'No China bids' for 2018 Winter GamesChina's sports ministry has decided not to submit bids by the northeastern cities of Harbin Harbin (här`bĭn), Rus. Kharbin, city (1994 est. pop. 2,505,200), capital of Heilongjiang prov., China, on the Songhua River. It is the major trade and communications center of central Manchuria, the junction of the two most important and Changchun Changchun (chäng`ch  n`), city (1994 est. pop. 1,810,400), capital of Jilin prov., China, on the railroad between Harbin and Dalian. to host the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympics Sports medicine An international competition among (traditionally) nonprofessional athletes trained in a particular summer or winter sport, which is held every 4 yrs in a selected city. See Paralympics, Special Olympics, World Medical Games. , despite initial support, state media said Wednesday Wednesday: see week. .
The two cities had earlier expressed strong interest in bidding to host the Games, but formal bids will not be made to the International Olympic Committee “IOC” redirects here. For other uses, see IOC (disambiguation). The International Olympic Committee (French: Comité International Olympique) is an organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas on June 23 by the Thursday deadline, the Beijing Legal Evening News said. "The decision was made by the General Administration of Sports," the paper quoted Harbin's top sports official, Gong Xiqing, as saying. Gong said the decision was made because a bid from South Korea's Pyeongchang was seen as stronger. Harbin failed in a formal bid to host the 2010 Winter Games
As for Changchun, the paper quoted its top sports official, Guo Zhongjun, as saying: "The General Administration of Sports did not agree to our bid after considering it." Officials at the sports ministry were unavailable for comment. Officials contacted at the sports bureaus of Harbin and Changchun said they were unaware the ministry had turned down their bids. "Harbin and Jilin (Changchun) both have had experience in hosting international winter competitions," Sports Minister Liu Peng told a news conference in Beijing last month. "Whether to bid for the Winter Olympics firstly depends on the enthusiasm of the potential host cities. If they are really enthusiastic to bid, we will certainly support them." So far, the German city of Munich, which staged the 1972 Summer Olympics, Pyeongchang and the French town of Annecy have announced their intention to bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics. The 2010 Games are being held in Vancouver, while the 2014 Winter Olympics will be held in the Russian Russian associated in some way with Russia. Russian blue a breed of cats with short, dense, silver-tipped blue-colored coat and vivid green eyes. resort city of Sochi. 
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