Plan eyes legacy for Winter Olympics

With post-Games venue use and regional development at its core, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics' legacy plan is expected to bring benefits to both locals and the country's winter sports sector for decades to come.

Three years before the 2022 Olympics open in Beijing and co-host city Zhangjiakou in Hebei province, organizers have begun visualizing a burgeoning winter sports industry, sound progress in regional development and bettering people's lives as core objectives of a master plan released on Tuesday elaborating on the Games' legacy beyond 2022.

The plan focuses on the design, implementation and review of legacies in seven aspects - sports, society, economy, culture, environment, and urban and regional development - with key emphasis placed on reusing as many existing facilities as possible, popularizing winter sports among the public and minimizing environmental impact.