奥委会主席巴赫视察冬奥会比赛场馆
Thomas Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee, was in Beijing on Tuesday inspecting competition venues for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and gave the organizers the thumbs up for their preparations so far.
国际奥委会主席托马斯·巴赫周二在北京视察2022年冬奥会比赛场馆，他对组织者的准备工作表示赞赏。
Bach visited Zhangjiakou in Hebei Province and Yanqing district in Beijing, which are two of the three sites for the upcoming Games. A total of 24 competition and non-competition venues will be used during the event, including eight in Zhangjiakou and three in Yanqing.
"The organizing committee is doing excellent work. We see very thorough and detailed planning. We see all the schedules are respected so far. It's the Chinese way. We are really very sure about the completion of the work at the right time and also the success of the Olympic Games," said Bach.
The Olympic committee president also spoke highly of China's efforts to encourage 300 million people to take part in winter sports.