Beijing bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics Beijing bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics Beijing 2022 was a successful bid by Beijing, China and the Chinese Olympic Committee for the 2022 Winter Olympics. The IOC selected the host city for the 2022 Winter Olympics at the 128th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on July 31, 2015, which Beijing won. The Chinese Olympic Committee nominated Beijing as the candidate city for the 2022 Winter Olympics on November 3, 2013. In addition, Zhangjiakou is the joint city for the bidding. Zhangjiakou is located northwest of Beijing. Beijing bid to host the 2000 Summer Olympics, but lost out to
Bids for the 2022 Winter Olympics Palace with drinks paid for by the royal family. Several commentators pointed out that such demands were unheard of in a western democracy; "Slate" described the IOC as a "notoriously ridiculous organization run by grifters and hereditary aristocrats." On 7 November 2013, the Polish Olympic Committee announced they submitted a bid to the IOC for the 2022 Winter Olympics, together with Zakopane, Poland, and Jasná, a village in central Slovakia, near the Polish border. If the bid had been successful, it would have been the first time either Poland or Slovakia hosted the Olympics. Zakopane previously bid to host the