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0.SHIJIAZHUANG, July 31 (Xinhua) -- Beijing and Zhangjiakou held a series of events Sunday to celebrate the first anniversary of successful bid to 2022 Winter Olympic Games.
In Beijing , over 5,000 people took part in a walking event Sunday morning. In Zhangjiakou, a 4-kilometer walking event was held at 17:57, the time IOC president Bach announced Beijing won the bid a year ago.
Official website domain name of Beijing Organising Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralymic Winter Games was published and emblems were collected worldwide Sunday night in Yanqing District of Beijing.
In the past year, Beijing and Zhangjiakou made overall and specific plans for the 2022 Winter Olympics and launched the preparation work for basic infrastructure construction.
Zhangjiakou were picked to host the 2021 freestyle and snowboard worlds, one year before it will also host these events as part of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
Statistics shows that more than 12.5 million Chinese took part in skiing in 2015 with an increase of 21.36 percent year on year.
