With less than a month to go before the 9th Asian Winter Games, the Chinese delegation on Thursday released its attire for the awards ceremonies in the host city of Harbin in east China's Heilongjiang Province.
Designed with the theme of "snow and ice romance", the uniform features a red snowflake pattern symbolizing the determination of the athletes and conveying the Eastern philosophy of harmonious coexistence and inclusiveness.
Women's freestyle aerials Olympic champion Xu Mengtao, short track speed skating world champions Liu Guanyi and Zang Yize, and speed skaters Ahenaer Adake and Du Haonan presented the clothing during the release ceremony.
"It's my dream. I'm looking forward to the event. I hope through hard work, I can stand on the podium in this awards ceremony uniform with my teammates," Xu said.
The indoor clothing is made of China's first self-developed high-performance waterproof and moisture-permeable material, which can help keep athletes warm and comfortable. The outdoor clothing has a body microclimate adjustment system to store and conduct heat.
"With wind and waterproofing functions, the clothing can also free us from sweating during trainings. This design for this year's Asian Winter Games is indeed amazing. It looks nice to us the athletes. I want to wear it on the podium at the Asian Winter Games," Liu said.
Scheduled for Feb 7 to 14, the upcoming Games marks the second time for Harbin to host the Games and the third time for the country.
Under the theme "Dream of Winter, Love Among Asia," the Games has so far received 1,275 athlete registrations (755 men and 520 women) from 34 countries and regions across Asia. This is expected to make it the edition with the highest number of participating countries, regions, and athletes.
Chinese delegation releases uniform for 9th Asian Winter Games awards ceremonies
Zhao Leji, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), held talks with speaker of the Finnish parliament Jussi Halla-aho in Beijing on Monday, to discuss relations between their two countries.
Noting this year marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Finland, Zhao said China stands ready to work together with Finland to deliver on the important consensus reached between the top leaders of the two countries, and promote continuous development of the China-Finland future-oriented new-type cooperative partnership.
China is further deepening reform comprehensively and expanding high-standard opening up, which will bring new opportunities for bilateral cooperation, Zhao said, noting China is willing to make joint efforts with Finland to expand win-win cooperation and cement public support for bilateral relations.
China hopes that Finland will continue to play a positive role in boosting mutual promotion and common development of China-Finland relations and of relations between China and the European Union (EU), Zhao said.
Zhao said that the NPC is ready to carry forward the traditional friendship and implement close exchange and cooperation with the Finnish parliament.
As China and Finland each have their own characteristics in national governance and development concepts, the national legislatures of the two countries can learn from each other and play their legislative and supervisory roles to create a sound and stable legal environment for practical cooperation between the two countries, he said.
For his part, Halla-aho said that Finland stays committed to the one-China policy, noting the government of the People's Republic of China is the sole legal government representing the whole of China.
On the basis of mutual respect and trust, Finland is willing to promote practical bilateral cooperation, safeguard free trade and tackle common challenges, said Halla-aho, noting that the Finnish parliament hopes for enhanced exchange with China's NPC, so as to play a positive role in deepening the relations between Finland and China.
China's top legislator holds talks with Finland's parliament speaker on relations
