Beijing would host the 2022 Winter Olympics with a sustainable and athlete-centered approach as a strong echo of the reform of the Olympic Movement, the city emphasized in the bid it made public last week.
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With six months left before the host city is decided on July 31, the Beijing Bid Committee made its candidature file public on its website on Jan 12, sending a strong message to the world that a 2022 Games in China would be held in accordance with the International Olympic Committee's Agenda 2020.
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Agenda 2020, a reform proposal containing 40 recommendations, was approved at the 127th IOC Session in early December.
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Featuring three major pledges - to run an athlete-centered Olympics, ensure sustainability and host an economical Games - the vision for a Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics complies with Agenda 2020 recommendations that future Olympics should be held with strategic planning in line with the host city's long-term social and economic development to avoid excessive spending.
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In the application, Beijing said its 2022 Winter Olympics would fully capitalize on the legacy from the 2008 Summer Olympics of existing venues, urban infrastructure and operating experience to reduce financial cost.
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The plan to host the Games in three clusters - downtown Beijing, Yanqing county and the city of Zhangjiakou in neighboring Hebei province - would stimulate regional economic growth and social development while setting a new model of integrated development of megalopolis clusters, said bid committee officials.
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 Beijing would host the 2022 Winter Olympics with a sustainable and athlete-centered approach as a strong echo of the reform of the Olympic Movement, the city emphasized in the bid it made public last week.
