Gao Zhidan (fifth L) has been elected as Chinese Olympic Committee president, Sept. 7, 2022.
BEIJING, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) — Gao Zhidan was elected as president of the Chinese Olympic Committee (COC) by a secret poll at a rare assembly right here on Wednesday.
Gao, additionally director of China’s General Administration of Sport, succeeds former COC president Gou Zhongwen.
Gao, 59, famous that the COC has made nice achievements by getting ready for and competing on the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, in addition to selling the event of the Olympic Movement in China over the previous six years.
He additionally expressed that the COC will proceed selling the Olympic Spirit and the spirit of the Beijing Winter Olympics, and strengthen preparations for the Paris 2024 Summer Games, the Milan-Cortina Winter 2026 Games and the Hangzhou Asian Games.
The COC 2021 annual report was additionally voted by way of on the assembly.