The state-owned CGTN (January 20) reported that Chinese President Xi Jinping inspected (January 19) the preparation work for the 2022 Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing. He visited the Capital Gymnasium in Haidian District, the National Alpine Skiing Center and the National Sliding Center in Yanqing District to learn about the construction of the sports venues and how athletes are preparing for the competition. Promising 'fantastic, extraordinary and excellent' 2022 Winter Olympic Games, he called on officials to seize the opportunity of the Winter Olympics to promote sports, especially winter sports, among the general public, as part of the country's efforts to become a leading country in sports, and to motivate 300 million people to participate in winter sports by 2022.
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