Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology: The digital scientific and technological achievements of the Winter Olympics will be promoted and applied after the games

At the special press conference on the construction of the 2022 Beijing Global Digital Economy Benchmark City held by the Beijing Press Center on February 11, Wang Lei, deputy director of the Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology, said that the Beijing Winter Olympics is a conference on digital technology innovation and application, and a series of scientific and technological achievements such as digital media, intelligent communications, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, digital twins, smart medical care, intelligent transportation, and smart cities will become important and valuable Olympic heritage, and will be further promoted and applied after the games.

"The application scenarios of the digital economy can be said to be reflected in all aspects of the Winter Olympics." Wang Lei said that the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics is a collection of digital technology and digital economy, and the progress of digital technology has opened up a huge imagination space for the realization of creativity. The wonderful events in the recent week and the operation guarantee of the venues have comprehensively demonstrated the scientific and technological achievements of Beijing's digital economy development.

The robot chef of the Winter Olympic Smart Restaurant can realize 24-hour automatic service of ordering, meal making and meal delivery; the winter Olympic village room has installed a multi-functional smart bed for athletes; and the "super high-speed 4K orbital camera system" in the National Speed Skating Hall can track the position of athletes in real time and flexibly capture the game screen.

It is worth mentioning that the Beijing Winter Olympics also achieved the first 8K video technology live broadcast opening ceremony and the broadcast of important sports events in the history of the Olympic Games. "Taking this as an opportunity, Beijing has organized the establishment of the world's first city-level 8K broadcast system, opened the first provincial-level 8K channel in China, built 20 8K large screens in public places in the city, and deployed 200 8K large-size television sets to provide an immersive sensory feast for the majority of citizens and friends who cannot attend the epidemic." Wang Lei said.