What they say

"The underdevelopment of China's winter sports, especially some snow events, is actually giving us an edge because many of the international winter sports federations will see China as a huge untapped market and thus support the joint bid of Beijing and Zhangjiakou to explore the potential of their respective events."

Yang Yang, Olympic champion short-track speed skater and IOC member, said of China's underdevelopment in snow sports

"We hired a third-party professional consulting agency to run the survey, which analyzed data under strict supervision. The entire processing is transparent, so we believe the final results have strong credibility."