The Chief Executive, Mr Ho Iat Seng, today sent a congratulatory message to the Chinese delegation for their exceptional and sensational achievements at the Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022.

The Chief Executive sent the letter on behalf of the Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR) and of people throughout Macao, stating the utmost respect, and sincere congratulations, to the national athletes, for achieving glorious results, with many breakthroughs for Team China at the 13th Paralympic Winter Games.

The national team had won in total 18 gold medals, 20 silver medals, and 23 bronze medals at the recently-concluded Paralympic Winter Games. The number of gold medals won, and the aggregate medal tally, meant China for its first topped the medal table in both categories. Such impressive results had won great honour for the country, for the people across the nation, and for Beijing as a dual Olympic Games city, i.e., as host of the 2008 Summer Olympics, and of the 2022 Winter Olympics.

The national Paralympic athletes displayed vigorously the spirit of the Olympics, and the sporting spirit of China, as well as the competitive skills and the sportsmanship of those Chinese people with disabilities, the letter read. The athletes’ achievements illustrated vividly the spirit of the Chinese story, especially a chapter involving the hosting of two splendid editions of Olympic Games.

Every medal was a result of endeavour, hardship and determination, said Mr Ho. The spirit of resilience displayed by those athletes with disabilities inspired, across the world, the idea of the enormous potential realisable in life, as well as the beauty of competition, of sporting spirit, and of life itself. The athletes’ devotion fortified the values of confidence, love, friendship, and hope. Their effort would further promote overall social development of disabled people, including via the sports sector. Thus, the national team’s performance would boost and encourage the dignity, confidence, exertion, and independence of people with disabilities.

The Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 were not merely a sporting gala, but also a showcase of China’s pursuit of its ideology of a community with a shared future. The success in the Paralympic Winter Games reinforced confidence in the process of attaining the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation , while presenting the image of a transparent, prosperous, and open country, committed to promoting a community with a shared future. Such effort would also strengthen awareness of China among people across the world, and help them gain a better understanding and knowledge of the country, noted the letter.

The Chief Executive also sent good wishes to Team China for scaling new heights in sporting events, and for fighting for the glory of the country, and of the Chinese people.