BEIJING Uomo Nike Hyperadapt 1.0 JP Team Arancione Nere Italia , Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Beijing announced its bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics on Tuesday, hoping to become the first city to stage the Winter Games after playing host to the Summer.
Beijing's chances could be affected by its infamous air pollution, but the Chinese capital can also start from here to make the air cleaner.
In a rare consensus among the public, media and officials, air pollution is seen as one of the top obstacles for Beijing to become the first ever Summer and Winter Olympic host.
Half of the 7,400 people polled by China's leading portal Sohu on Wednesday expressed concerns over Beijing's poor air quality.
"Beijing will have to make a promise in its bid book on how to effectively reduce air pollution," read an editorial carried by Beijing News newspaper on Wednesday.
A top local sports official considers the bid an opportunity to improve the environment.
"The government has already started to tackle the problem Uomo Nike Hyperadapt 1.0 JP Nere Rosse Italia ," said Li Yingchuan, head of the Beijing Sports Bureau. "I believe in 10 years the situation will be much better."
Besides pollution, Beijing's chances could be hurt by the fact that Pyeongchang of South Korea will host the 2018 Winter Games and Tokyo the 2020 Summer Olympics.
"There is a rotation rule, though unwritten, in the bid. Since Pyeongchang won the 2018 bid, it will be difficult for Beijing to win the 2020 right," Li said.
In the meantime Uomo Nike HyperAdapt 1.0 Bianche Grigie Italia , Beijing faces potential strong rivals Oslo, Norway; Munich, Germany; and a possible joint bid from Poland and Slovakia. Almaty of Kazakhstan had earlier entered the bid and Ukraine's Lviv officially joined the race hours after Beijing declared its candidacy.
Yang Yang, China's first winter Olympic champion and International Olympic Committee