What will we watch at the Hangzhou Asian Games? Remember these numbers and focus on the key points
The Hangzhou Asian Games officially opened on September 23, 2023.
This is the second largest comprehensive sports event in the world, second only to the Olympics, and the third time a Chinese city has hosted the Asian Games. What highlights are worth paying attention to?
Firstly, there are events with unique Asian characteristics. The Hangzhou Asian Games has a total of 40 major events, in addition to 31 Olympic events, there are also 9 non Olympic events, including intellectual events, martial arts, squash, cricket, wicker, Kabardi, martial arts, dragon boat, and baseball and softball. In addition, esports and breakdancing have become two new events in this year's Asian Games, and it is also the first time they have been included in the official competition of the Asian Games.
This year's Asian Games attracted 12417 athletes from 45 countries and regions, making it the largest Asian Games in history. China has sent 886 athletes to compete, including 36 Olympic champions.
In addition to Hangzhou as the host city of the Asian Games, Ningbo, Wenzhou, Huzhou, Jinhua, and Shaoxing in Zhejiang Province are also five co hosting cities, fully implementing the principle of "Hangzhou as the main city and sharing the entire process" in hosting the games.
"Green, intelligent, frugal, and civilized" is the organizing philosophy of this Asian Games.
In terms of venue construction, 65 out of 87 venues and related facilities have achieved 100% green electricity supply. Green electricity mainly comes from central and western provinces as well as offshore wind and photovoltaic power within the province. In terms of ecological environment, in preparation for the Asian Games, Hangzhou has built and renovated more than 120 parks, completed over 260 kilometers of subway greening, and planted over 30000 trees on new roads.
The Hangzhou Asian Games fully utilizes artificial intelligence, from medical treatment, watching competitions to travel. At present, AR smart buses have connected residential communities and Asian Games venues. The vehicles are equipped with a 30 ° 8 megapixel camera, which can perceive vehicles within a 600 meter range and pedestrians within a 300 meter range, and automatically plan and implement avoidance plans.
Among the 56 competition venues, 12 are newly built, while the remaining 44 are renovated, temporarily constructed, or continued. All 31 training venues have been renovated.