On December 28th, at the 2018 Plenary Session of the Chinese Olympic Committee, the Chinese Olympic Committee was entrusted by the International Olympic Committee (the IOC), and Gou Zhongwen, the Director General of the General Administration of Sport of China and the President of the Chinese Olympic Committee, presented the 2018 IOC “Olympiad in Action” Cup to Shougang Group. Liang Zongping, a member of the Standing Committee of the Group’s Party Committee and the Chairman of the Trade Union, took the cup onto the stage on behalf of Shougang Group. The meeting was presided over by Li Yingchuan, the Deputy Director General of the General Administration of Sport of China.

Li Yingchuan pointed out: “Shougang Group takes Beijing’s hosting of the 2008 Olympics and the 2022 Winter Olympics as opportunities to comprehensively promote the upgrading of the industrial structure of Shougang Park. It not only holds the freestyle skiing and snowboarding platform competitions of the Beijing Winter Olympics and provides the office space for the Organizing Committee of the Beijing Winter Olympics, but also becomes the training base for the national teams of Chinese winter events. We believe that the transformation of Shougang has exemplary significance both from the perspective of sustainable development and from the perspective of promoting sports. The Chinese Olympic Committee applied to the IOC through the Chinese Olympic Committee and decided to award this year’s ‘Olympiad in Action’ Cup to Shougang Group.”

The IOC has established its annual cup since 1985, with a different theme each year, so that the Olympic Committees may award organizations or individuals with outstanding contributions. The theme of the 2018 IOC Cup is “Olympiad in Action”, and it’s used to award organizations, individuals or projects that support sports in the aspects of promoting sports activities, enhancing development and sustainable development through sports, etc.

Shougang Group is the only unit recommended by the Chinese Olympic Committee to the IOC this year.