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china news service, beijing, september 9 (reporter chen hang) in the second half of this year, shijingshan district of beijing will welcome two major sports events, the 2024 wtt china grand slam and the 2024-2025 international ski federation snowboard and freestyle skiing big jumping world cup, which will inject new vitality and opportunities into the development of shijingshan district in the post-winter olympics era in culture, commerce, sports, tourism and other fields. shijingshan district will play a leading role in the winter olympics and continue to make good use of the winter olympics heritage in facilities, industries, culture and other aspects.

this was learned by reporters on the 9th from the shijingshan district special session of the series of thematic press conferences "celebrating the 75th anniversary of the founding of new china".

the picture shows the series of themed press conferences on "celebrating the 75th anniversary of the founding of new china" - shijingshan district special session. photo by jin jing

yin yuan, deputy mayor of shijingshan district, beijing, introduced that the highly anticipated wtt china grand slam will be held in shougang park from september 26 to october 6. this is the first time that the wtt grand slam event has been held in china, and it is also the second time that beijing has hosted a top international table tennis event after the successful hosting of the 1961 world table tennis championships. at present, all preparatory work is being carried out intensively, efficiently and orderly.

the fis snowboard and freestyle skiing big air world cup is an international class a sports event hosted by the fis. in december 2023, the 2023-2024 big air world cup was successfully held at the shougang ski big air. chinese athlete su yiming returned to the blessed land and stood on the highest podium again, winning the men's snowboard big air championship. this year, the event will be held at the shougang ski big air in december. at that time, shijingshan district will continue to go all out and carefully organize to provide athletes and spectators with all-round event guarantees and high-quality and warm event services.

yin yuan said that the winter olympics ignited the dream of ice and snow, ignited the vitality of the development of the old industrial base, and left the most precious spirit of the beijing winter olympics. shijingshan district will seize the opportunity, give play to the driving role of the winter olympics, and continue to make good use of the winter olympics heritage in facilities, industries, culture and other aspects:

first, continue to make good use of the winter olympic venues. make full use of the winter olympic venues such as the shougang ski jump, actively introduce international ice and snow events, hold major events such as the wtt grand slam and the ski jump world cup, enhance event service capabilities, and strive to create high-quality event brands. actively introduce commercial activities such as entertainment performances, first shows, and e-sports events to inject new vitality into venue operations.

second, continue to improve the ice and snow industry. continue to expand the concentration of industrial resources and social attention in the new shougang area in the "post-winter olympics" period, actively promote innovation in the ice and snow sports industry, and cultivate the "technology +" and "sports +" industrial ecology. give full play to the role of the global ice and snow industry alliance, drive the agglomeration and development of ice and snow enterprises, hold the 2024 international winter sports expo, continue to promote the organic integration of ice and snow consumption with business, culture, tourism, technology, exhibitions and other industries, further stimulate the vitality of ice and snow sports consumption, and create new growth points for ice and snow consumption.

the third is to continue to promote ice and snow culture. make full use of the winter olympic heritage to carry out mass ice and snow sports events such as "citizens' happy ice and snow season" and "ice and snow carnival", make good use of the "winter olympic community" and "ice and snow school" brands, continue to stimulate the enthusiasm of the masses to participate in ice and snow sports, further consolidate and deepen the achievements of the demonstration zone of "driving 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports", and create a strong atmosphere of ice and snow sports. (end)