Chinese Beijing and Zhangjiakou launch joint bid to host 2022 Winter Olympic Games

10:19, 6 November 2013

BEIJING. November 6. KAZINFORM - Beijing and Zhangjiakou plan to submit a joint bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, according to the Chinese Olympic Committee.

Zhangjiakou City is located around 200 kilometers north-west of the Chinese capital in the Hebei Province offered to host snow sports and Beijing will take ice sports. Beijing authorities believe that their experience of hosting the Games in 2008 will give them an edge in the 2022 bid.

At the end of the year there will begin construction of a railway linking the two cities. The commissioning of the railway will allow tourists to get from Beijing to Zhangjiakou in 40 minutes.

It bears to remind that in August 2013 Almaty has already submitted its bid for the 2022 Games, while Ukraine's Lviv is expected to put itself forward.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has set the bid application deadline for November 14, with the host city election due to take place at its Session in Kuala Lumpur on July 31, 2015.

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