It's been three years since Bejing won the bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. While some venues from the 2008 Olympics will be re-used for the Games, the snow and sliding events will be held in neighbouring areas Yanqing and Zhangjiakou. Our reporter Wei Lynn Tang visited Yanqing to check out how the local community has been preparing for the games.

It's a typical sultry summer day in Beijing. But indoors, the Yanqing community is gearing up for the 2022 Winter Olympics on a Sunday, no less.

This is a group of doctors, nurses and medical practitioners. They are undergoing training in roller skating before moving on to a ski simulation machine. All in hopes of being able to volunteer as medical support staff for the 2022 Games.

WEI LYNN TANG BEIJING "Yanqing District, which is where we are now, will be one of the three game zones for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Located 74 kilometers northwest of downtown Beijing, this mountainous area will host events like Alpine Skiing and Bobsleigh."

The medical team's lead trainer, who is a general practitioner himself, believes the group will be able to meet the professional standards necessary in four years' time.

GENG XUAN YANQING MEDICAL WORKER "We are confident. It is our pride to be able to contribute to the Winter Olympics events that will be held in our village. While our medical service and support system isn't very complete yet, we hope to gain enough from our training that, even after the games, we will be able to use what we've learned in providing medical support for alpine skiing and to pass these skills on in the future."

Beijing's successful bid for the 2022 games has transformed lives across Yanqing district.

Lang Enge was previously a sheepherder. Due to environmental reasons and spurred by the Winter Olympics, he established a farmers' ski team a year ago. He says he has gained a lot from this change in career.

LANG ENGE TEAM LEADER, HAITUO SKI TEAM "Whether it's in an economic sense or in terms of ideals, I have seen my health improved, and opened up perspectives in the way I interact with people and manage things. We hope to train more people to ski, for them to fall in love with it, and from within turn it into a career, such that even after the Winter Olympics are over, they are able to work as in coaching or other related areas."

As part of its plan to promote winter sports culture in the run-up to the Games, the Chinese government has committed to draw 300 million people onto the ice and snow by 2022.

Already, people in Zhangshanying town in Yanqing District have commended the local government's support in providing free coaching to farmers and also to children who love skiing and show potential to learn.

GUO JUNHUA FOUNDER, STAR OF HAITUO CHILDREN'S PUBLIC WELFARE SKI TRAINING CAMP "In the past, I used to work just because. But now it's to fulfill my dream which is the Winter Olympics. Having been a ski coach for 10 years, I hope to be able to train and cultivate a future champion in this children's team."

Construction has begun at the Yanqing venue cluster of sporting facilities, which will include the National Alpine Ski and Sliding Center.

While the games are still almost four years away, positive and hopeful outcomes are already being felt on the ground. After all, as they say in sports, it's participation, in any form, that matters at the end of the day. WLT, CGTN, Beijing.