2022 village passes key equipment inspection

The athletes’ village for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics has passed its fire-control inspection for the final certification of construction in Beijing’s northwestern Yanqing district, local government sources said on Wednesday.

As one of Beijing 2022’s three competition zones, Yanqing will host the Alpine skiing, bobsleigh, and luge competitions during the Winter Games.

Covering a total area of around 118,000 square meters, the village is located in the east of the Yanqing zone, and has been designed to resemble a traditional Beijing courtyard. Its residential area will provide 2,338 beds during the Winter Olympics, and 1,040 beds during the Winter Paralympics.

The acceptance team, led by the Yanqing District Housing and Construction Committee, carried out tests for the fire-extinguishing system and related equipment.

With the village passing the inspection, work in the core area of the Yanqing zone has also entered its final stage, according to Fan Gang, director of the Engineering Quality Supervision Station of the Yanqing District Housing and Construction Committee.