President Xi Jinping met with IOC President Bach in Lausanne, Switzerland on January 18th: The preparation of the Beijing Winter Olympics is a major work for China in the next few years; the Beijing Winter Olympics will be used as an opportunity to make competitive sports better. Faster, higher, stronger, and at the same time vigorously develop mass sports, achieve national health through national fitness, and achieve a comprehensive well-off goal

On January 18th, President Xi Jinping met with President of the International Olympic Committee, Bach, at the International Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland.

When Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan arrived at the International Olympic Museum, the Bachs met at the parking lot and introduced the important officials of the International Olympic Committee to Xi Jinping.

Subsequently, Xi Jinping and the Bach and his wife took a group photo in front of the statue of the modern Olympic movement, Coubertin.

Xi Jinping pointed out that for a long time, the International Olympic Committee and Chairman Bach and the Honorary Chairman of Rogge have made important contributions to the healthy development of the international Olympic movement and have also greatly helped China's sports cause. I appreciate this. China firmly supports and actively participates in the Olympic Movement. Beijing is the first city in the world to host both the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics. This is China's contribution. The preparation of the Beijing Winter Olympics is a major task for China in the next few years. We will adhere to the green Olympics, share the Olympics, open the Olympics, and clean the Olympics. China is willing to work with the International Olympic Committee to make the Beijing Winter Olympics a wonderful, extraordinary and outstanding Olympic event.

Xi Jinping emphasized that the Chinese Olympic Games will flourish. We will take the Beijing Winter Olympics as an opportunity to make competitive sports better, faster, higher and stronger. At the same time, we will vigorously develop mass sports and achieve national health through national fitness. A comprehensive well-off goal. The successful hosting of the Beijing Winter Olympics will also help promote economic growth along China and the “Belt and Road” and contribute to regional peace and stability. I look forward to the International Olympic Committee to continue to support the development of China's sports industry.

Bach said that it is a historic visit to warmly welcome President Xi Jinping and his wife to visit the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee. Like the international community, the International Olympic Committee pays close attention to China's reform and development cause and believes that China will achieve greater development in the fields of politics, economy, culture and sports. The international community is looking forward to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. The International Olympic Committee is willing to continue to work together with the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee to promote the preparatory work, ensure the holding of a wonderful Beijing Winter Olympics, and help the Chinese people realize China. dream.

After the meeting, Xi Jinping and Peng Liyuan visited the International Olympic Museum accompanied by the Bach President and his wife. They also visited the exhibition of Olympic development history, the medal exhibition of previous Olympic Games, the exhibits of the Beijing Olympic Games, the 2012 London Olympics, the Chinese and foreign athletes' competition equipment, and watched the video highlights of previous Olympic Games and the electronic display of previous Olympic Games events. Bach explained the whole process for Xi Jinping.

Wang Huning, Li Zhanshu, Yang Jiechi, and Honorary President Rogge of the International Olympic Committee attended the above activities.

IOC President Bach: "I really wish to give President Xi a gold medal!"

"I really hope to give President Xi a gold medal!" At noon on January 18, President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan ended their visit to the International Olympic Committee. President Bach was interviewed by reporters at the International Olympic Museum. The head of the international Olympics is like an athlete who just stepped off the field and still can't restrain himself.

When talking about the first visit of the Chinese head of state, Bach mentioned to the reporter a lot of scenes that made him "still excited".

"I invited President Xi to board an Olympic champion podium displayed here. He stood on the top and raised his arms to everyone, and invited me to stage together. The atmosphere was very relaxed and active." Bach said with a smile. "Although there are strict awards in the Olympic Charter, only athletes who win the Olympic Games will be awarded gold medals. However, in promoting the Olympic Games, President Xi Jinping is a well-deserved champion."

"He is a real champion." Bach added a special tone.

Recalling that President Xi has met with him several times in recent years, Bach is very excited: "President Xi has a lot of words that have left a deep impression on me. What impressed me deeply is that he plays a role in sports development in society. The important role has a clear view. He said, 'Sports is not just sports, but also contributes to better education'. This is a very keen and profound understanding of a national leader, and I am very excited."

“What impressed me the most is that President Xi is a leader of knowing and doing. He not only has goals, but also has a strategy to achieve goals and a clear path. The goal is not only limited to sports itself, but also to the economy. Social and cultural development."

On the same day, Bach chose to host President Xi in the Coubertin Hall on the second floor of the museum. There is a black and white photo of a wall full of outstanding athletes in the hall, which solidifies many classic moments. After Xu Haifeng’s breakthrough in the Olympic gold medal “zero” in China, the heroic position on the podium will be fixed there.

"I was there to talk to President Xi for nearly half an hour and exceeded the scheduled time. This is a historic visit and a very successful visit." Bach said that President Xi’s special visit has once again confirmed China and the international The long-standing good relationship between the Olympic Committee.

"I have always said that I believe that the 2020 Winter Olympics in Beijing will be brilliant. After last night and this morning, I would like to talk with President Xi, I would say that under the strong leadership of President Xi, I am sure that the Beijing Winter Olympics will be certain. It will be wonderful."

Although he has long known that President Xi is particularly fond of sports, Bach admits that President Xi’s knowledge of sports has surprised him. "In the course of today's visit, I explained the whole process for President Xi and introduced a lot of content. He is very clear about the relevant historical background. He can see that he is indeed a senior sports fan who loves sports very much. As a leader of a sports organization. I feel very happy and proud."

At the end of the visit, on behalf of China, President Xi presented the Chinese Embassy to the International Olympic Committee, and introduced to Bach that the movement originated in China 2,300 years ago. "I told President Xi that we have to find the best place in the museum to display this precious gift," Bach said.

During the visit, President Xi wrote in Chinese on the VIP book of the International Olympic Committee to "promote the Olympic spirit and promote peaceful development." Bach told reporters that he had taken pictures and found them on his mobile phone.

At the end of the interview, Bach used a Chinese "Happy Chinese New Year!" to express the Chinese New Year greetings to the Chinese people. “I heard that the upcoming Year of the Rooster is an auspicious year, so I am looking forward to visiting China again this year.”