Preparation for 2022 begins

Beijing officially raised the curtain for the preparation of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games on Tuesday, as the capital hosted the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 Orientation Seminar.

Led by IOC Olympic Games Executive Director Christophe Dubi, a 12-member IOC delegation conducted the seminar. This is the first IOC meeting with the Beijing organizers since Beijing won the right to host the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

"It is a very important milestone," said Dubi. "It's really the first step to building two things - one, a very powerful relationship between all of us, and second, to establish foundations to start the actual work of preparation."