CCTV News (News Network): General Secretary Xi Jinping attaches great importance to the development of ice and snow sports, and points out that promoting the leapfrog development of my country's ice and snow sports is an important part of achieving the second centenary goal. Under the leadership and promotion of General Secretary Xi Jinping, "300 million people participate in ice and snow sports" has become a reality. Ice and snow sports crossed Shanhaiguan and entered all parts of the country, opening a new era of ice and snow sports in China and even the world. This Spring Festival, the 9th Asian Winter Games, which will be about to open, is promoting various preparations with high quality. Popular ice and snow sports are also being carried out hotly across the country. The ice and snow economy has become a new growth point, and "cold resources" are accelerating their transformation into the "hot driving force" of economic development.

As the opening of the Asian Winter Games approaches, many officials, media reporters and others from the delegation have arrived in Harbin one after another. When the Asian Winter Festival meets the Chinese New Year, everyone is working hard, pasting window flowers and writing couplets. Everyone is looking forward to a feast where Chinese culture and ice and snow sports passion collided.

Ice and snow sports are an important part of sports. The development of ice and snow sports is a natural result for my country to move from a sports power to a sports power. General Secretary Xi Jinping attaches great importance to the development of ice and snow sports in my country, pointing out that promoting the leapfrog development of ice and snow sports in my country is an important part of achieving the second centenary goal, and has also created a rare life opportunity for the vast number of ice and snow athletes. Under the leadership and promotion of General Secretary Xi Jinping, my country has continuously consolidated its reserve of ice and snow sports talents and strengthened scientific preparation and training. After the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics, my country won 8 World Championship gold medals and 45 World Cup gold medals in ice and snow sports, and ice and snow events gradually showed a new pattern of balanced development. At this Asian Winter Games, our country will participate in all 64 minor events, striving to achieve a double harvest of athletic results and spiritual civilization.

If the country is prosperous, sports will prosper; if the country is strong, sports will be strong. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that building a strong sports country is an important goal in the comprehensive construction of a modern socialist country. The foundation of a sports power lies in mass sports. In September 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized during his inspection in Heilongjiang that the development of the ice and snow economy should be taken as a new growth point and promote the development of the entire industrial chain of ice and snow sports, ice and snow culture, ice and snow equipment, and ice and snow tourism.

Bearing in mind the instructions of the General Secretary, all localities and departments continue to consolidate and expand the achievements of "drive 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports", and promote the high-quality development of the ice and snow economy through ice and snow sports and ice and snow tourism. In Xinjiang, world-class ice and snow resources have attracted ice and snow enthusiasts from all over the country; in Chongli, Hebei, relying on the Beijing Winter Olympics venue, various mass ice and snow events are staged continuously; in Harbin, the host of the Asian Winter Games, winter cultural and tourism activities are superimposed on the Asian Winter Games, making the "Erbin fever" continue this winter.

Data shows that since the successful holding of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, the national participation rate of ice and snow sports has reached 22.13%, and the number of participants in ice and snow sports has reached 313 million. The total scale of my country's ice and snow industry has increased from 270 billion yuan in 2015 to 890 billion yuan in 2023, and is expected to exceed 1 trillion yuan for the first time in 2025.

On February 7, the 2025 Harbin Asian Winter Games will open. This is another major comprehensive international ice and snow sports event held by my country after the Beijing Winter Olympics. Asia's eyes will gather on the banks of the Songhua River. Harbin, the "ice city" will show the world its unique ice and snow charm and the spirit of the times of the Chinese people in the new era. "Ice and snow dream together, Asia is united in one's heart" also embodies the vision of the whole of Asia to go to the future and achieve prosperity together.