Tourists flock to Shanxi for winter thrills
Top athletes among those championing province's wealth of snow and ice assets
The 9th Asian Winter Games, which ran from Feb 7 to 15 in Harbin, the capital city of Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, were not only a venue to showcase the performance of athletes, but displayed the overall development of the winter sports sector in China.
Shanxi, a province in North China, used the event to showcase its high-quality development of the winter sports sector, in terms of athletic sports, grassroots sports, the snow and ice economy and winter sports-related industries.
On Feb 10, Shanxi athlete Jiang Xinjie won silver in the final of the men's snowboarding big air event at the Games. It marked his first individual medal at the Asian Winter Games and the first for Shanxi.
In the first round of the competition, Jiang executed a flawless 1,440-degree rotation, landing smoothly to earn 83.25 points and temporarily placing him in second. After three rounds, Jiang secured the silver medal with a total score of 160.25 points.
