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PYEONGCHANG, Feb. 25-- Chinese President Xi Jinping's special envoy Liu Yandong met with Chinese media representatives in the International Broadcasting Center (IBC) of the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games here on Sunday. Liu, Chinese Vice Premier, visited China Central Television's office and studio at the IBC, was briefed on Chinese media reporting of the Winter Olympics and exchanged views with media representatives, before she attended the Olympic closing ceremony. Liu told Chinese reporters that President Xi attaches great importance to the PyeongChang Games and for the first time sent two special envoys to the PyongChang Olympics, the first being Han Zheng, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee. The vice premier noted that the Winter Olympics features two platforms of competition - one for sports and the other for media. As athletes demonstrate their fighting spirit and a strong will to challenge human limits, journalists present the beauty and spectacle of sports to the global audience in a timely manner, said Liu. The vice premier encouraged Chinese journalists to continue hard work during the Winter Paralympics which opens on March 9. The closing ceremony of the PyeongChang Games marks the start of a four-year cycle leading to Beijing 2022, said Liu, adding the following four years are important in Chinese history. | 
