Focus Interview | Hangzhou Asian Games Ready!

On September 23rd, the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou are about to kick off. At this moment, Hangzhou is attracting worldwide attention. At this Asian Games, over 12000 athletes from all 45 members of the Asian Olympic Council signed up, with many delegations sending out the largest ever team. The athletes from six delegations, including China, Thailand, Japan, South Korea, India, and Hong Kong, signed up with over 600 people. In addition to technical officials, media reporters, and others, the total size of the Hangzhou Asian Games will reach more than 30000 people, setting a new record for the Asian Games. This is also the third time that Chinese cities have hosted the Asian Games. Is Hangzhou ready?

In early autumn, the temperature in Hangzhou does not decrease. What is even hotter than the temperature is people's enthusiasm for the Asian Games. Hangzhou, ready to showcase its most beautiful appearance to the world; The people of Hangzhou are also preparing and looking forward to it.

There is a saying in Hangzhou that goes, "West Lake is responsible for its beauty like flowers, and the canal is responsible for making money to support the family." If the beautiful West Lake represents Hangzhou's dignity, then the Grand Canal, which connects the north and south, supports Hangzhou's money bag back then. Nowadays, transportation is no longer the main function of the canal, but it is still one of the favorite places for Hangzhou people to visit.

Yu Ying is a native of Hangzhou. A few years ago, she joined the local volunteer team and engaged in public welfare services. During the Asian Games, she will serve as a volunteer on the city side and contribute to the smooth hosting of the Asian Games. Yu Ying also hopes that through her services, more people can learn about the history and culture of her hometown.

In the museums around Gongchen Bridge, multiple inheritors of intangible cultural heritage handicrafts express their expectations and support for the Asian Games through their works. Among them, the "Jiangnan Memories" combination composed of three mascots is naturally the favorite of creators.

In addition to representing the history and culture of Hangzhou, the other feature of the three mascots is their robot shape, which also reminds people that Hangzhou is also a modern "Internet City". In recent years, Hangzhou has developed rapidly in the field of Internet technology and is also one of the core cities of e-commerce in China. In ancient times, the Grand Canal connected the traffic between the north and the south. Now Hangzhou, the Internet city, also promotes people's connectivity. This fusion of ancient and modern elements has also brought a unique atmosphere to the Hangzhou Asian Games.

For example, the names and designs of the medals "Hushan" and "Huohuo" carry a strong cultural flavor; The one-stop service of the "Cloud Asian Games" and the online participation of hundreds of millions of people in the "Digital Torchbearer" ignition activity reflect Hangzhou's innovation in digital development in recent years.

Yu Ying, a city volunteer for the Hangzhou Asian Games: In the process of volunteer service, we will use the "Report Now" app to accelerate the work efficiency of volunteers and superiors in coordination and arrangement. We can solve problems as soon as possible through intelligent service software. Hangzhou is not only rich in history and culture, but also a city with a modern side. We hope that friends who come to Hangzhou can fully enjoy the Asian Games and feel Hangzhou's uniqueness.

The fusion of ancient and modern elements in Hangzhou is also reflected in the competition venues of this Asian Games. The Canal Sports Park, located next to the canal, is a comprehensive sports facility that integrates a sports arena, sports field, park, and commercial facilities. It will host table tennis, breakdancing, and field hockey competitions for the Asian Games. The design inspiration for the venue, like the mascot Congcong, comes from the shape of jade cong in Liangzhu culture, and the facilities of the venue reflect green and intelligence everywhere.

Feng Jing, Commander of the Hangzhou Asian Games Canal Sports Park: The Asian Games Sports Park is built with green and environmentally friendly functions and is also the first green three-star building in Zhejiang Province for sports venues. The exterior of the gymnasium is made of anodized aluminum oxide material, which has a self-cleaning function on rainy days and does not require manual cleaning of the exterior. Permeable concrete has excellent water permeability in rainy days, combined with our artificial lake, it can feed back the grassland on sunny days, achieving the standard specifications of sponge cities.

Not only does it have technological content in the construction process, but the design of the venue also reflects ingenuity in some details.

Feng Jing, Commander of the Canal Sports Park at the Hangzhou Asian Games: Due to the strict wind speed requirements of the table tennis project, our air conditioning vents are located below each seat, and the air conditioning outlet speed is controlled at 0.2 meters per second. This not only controls the entire wind speed, but also the entire distributed system, which can achieve energy conservation. If there are no spectators in this area, the air conditioning in this area can be left unused, in order to achieve energy-saving goals.

The Hangzhou Asian Games has a total of 56 competition venues, distributed in Hangzhou as well as Ningbo, Wenzhou, Huzhou, Shaoxing, Jinhua and other places. The construction of the venue adheres to the concept of "green, intelligent, thrifty, and civilized" hosting for the Asian Games. It not only utilizes a large number of green and intelligent technological means, but also ensures that the venue can be renovated without new construction, and serves the people after the competition.

The Hangzhou Asian Games Village is composed of athlete village, technical officer village, and media village, and is the largest Asian Games village in history. During the Asian Games, more than 20000 athletes, team officials, technical officials, and media personnel will be provided with comprehensive services such as accommodation, catering, transportation, culture, technology, medical care, and commerce.

After arriving at the Asian Games Village, delegations from various countries will attend a welcome ceremony, watch Chinese cultural performances, raise their own flags in the village, and play their national anthem, allowing everyone to feel the national honor and competition atmosphere from this moment on.

Under the care of volunteers and staff in the Asian Games Village, the athletes adjusted their competitive state while also feeling the enthusiasm and characteristics of Hangzhou. Many of them got to know Hangzhou and China from the Asian Games Village. Intelligent interactive experience project, teaching athletes to learn simple Chinese and understand the recipe of Chinese cuisine; A fully automatic engraving machine allows them to collect their favorite Chinese characters; The intelligent badge exchange station allows athletes to participate in green and low-carbon actions while exchanging badges.

Asian Games Village staff member Wu Yihan: The badge exchange center building itself is made of low-carbon materials, and also produces badges made of low-carbon materials for athletes to exchange and use. So every time a badge exchange is completed here, it is actually a proactive promotion of low-carbon concepts.

The comfortable and considerate service of the Asian Games Village allows athletes to adjust their condition as soon as possible. Soon they will step onto the field, fighting for honor and dreams, while enjoying every experience and feeling of the Asian Games.

The Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium is like a big lotus, and its design inspiration, like the lotus among the three mascots, originates from the water lilies of West Lake. One day later, the opening ceremony of the Hangzhou Asian Games will be held here. Let's look forward to Hangzhou together, look forward to the Asian Games, and hope that everyone participating in the Asian Games can bloom like a lotus in this journey.

Tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock, the opening ceremony of the Hangzhou Asian Games will be officially held at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium. Before the opening, some competitions had already started in advance, such as football, volleyball, table tennis, and rowing. This Asian Games has 40 major events, 61 sub events, and 481 sub events. The wind comes from the east, and the tide rises in Asia. Let's pay attention to the touching moment of the Asian Games, witness the new era of China and Asia, walking hand in hand with the world, working together for mutual benefit, and moving towards the future.

Editor | Wang Meng, Wang Ning, Liang Ye

Camera | Fu Peng and Liu Wen

Editing | Zhao Peng, Zhang Wenqing