Beijing 2022 embarks on 500-day milestone

<p><span style="color: rgb(191, 191, 191);"></span></p><p>Beijing 2022 vowed to fulfil its commitment as it marked 500 days to go until the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. The 2022 Winter Olympics will take place from February 4 to 20, 2022. Competitions are due to be staged in three main clusters - downtown Beijing, the capital&#39;s northwest Yanqing District and Zhangjiakou in neighboring Hebei Province.</p><p>Following a short break during the Spring Festival, Beijing 2022 organizers resumed venue construction work under vigilant virus prevention measures as early as February, laying a solid foundation for all 2022 competition venues, whether newly-built or renovated, to be ready by the end of this year.</p><p>The People’s Daily reporters have conducted interviews at the Shougang Industrial Park, office site of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Staff of the Beijing 2022 have elaborated on the progress of construction of the venues, the sustainable use of facilities at the Shougang Park, the legacy from the previous 2008 Summer Games, the promotion of winter sports via the help of the games and so on. Click the video for more details.</p><p><span style="color: rgb(191, 191, 191);">(Produced by Qiao Wai, Han Xiaomeng, Yan Yiqiao, Wang Xiangyu and Liu Tianzi)</span></p>