The 13th National Winter Games will be held in Xinjiang from 20 16, 1 year1October 20th to1October 30th.
The emblem, mascot and theme slogan of this Winter Games were also released to the whole country for the first time on the same day. Xiao Tian, deputy director of the State Sports General Administration, and Erjin Tunia, member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of the Autonomous Region, unveiled the emblem and mascot.
Li Guangming, secretary of the Party Committee of the Autonomous Region Sports Bureau, said that after preliminary screening, netizens' voting and design experts' evaluation, the emblem "Winter Rhyme of Silk Road", the mascot "Baby Snow Lotus" and the main slogan "Meet beautiful Xinjiang and enjoy wonderful winter sports" were finally determined.
The emblem "Silk Road Winter Rhyme" was designed by a local design company in Xinjiang, and the mascot "Snow Lotus Baby" was designed by a design company in Shandong.
It is understood that since September 20 12, the Preparatory Committee for the 13th Winter Games has collected the emblem, mascot, anthem and theme slogan of the 13th Winter Games for the whole society, and * * * received 1523 entries from all over the country, including 78 emblems, 59 mascots and the theme slogan1.
Xiao Tian, deputy director of the State General Administration of Sport, said that Xinjiang has unique ice and snow resources, and the 13th National Winter Games will be held in Xinjiang, which will ignite the enthusiasm of the people in Xinjiang for ice and snow sports. He expects that 20 16 will set off a wave of ice and snow sports in Xinjiang.
The National Winter Games is held every four years, and the previous 12 sessions were held in Heilongjiang and Jilin respectively. This is the first time that the National Winter Games has gone out of the Northeast and entered Xinjiang, and it is also the first time that Xinjiang has hosted a national comprehensive sports meeting.
Li Guangming, Party Secretary of the Autonomous Region Sports Bureau, introduced the preparations for the 13th Winter Games in Xinjiang. The reconstruction and expansion of the snow field of the snow project has been completed, the main construction of the ice sports center venue has been completed, and the internal decoration and auxiliary and service facilities will be completed before the end of this year 1 1; Considering the factors of thrifty competition and saving resources, the ski jumping venue will not be built this time, which has been reported to the State Sports General Administration, and the project will be held in the northeast before the opening of the "Thirteenth Winter".
It is reported that the construction of the Winter Olympics venues mainly includes the construction of venues and facilities for ice events and snow events. The ice sports venue, namely the ice sports center of the autonomous region, is located in urumqi county Nanshan Tourism Base, covering an area of 450 mu, with a total construction area of 7894 1.4 1 m2. It mainly undertakes speed skating, short track speed skating, figure skating, ice hockey and curling competitions, as well as 3 major events, 6 minor events and 47 minor events.