The on-going 24th World Winter Universiade is giving the host an experience of organizing world-class sports games and making it closer to bid for the hosting of a Winter Olympics in the future.
Overnight heavy snow and strong wind forced the cancellation of nordic combined and cross-coutry scheduled to take place here on Sunday at the Harbin Universiade.
Harbin's preparation work for the 24th Winter Universiade is in full swing and many famous Chinese athletes will attend this event next February.
A paramilitary policeman stands guard in the Yabuli ski resort, Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, February 17, 2009.
China laid the foundations for a possible Winter Olympics bid on Wednesday when the 24th World Winter University Games opened with a grand ceremony.
China creamed everyone at last year's Summer Olympics but its winter sportsmen and women are still playing catch up - a race they aim to improve on at this month's Winter Universiade.
The Chinese northern city of Harbin started on Sunday a half-month-long control of vehicle use to ensure smoother traffic for the 24th Winter Universiade set to open on February 18.
The organizing committee of Harbin Universiade has invited 66 Beijing Olympics chefs to serve food for the Harbin Universiade to be opened up on Wednesday.
The 24th World Winter Universiade will start on Feb. 18 in Harbin.
President George Killian of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) was unsparing of praise for the excellent preparation of northeastern Chinese city Harbin for the 24th Winter Universiade.
Harbin, capital city of Heilongjiang province and host to the 2009 Winter Universiade, is considering a bid for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, senior officials revealed two months before the opening of the Universiade.
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