Opinion: How the Beijing Winter Olympics Has Changed the World Map of Winter Sports

What will be the legacy of the Winter Olympics? One answer can be found in the numbers.

When the Chinese government said that the long-term goal of hosting the Winter Olympics was to promote winter sports in China, it attached a specific number — getting 300 million Chinese people involved.

The goal might have been reached already. As of October 2021, the number of participants in winter sports nationwide had reached 346 million according to a survey conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics commissioned by the General Administration of Sport of China. Also, another goal — Team China participating in all 109 events of the winter games — has also been realized.