On February 4, 2022, the long-anticipated Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics officially opened, and the "dual Olympic city" of Beijing once again ignited the passion and dreams of the Olympic Games with its unique charm. This is the first time since the inaugural Winter Olympics in 1924 that this winter sports event has been held in China. The world's attention will once again focus on China and on Beijing.
During the Beijing Winter Olympics, approximately 2,900 athletes from over 90 National Olympic Committees gathered in North China to compete for medals across 7 sports, 15 disciplines, and 109 events. Among them, the Chinese sports delegation, with a total of 387 members, was the largest in its Olympic history. The performance of China's winter sports athletes at this home-ground Olympics has drawn immense attention from people across the nation.
The successful hosting of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, presenting the world with a spectacular winter sports spectacle, is the result of years of hard work and dedication by countless individuals. Particularly in areas such as venue construction, infrastructure, and technical services, the support and collaboration of a large number of outstanding enterprises have been indispensable. With their excellent quality, innovative concepts, top-tier technology, and superior services, these companies contributed to the successful hosting of the Beijing Winter Olympics. Taking Far East Cable as an example, as a leading enterprise in the cable industry, it deeply participated in multiple projects, providing high-quality customized cables including fire-resistant cables, flame-retardant cables, low-smoke zero-halogen cables, and long-life wiring cables, contributing "Far East's strength" to ensuring the smooth progress of these projects.
In terms of main construction projects, Far East Cable participated in the pipeline construction and equipment system project for the snowmaking system at the National Alpine Skiing Center ("Snow Feiyan"), the main competition venue for the Beijing Winter Olympics, as well as in projects such as the Duolemeidi Holiday Resort, one of the training sites for skiing events. During the construction of the "Snow Feiyan" project, Far East Cable overcame challenges such as low temperatures, high elevation differences, and tight schedules, providing customized cable products and services to ensure the successful completion of the snowmaking tasks.
Due to the high starting point, long track, large elevation difference, and steep slope of the ski runs, the construction difficulty was extremely high. In response, Far East Cable first consulted with the construction units to select the most suitable customized cable products. Second, to reduce the difficulty during cable installation, Far East Cable’s technical team adopted a new installation method after scientific evaluation—installing in 80-meter segments sequentially—ensuring orderly and safe completion at each stage.
Facing the challenge of low temperatures at high altitudes in northern winters, improper installation methods could lead to sheath cracking and potential safety hazards. To address this, Far East Cable’s technical team worked on-site with construction units to precisely pre-heat the cables before installation, ensuring the integrity of the sheath before and after laying and completely preventing sheath cracking.
In supporting infrastructure, the Beijing-Zhangjiakou High-Speed Railway is of paramount importance, tightly connecting the three competition zones of Beijing, Yanqing, and Zhangjiakou, significantly enhancing transportation capacity between Beijing and Zhangjiakou, and creating an "hourly living circle" through interconnected transport facilities. As a supplier for the Beijing-Zhangjiakou High-Speed Railway project, Far East Cable provided all cable products for Qinghe Station and supplied a large quantity of cables for the new Beijing-Zhangjiakou High-Speed Railway's "four-electric" system integration project and "three-electric" relocation project.
As the largest station along the Beijing-Zhangjiakou High-Speed Railway line, Qinghe Station combines functionality and aesthetics, is fully equipped, and allows "zero-distance" transfers between high-speed rail, subway, and buses, gradually becoming a new comprehensive transportation hub in northern Beijing. During the Beijing Winter Olympics, Qinghe Station played a crucial transportation role, and Far East Cable ensured stable and reliable power transmission for key events.
To further enhance charging capabilities, State Grid Corporation of China continuously expanded its charging station network during the Beijing Winter Olympics, building 12 charging stations and installing 383 charging piles around Olympic venues and along the Jingli Expressway section between Beijing and Zhangjiakou. Notably, the Olympic venues also launched new energy vehicle super charging stations. Far East Cable provided liquid-cooled high-power charging cables, ensuring the project’s efficient and green operation, meeting electric vehicle owners’ urgent demand for high-power and fast charging, and fully embodying the green Olympics concept.
This liquid-cooled cable can conduct electricity while simultaneously using coolant to dissipate heat, increasing power capacity by more than three times compared to traditional cables, greatly enhancing current-carrying capacity, while reducing weight by over 50%. It enables a 3-5 minute charge to provide 100 km of range. Moreover, the product has passed high-temperature refrigerant corrosion tests and features excellent resistance to bursting, climate, UV radiation, and low temperatures, ensuring charging safety. It effectively addresses the current bottleneck of slow charging speed limiting the development of electric vehicles and meets the intensive charging demands of electric vehicles during the Winter Olympics.
The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, as a grand event in world sports, is an "international calling card" presented by China to the world, demonstrating China's strength and wisdom. As a leading enterprise in the cable industry, Far East Cable, with its timely and exceptional products and services, deeply participated in the construction of related projects, contributing to the successful hosting of the Beijing Winter Olympics and resolutely sounding the strongest note of "Made in China"!
