Building a strong sports country is an important goal of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way. When General Secretary Xi Jinping bid for the Beijing Winter Olympics and the Winter Paralympics, he told the International Olympic Committee President Bach that the biggest purpose of our bid for the Winter Olympics is to promote the popularization of ice and snow sports among 300 million people and promote China's ice and snow sports. Leaping Development.

At the Capital Gymnasium, General Secretary Xi Jinping was very interested in the ice and snow sports clothing and equipment displayed in the corridor, and asked in detail about the use, manufacturer, and origin of these clothing and equipment. The staff introduced to the general secretary one by one, and reported to the general secretary happily that the clothing for ice and snow sports in my country now has a high technical content, and many of them are independently developed by us. The general secretary nodded frequently and encouraged them to strengthen independent research and development and produce ice and snow sports equipment with independent intellectual property rights as soon as possible.

When communicating with the national figure skating team and short track speed skating team athletes and coach representatives, the general secretary made it clear that improving the level of modern competitive sports requires both strength and skill. Athletes must have the ambition to win glory for the country and dare to achieve good results. They should practice three-nines in summer and thirty-nine in winter, strengthen technological innovation, learn from foreign advanced concepts and techniques, and continuously improve training and competition levels.

At the National Snowmobile Sled Center in Yanqing, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that the ice and snow industry is a big industry and a sunrise industry. It is not only about sports, but also about the development and manufacturing of sports equipment, which is part of my country’s manufacturing industry. An integral part. It is necessary to strengthen independent innovation and promote the accelerated development of my country's sports equipment manufacturing industry.

At the National Ski Jumping Center in Zhangjiakou Competition Area, Xi Jinping watched the athlete training demonstration with great interest.

Following the command of the coach, the athletes rose up from the cliffs like eagles, spread their wings in the blue sky and snow, and then fell steadily. The general secretary kept praising them for their wonderful training.