The year 2022 will be a big year for sports in China. That's because of the 24th Winter Olympics in Beijing and the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou.
On Aug 6th, 2018, the official emblem for Hangzhou Asian Games came out. The city won the hosting right for the 2022 Asian Games in 2015. It will be the third Chinese city to host the Asian Games after Beijing and Guangzhou in 1990 and 2010.
First hosted in 1951, the Asian Games is the largest multisport event in Asia. It also means a lot to China. The Beijing Asian Games was the first large international sports event to be hosted by China, China News Service noted.
To make the Games a great success, Chinese people worked hard to prepare. Beijing built a great number of roads and stadiums, including the famous Beijing Olympic Sports Center and Asian Games Village. The Games helped the world see China and its achievements. From then on, China has improved its global image, China Youth Daily reported.
For the upcoming 2022 Asian Games, Hangzhou has already started building 33 sports gyms. The themes for the Hangzhou Asian Games are “green, smart, economical and civilized”. All the Games' buildings will be environmentally friendly.
