President: Nation will host 'clean, pure' Games

President Xi Jinping reiterated China's resolve to host a Winter Olympics that is "clean and pure as the ice and snow" on Thursday as he met with Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee in Beijing.

Xi said in the meeting that Beijing will strive to present the world with a green, shared, open and incorruptible 2022 Games.

He said the Chinese government has zero tolerance toward doping and Chinese athletes should win a clean gold medal for the Olympic spirit and obey rules and laws even if they are unable to win a gold medal.