(Sports) Xinhua Headlines: China's National Winter Games propels high-quality development of ice-snow sports, industry

(Sports) Xinhua Headlines: China's National Winter Games propels high-quality development of ice-snow sports, industry

(240217) -- BEIJING, Feb. 17, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Students of No. 7 Middle School practise skating in Hailar District, Hulun Buir City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Jan. 18, 2024. (Xinhua/Liu Lei)

A quick look of China's 14th National Winter Games main venue

STORY: A quick look of China's 14th National Winter Games main venue SHOOTING TIME: File DATELINE: Feb. 15, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:55 LOCATION: HULUN BUIR, China CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Inner Mongolia Ice Sports Training Center STORYLINE: China's 14th National Winter Games will open in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Saturday. The Inner Mongolia Ice Sports Training Center, located in Inner Mongolia's northeast Hailar District, Hulun Buir City, is the main venue for the Games. It will host the opening ceremony and all ice events. Featuring Mongolian cultural elements, the training center is made up of several facilities, including a speed skating hall, a short track speed skating hall, and an ice hockey and curling hall. It has undergone a series of upgrades on lighting, power supply, and water filtration, to meet the standard for high-level competitions. According to the center, the original high-energy lighting has been upgraded to reduce energy consumption by 60 to 70%. In a

XINHUA-PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2021-AERIAL PHOTO

XINHUA-PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2021-AERIAL PHOTO

(220106) -- BEIJING, Jan. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Jan. 22, 2021 shows local resident Yan Xiangbin enjoying outdoor swimming in winter season in Hailar District of Hulun Buir, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Liu Lei)