CCTV News:Driven by the Beijing Winter Olympics, the ice and snow movement has been widely carried out, and the ice and snow that used to be a "cold resource" has gradually transformed into a "hot economy" that drives high-quality development.
Xinjiang, which is rich in ice and snow resources, is now in the hot summer. In the Jiangjunshan International Ski Resort in Altay City, the construction of the tourist service center project is in full swing, and the sound of the scene is rumbling, and the workers are scrambling for the construction period and working together to strive for 2022— Put into use in the snow season of 2023.
Altay’s continued investment in ice and snow facilities lies in the 97% increase in the number of tourists received in the snow season last year. Thanks to this, this year Xinjiang will also complete the construction of Huocheng Ice and Snow Town, the expansion of Nalati Ski Resort and Sailimu Lake Ski Resort. On a nationwide scale, despite the impact of the epidemic, the number of ski tourists in the country has maintained an increasing trend. The ice and snow industry is becoming the new engine of economic development in many areas rich in ice and snow resources.
Peng Weiyong, Deputy Director of Sports Economics Department of State Sports General Administration:2021— In the snow season of 2022, the number of ice and snow tourists reached 312 million, and the tourism income reached 390 billion yuan. The facilities of ice and snow venues have been greatly improved. Now our skiing population has reached 15 million, and the number of skiers has reached 21 million. On the whole, our scale, social subjects and skiing population are constantly expanding, showing a good trend.
As a country with a late development of ice and snow sports, China has always been considered that ice and snow resources are not rich. However, the research findings of the Institute of Geography of Chinese Academy of Sciences in recent years show that China is rich in ice and snow resources, and there are still a large number of high-quality ice and snow resources that have not yet been developed.
Entrusted by the relevant state departments, the Institute of Geography of Chinese Academy of Sciences began to investigate China’s land ice and snow resources in 2010. It is found that the comprehensive conditions of China’s ice and snow resources are comparable to those of internationally famous ice and snow tourist destinations, such as the European Alps, the Loki Mountains in North America, Northeast Asia, Japan and South Korea, and it is one of the best ski tourism resource-rich areas in the world. In addition to the traditional northeast and north China, especially the northwest region has obvious advantages in key indicators such as vertical drop, snowfall and snow storage period.
Li Yu, researcher of Institute of Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences:In recent years, we have made a general survey of resources, and initially found that in Xinjiang, the focus is on Altay in Xinjiang, including Ili Prefecture. We believe that it should be in the first echelon in terms of quality, quantity and volume.
According to reports, in 2021, there will be 52 international large-scale ski resorts with more than 1 million skiers in the single snow season, of which 79% will be in the Alps; In this respect, China is still blank and has great potential for future development. However, experts also said that the construction of large-scale ski resorts should be scientifically evaluated from local natural resources, location advantages, environmental protection and other aspects, and it is forbidden to blindly follow the trend of development.
Li Yu, researcher of Institute of Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences:From the orientation of the main function of the country and the spatial planning of the country, the core area of the clear ecological red line area should be firmly fixed. In addition, in the area south of the Yangtze River, I personally think that outdoor ski resorts should be at least strictly restricted (built) and the development of indoor ski resorts should be encouraged.