What are your messages for the 2022 Winter Olympics?

As a local, I am very excited that Zhangjiakou can join hands with Beijing to bid for the Winter Olympics in 2022.

As an underdeveloped area around the capital Beijing, Zhangjiakou’s bid to host the Winter Olympics together with Beijing can be said to be an expression of the national strategy of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei coordinated development. This is a once-in-a-lifetime major development opportunity for Zhangjiakou, which will surely provide an important impetus to Zhangjiakou’s future development, and this impetus has now begun to emerge.

First, it will greatly increase the visibility and openness of Zhangjiakou.

Since the start of the bidding process, Zhangjiakou has received unprecedented attention at home and abroad. Domestic and foreign media have come to Zhangjiakou for interviews. The number of domestic and foreign businessmen who come to Zhangjiakou for investigation, negotiation and investment has increased significantly. Renewable energy A number of major projects including Application Comprehensive Innovation Demonstration Zone, Alibaba Northern Cloud Base Data Port Zhangbei Data Base, my country Pacific Construction Group Yanghe High-tech Park Infrastructure Construction, and Xingmei New Energy Electric Vehicles have successively settled in our city. Zhangjiakou Chongli Scenic areas such as skiing and grassland trails were once overflowing with tourists. These were things that were unthinkable before.

The second is that it will quickly "detonate" the rapid economic and social development of Zhangjiakou.

As we all know, the bidding and holding of previous Winter Olympics have greatly boosted local economic and social development, and the impact of the "Olympic Effect" will last for 10-15 years. Zhangjiakou is no exception. If Beijing's bid to host the Winter Olympics is successful, it will stimulate the construction or reconstruction of supporting facilities such as competition venues, comprehensive transportation, water, electricity and telecommunications, as well as a large influx of various people and logistics, which will greatly boost investment and consumption. , and received more financial and policy support from the country and the province to promote Zhangjiakou's economic and social development by leaps and bounds.

Third, it will accelerate the transformation and upgrading of Zhangjiakou’s industrial structure.

The concept of green, low-carbon and sustainable development of the Olympic Games will effectively promote Zhangjiakou’s three industrial structural adjustments, accelerate the resolution of backward production capacity and the screening of polluting companies, and vigorously develop various types of projects based on the "Olympic Economy" Emerging industries. In particular, it will help accelerate the development of related industries such as ski travel, sports equipment, leisure vacations, and medical recovery, focusing on carrying out civilized travel for the Winter Olympics and serving the Olympics. By then, Zhangjiakou will become a new power city, a new ecological industrial city, a world-class ice and snow sports base and a world-famous tourist destination.

Fourth, it will effectively promote the accelerated implementation of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei coordinated development strategy.

As Beijing plans to transfer its functions and industries outwards, it is timely for Beijing to join hands with Zhangjiakou to bid for the Winter Olympics. Driven by the common goal of bidding for the Olympic Games, the construction of major infrastructure such as the Beijing-Zhangjiakou High-speed Railway, Beijing-Beijing Highway, and Yanchong-Chongqing Highway has been accelerated. Industry, projects, talents, science and technology have been deeply connected, and the ecological environment joint prevention and control mechanism has been quickly launched. Zhangjiakou and The pace of urban integration in Beijing will be further accelerated, and the quality of development will rapidly improve to the advanced level of Hebei Province and even the entire Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.

Although there are many benefits, the rapid development of Zhangjiakou has also had a considerable impact on surrounding counties and villages. In order to protect the environment, many mining and steel companies that towns and counties relied on in the past have closed down. Due to relocation, the unemployed population has increased significantly. The increase in the unemployed population has led to a decline in wages. At the same time, the rise in housing prices has caused a lot of decline in the living standards of many people. The most important thing is that some young people who cannot afford a house or a car may find it difficult to even get married.

Young people cannot afford to buy a house and get married, which will lead to late marriage, late childbearing, and problems with old age care. This is also a drawback of development. If it is not handled well, it will lead to the phenomenon of gnawing at old age. This is also what we don't want to see. But then again, without the Winter Olympics, who would know Zhangjiakou? Zhangjiakou would have remained unknown....