Sino-Finnish seminar eyes sports culture

Chinese and Finnish experts gathered at a Beijing Olympic landmark on Tuesday to share expertise in the sustainable development of winter sports in the lead-up to the 2022 Winter Olympics.

The lively scene of Beijing residents enjoying an outdoor ice and snow carnival at the National Stadium on Tuesday was a perfect complement for what was happening indoors. At the China-Finland Winter Sports Industry Seminar inside the 2008 Summer Olympics venue, officials and executives from the two countries' sports and business sectors gathered to exchange know-how and business opportunities in winter sports.

The seminar was among a series of events to launch the China-Finland Year of Winter Sports, an event the two countries' top leaders began planning in spring 2017.