The National Ski Jumping Center for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou， Hebei Province， on July 29. The main structure was completed last December. Its nickname Snow Ruyi stems from its curves similar to a traditional Chinese jade ornament for good luck.

Including the Snow Ruyi， all 12 competition venues have been completed and passed on-site tests conducted by international sports federations. Test activities were staged during the most recent snow season to examine venues and facilities， operation and emergency response.

Super Arch

An aerial photo taken on July 27 shows the construction site of the Dafaqu Bridge in Guizhou Province. Its main arch was closed that day. The bridge， with a designed length of 1，427 meters and width of 33 meters， is one of the key projects along the Renhuai-Zunyi Expressway.

New Heritage

East Chinas port city of Quanzhou， once hailed as “the very great and noble city” by the Italian explorer Marco Polo， won UNESCO World Cultural Heritage status on July 25， bringing the total number of the countrys UNESCO World Heritage sites to 56.

UNESCO accepted“Quanzhou： Emporium of the World in Song-Yuan China” as a cultural property on its World Heritage List at the 44th Session of the World Heritage Committee held in Fuzhou， capital of Fujian Province.

Located on narrow plains along the coastline of Fujian， Quanzhou was one of the worlds largest ports along the historic Maritime Silk Road， particularly in the Song （960-1279） and Yuan（1279-1368） dynasties.

The heritage includes 22 sites of administrative buildings and structures， religious buildings， and statues. It witnessed multicultural communities， cultural memorial sites and monuments， the production of ceramics and iron， and a transportation network formed of bridges， docks and pagodas that guided voyagers.

“It reflects greatly the spatial structure that combined production， transportation and marketing. It demonstrates the key institutional， social and cultural factors that contributed to the spectacular rise and prosperity of Quanzhou as a maritime hub of the East and Southeast Asia trade network during the 10th to 14th centuries，” said a report by the International Council on Monuments and Sites， the committees official advisory body.