The Zhangjiakou Zone
Zhangjiakou is a popular skiing destination about 180 kilometres northwest of Beijing and served by a newly constructed bullet rail link that has cut journey times to and from the Chinese capital to under 50 minutes.
Three of its four competition venues were built specifically for Beijing 2022 and designed with their post-Games operation in mind. Together, Genting Snow Park – an existing venue – the National Cross-Country Skiing Centre, National Ski Jumping Centre and National Biathlon Centre form an international winter sports and tourism destination and a training base for high-performance athletes.
Genting Snow Park forms part of an existing ski resort. Its halfpipe, slopestyle, parallel giant slalom and ski/snowboard cross courses opened to the public after the Games. Aside from winter sports, it lays on family-oriented events and activities that include stargazing, children’s summer camps, and music and art festivals. It also hosts mass-participation events such as the Beijing-Zhangjiakou All-Season Sports Tourism Carnival.
The National Cross-Country Skiing Centre is a mountain and ice and snow sports park that stages concerts and activities such as riding, running and cycling in the summer months. While the National Ski Jumping Centre makes use of its start and finish areas to hold conferences, football matches and concerts. It also plays host to mountain and outdoor sports exhibitions and conferences.
The National Biathlon Centre stages professional sporting events, among them China’s national biathlon championships, welcomes professional winter sports teams for training camps, organises mass-participation skiing events, and lays on recreational activities such as roller skating, cycling, hiking and orienteering in the summer. It is also a training base for youth cross-country skiing and mountain sports.