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(Bloomberg) -- When Eileen Gu nailed a perfect left double 1620 to win gold in the women’s freestyle big air at the Beijing Olympics, her performance drew attention to the unusual surroundings.

In the time from Beijing 2008 to Beijing 2022, the Olympic commitment to sustainability has evolved tremendously, both in sport and in China and in Beijing in particular.

The concept of a green Games and sustainability have been embedded in the entire process and every aspect of the preparations of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, said Li Sen, the director-general of the general planning department of Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (BOCOG), on a Beijing 2022 daily briefing held Wednesday.

Sustainable plans boost local communities

Sustainable plans boost local communities

Sustainable plans boost local communities

The ruling Communist Party is using the Games to promote winter sports, many of which are new to most Chinese, for fitness and business opportunities.

BEIJING--Holding his skis beside a bunny slope, Li Wei enthuses over his winter job as a farmer-turned-ski coach on the northwestern outskirts of Beijing.

In 2019, the New York Times named Chongli as one of the 52 ski destinations worth visiting.　　In May 2019, Chongli was officially lifted out of poverty."It will also be very important for the legacy of the Olympic venues because, with this participation, the use of these venues after the Olympic Games is secured," Bach said.

BEIJING (AP) — Holding his skis beside a bunny slope, Li Wei enthuses over his winter job as a farmer-turned-ski coach on the northwestern outskirts of Beijing. The tall, tanned 36-year-old works December to March at a resort in the Yanqing district, which will host skiing, luge and other sliding events at the Winter Olympics, which open next week.