Youth participation boost for Beijing 2022

The promotion of youth hockey in Beijing has made excellent progress in the past two years, with more than 10,000 students from about 60 schools learning about the winter game and attending training sessions, according to the Beijing Hockey Association.

At the beginning of 2014, inspired by the city's bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, the association launched a series of on-campus promotional events, including lectures on hockey history, demonstrations of equipment, training clinics and tours to watch games.

The promotion, aimed at raising awareness of the little-known game among young Chinese people, was funded and supported by the Beijing Municipal Commission of Social Work and the Beijing Sports Federation as a charitable program.