Liu notes that China's representation in these sports has been strong in recent editions of the Games.

"Our athletes have been competitive in these events in the last few Games, they will do their best in Pyeongchang," said Liu.

China has launched new national team programs in snow sports including luge, bobsled, skeleton, ski jumping, and Nordic combined since the 2022 Winter Games were awarded jointly to Beijing and Zhangjiakou in July 2015.

Liu says he hopes to see more Chinese representation in the Pyeongchang and Beijing Winter Games.

"We have hired over 30 foreign coaches to help our national teams, especially the newly-founded teams. We have also sent a lot of teams to train abroad," Liu said.

"We are trying our best to help the athletes improve their abilities and performance. Hopefully we can have more athletes compete in more events at the next two Winter Games," he added.

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