China sports: Inspiring 2022, promising 2023

With the opening of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics on February 4, the day of the Beginning of Spring, China embarked on a spring for sport competition and undertakings in 2022.

Double Olympic city

With extraordinary sporting feats, rich legacy and excellent organization during a challenging period of the pandemic, Beijing became the world's first city to host both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games and has inspired a nationwide winter sports boom that attracted 346 million people in winter sports and related activities in the run-up to the Games.