After preparations to 2008 Games, Beijing has high-level and robust health-care resources and services. 22 first-class hospitals in Beijing and Zhangjiakou will be designated as the 2022 hospitals, with more than 30,000 beds. These hospitals have long experience in treating patients and injuries, particularly relating to winter sports.
In terms of accommodation, Beijing is one of the world's top destinations for tourism and business with existing 518 star-rated hotels providing 110,000 rooms, most of which were tried and tested during the 2008 Games and fully satisfy IOC requirements with the existing room supply.
The National Strategy of Coordinated and Integrated Development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region will create favorable conditions and lay a solid base for the bid for Beijing 2022, creating a "win-win" environment for future investment.
Among other benefits Beijing 2022 will directly benefit from a large number of development aspects:
The Beijing 2022 Games will both contribute to and benefit from accelerated development of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Sport, Culture and Tourism Belt and the creation of a major winter sports center, attracting millions of tourists from China, all over Asia and from around the world,
The Games will help deliver a new model of sustainable development for the region and beyond, which will positively impact many generations to come,
The high-speed rail between Beijing and Zhangjiakou will bring the latter's local businesses and 4.5 million residents much closer with the international metropolis of Beijing.
The Games will contribute to creating approximately hundreds of thousands new jobs across sports, culture, tourism and leisure industries.
Mayor Wang concluded: "We coordinated our vision of Beijing 2022 and the three Games Zones around the integrated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, a plan that was in the works long before the idea of hosting the Winter Games was conceived. This context, along with the solid infrastructural and human legacy of the Beijing 2008 Games, ensure that Beijing 2022 Games would be truly economical and sustainable."
