On December 26, the 5th Jilin International Ice & Snow Tourism Industry Expo, the 8th Annual Meeting of China’s Tourism Industry and the 24th Changchun Ice & Snow Festival were officially launched. Chen Xiaoguang, Vice-Chairman of the CPPCC and Executive Vice-Chairman of the NLD Central Committee, announced the launch. Hu Heping, Vice Minister of the Publicity Department of the Central Committee of the CPC and Minister of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People’s Republic of China, Ma Jiantang, Secretary of the Party Group of the Development Research Center of the State Council, and Jing Junhai, Secretary of the Provincial Committee of the CPC attended the event and delivered speeches. Han Jun, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee of the CPC and Acting Governor, presided over the event. Jiang Zelin, Chairman of the Provincial CPPCC, attended the meeting.

▲The 5th Jilin International Ice & Snow Tourism Industry Expo, the 8th Annual Meeting of China’s Tourism Industry and the 24th Changchun Ice & Snow Festival were officially launched. 

On behalf of the provincial Party Committee and Government, Jing Junhai welcomed the distinguished guests. He said that Jilin is located in the world's golden ice and snow latitude zone, the scenery is natural, the ice and snow custom is unique, and the development of ice and snow sports is in the forefront of the country. In recent years, we have thoroughly implemented the spirit of the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech on his visit to Jilin, carried out the concept of "Clear waters and green mountains are invaluable assets, so is snow-covered land", constructed an ice and snow industry system with ice and snow sports, ice and snow tourism, ice and snow culture and ice and snow equipment as its core, promoted the innovation, integration and development of ice and snow culture, led the development trend of ice and snow economy, made a full article on "snow for money" and promoted the transformation of "cold resources" into "hot industry". Experience Beijing Winter Olympics in Jilin. At present, we are actively responding to the call for "300 million people to participate in the ice and snow sports", seizing the opportunity to host the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and actively participating in the preparations for the Winter Olympics. We are willing to take this event as an opportunity to work hard and share with all of you, to jointly help the Beijing Winter Olympics, to promote the development of the ice and snow economy, and to add new momentum to the overall revitalization of Jilin.

▲Provincial Party Committee Secretary Jing Junhai and Han Zirong, the Full-time Vice-Chairman and Secretary-General of the OCOG for the Beijing Winter Olympics, jointly launched the "Join Hands with Winter Olympics, Build a Dream of Ice and Snow" theme year.

Hu Heping said that the development and expansion of the ice and snow industry in Jilin Province and the holding of the International Ice and Snow Industry Expo are vivid practices to implement the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism will, as always, support regions rich in ice and snow resources such as Jilin, tell stories about ice and snow, promote ice and snow culture, and attract more people to participate in ice and snow sports and tourism. It is believed that Jilin Province will surely seize the opportunity to become a big ice and snow industry province, a strong ice and snow tourism province and a world-class ice and snow tourism destination.

Ma Jiantang said that Jilin Province is rich in ice and snow resources. He hoped to keep in mind General Secretary Xi Jinping's earnest instructions, vigorously carry out mass ice and snow sports, further optimize the business environment, improve the infrastructure, speed up the expansion of the diversified industrial chain focusing on ice and snow tourism, and fully promote the high-quality development of the ice and snow economy.

Jing Junhai and Han Zirong, the Full-Time Vice-Chairman and Secretary-General of the OCOG for the Beijing Winter Olympics, jointly launched the "Join Hands with Winter Olympics, Build a Dream of Ice and Snow" theme year. Han Zirong and Duan Qiang, Chairman of the World Tourism Alliance and President of China Tourism Association, delivered speeches.

After the event, Jing Junhai and Han Jun accompanied the important guests attending the event to visit the Winter Olympics Theme Exhibition Hall, Changchun Snow and Ice Theme Exhibition Hall and other exhibition halls to learn more about the ice and snow economic development in the province.

On the evening of December 25, Jing Junhai and Han Jun met with more than 40 important guests in Changchun, including Ma Jiantang and Liu Liange, President of the Bank of China.

Relevant leaders of the CPPCC, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Development Research Center of the State Council; Provincial and Changchun city leaders Wu Jingping, Hu Jiafu, Wang Kai, Tian Jinchen, Shi Yugang, Dong, Jianhua Zhi, Lan Hongliang and Zhang Zhijun, and provincial government secretary-general Wang Zhihou participated in the activities.