Games bid will inspire more fitness

President says more than 300 million people would take up winter sports

Days after Beijing submitted its 2022 Winter Olympic Games bid to the International Olympic Committee, President Xi Jinping highlighted on Wednesday the importance of holding the event and involving more Chinese in winter sports.

"It will inspire more than 300 million Chinese to take up winter sports, which will contribute greatly to the Olympic movement," Xi told visiting Sheik Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah, president of the Association of National Olympic Committees.