ski jumping center "Xueruyi" as an example, we have considered the post-competition utilization of the venue from the beginning of design. Besides competitions, we have done many other functions, such as the "Snow Ruyi" Summit Club, which is about 3,000 square meters of open space without columns. It can be used for forums, exhibitions and even catering. "Snow Flying" is also the platform of Shougang. The site selection combined with the transformation of industrial remains has built a sports theme park to directly serve the ice and snow sports. At the same time, it promoted the green transformation and upgrading of Shougang.
In addition to what Shen Jin mentioned, the "water cube" of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games turned into an "ice cube" in the Winter Olympics is a typical case of recycling after the games.
As a "Double Olympics" venue, the "Ice Cube" is the largest curling venue in the history of the Winter Olympics, and it is also the only "Double Olympics" venue in the world to set up a curling track on the swimming pool. After the Winter Olympics, the National Aquatics Center will become a comprehensive platform for ice events, mass ice fitness and curling promotion. According to reports, in the future, the venues will be freely converted between water and ice, starting as an ice rink in November each year and returning to a swimming pool around April the following year, which reflects the high-quality development of architecture and technology and keeps the "Double Olympics" heritage shining.
In addition to the Winter Olympics venues, Tu Xiaodong, director of the Propaganda Department of the State Sports General Administration, said that driving 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports is the most important legacy of the Beijing Winter Olympics. According to the data of the National Bureau of Statistics, from the successful bid for the Beijing Winter Olympics to October 2021, the number of people who participated in ice and snow sports in China reached 346 million, and the participation rate of ice and snow sports was 24.56%. Snow and ice are in full bloom in China.