Ski resort sees its business snowball

LANZHOU - While taking a selfie with a cellphone and stepping on her snowboard, 26-year-old Guo Qianjia opened the live broadcast application to memorize her first snow event this winter.

Guo, who lives in Baiyin city in Northwest China's Gansu province, was snowboarding at the resort of the Gansu Baiyin national snow sports training base. After the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, more people in Northwest China are attracted by diverse winter sports.

"I started to learn to ski in 2021.The amazing Beijing Winter Olympics made me love skiing more," says Guo, adding that she even has upgraded from an amateur to an elite in both snowboarding and skiing after two years of practice.