2023-08-24 08:58:00
In another 30 days, the main torch of the Hangzhou Asian Games will be lit at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium. The 19th Asian Games will kick off amidst much anticipation, presenting to the world a session of “Chinese characteristics, Asian style, and splendor”. event.
Since the establishment of the Hangzhou Asian Games, the Asian Paralympic Leadership Group and the Hangzhou Asian Organizing Committee and other institutions, in accordance with the requirements of “simple, safe and wonderful” for running games, and implementing the concept of “green, smart, frugal, and civilized”, in the venues The layout, urban construction, event guarantee, Asian Games brand operation, emergency preparedness and other aspects have been deployed, and the preparations for the Asian Games have been vigorously promoted in an orderly manner.
On August 23, more than 200 city-side volunteers from the Huzhou competition area of the Hangzhou Asian Games conducted pre-job intensive “charging” at the Moganshan Campus of Zhejiang University of Technology, learning general etiquette, emergency response, job responsibilities and other related knowledge.Photo by Xie Shangguo/Guangming Pictures
Over the past 8 years, the preparations for the Asian Games have taken a steady and firm step; now, various tasks have yielded fruitful results—12,527 athletes have signed up, the highest number of applicants ever. There are 40 major events, 61 sub-items, and 481 minor events. The host city Hangzhou and five co-host cities, Ningbo, Wenzhou, Huzhou, Shaoxing, and Jinhua, participated in the competition. The Hangzhou Asian Games has become the one with the largest scale, the most events and the widest coverage in the history of the Asian Games.
Venues are the cornerstone of the Asian Games. Since the opening of the Asian Games venues and facilities on October 15, 2017, the Hangzhou Asian Games has completed the construction and renovation of 56 competition venues, 31 independent training venues, and 1 Asian Games village and 5 Asian Games sub-villages. After the registration for the competition, in order to cope with the number of participants far exceeding the expected scale, the Hangzhou Asian Organizing Committee promptly added three places in Shaoxing, Hangzhou Lin’an and Xiaoshan as accommodation for participating athletes.
At the end of July this year, the “full elements, full process, full load” simulation drill conducted in accordance with the standards of the Asian Games, which lasted for two years, was successfully completed in all venues. Optimized to gain praise from athletes, coaches and audiences.
As the largest non-competition venue for the Hangzhou Asian Games and the Asian Paralympic Games, as well as the venue with the longest operating duration, the highest requirement for continuity of operation, and the largest number of service objects, the Asian Games Village is ready. The welcome center, fitness center, restaurant, residential service center, comprehensive outpatient department and other sites in the village are all in place.
As an important basic supporting project of the Hangzhou Asian Games, starting from April 7, all inbound and outbound passenger flights in Hangzhou will operate in Terminal T4, which will be the arrival and departure station for athletes, technical officials, etc. The “first impression” of Zhejiang.
Hangzhou West Railway Station, which will be opened in September 2022, and the Hangzhou Metro “Asian Games” special train, which will depart on May 16 this year, have all used a series of services to create an immersive Asian Games atmosphere. In early August, the Fuxing Asian Games Smart EMU ushered in its first external test ride. This train specially tailored for the Hangzhou Asian Games will connect 6 host cities in series during the event, making the interconnection between the venues smoother. Starting from August 1, intercity trains from Ningbo to Hangzhou South Railway Station will be in continuous operation, and the intercity trains will be opened for the first time in Hangzhou, Shaoxing and Ningbo, which will bring great convenience to the linkage of Asian Games.
On August 21, tourists took a group photo with the mascot of the Hangzhou Asian Games at the Broken Bridge in Hangzhou West Lake Scenic Area.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Zongzhi
Focusing on the goal of “running a meeting and improving a city”, Hangzhou released the “Asian Games City Action Plan Outline” in April 2020, proposing to build a healthy city, promote the city’s internationalization, improve infrastructure, protect green water and green mountains, and digitally Eight specific actions, including governance empowerment, industrial development improvement, cultural city promotion, and urban civilization co-construction, allow people living here to participate in this grand event and witness the continuous improvement of the city’s energy level.
The Hangzhou Asian Games Urban Transportation and Security Headquarters took the lead in carrying out the special action of “Ingenuity Improvement and Quality Embroidery of Hangzhou”, creating four scenic lines of “Beautiful Homeland”, “Hangzhou Rhyme Streets”, “Smooth Traffic” and “Flowers in Hangzhou”. Since 2022, 39 city entrances, 139 commuter roads for the Asian Games and 200 important guarantee roads have been “dressed up” in an all-round way.
In order to make guests from afar feel at home during the games, the Hangzhou Asian Games recruited 50,000 game volunteers and 1.42 million city volunteers. On August 24, the Hangzhou Asian Games Volunteer Departure Ceremony will be held soon, and 1,800 volunteer representatives will make a solemn oath of “readiness” to the world.
Since March this year, the Hangzhou Asian Organizing Committee has welcomed batches of special “guests”, including Olympic committee delegations, media representatives, and individual sports association representatives from Asian countries and regions. They listened to the progress of the preparations for the Asian Games, inspected the venues and urban construction of the Asian Games, and experienced the cultural characteristics of various parts of Zhejiang. Before leaving Hangzhou, Vinod Dewari, director of the National Olympic Committee, International Relations and Marketing Department of the Olympic Council of Asia, said: “In my opinion, the preparations for the Hangzhou Asian Games are very sufficient, and I look forward to coming back in September to join everyone Celebrate the event.”
“Guangming Daily” (version 09, August 24, 2023)
[Responsible editor: Shao Bingqi]
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