Participants pose at the 9th Advantage Austria Ski Race held in Vanke Lake Songhua Resort, Jilin city, Jilin province, on Feb. 3, 2018. （Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn）
Zhu Dongfang, vice-president of International Data Group (IDG) China, said at the conference ice and snow tourism will enter into a booming period this year and ski-related properties will attract capitals.
"IDG, having established a sports fund of 20 billion yuan, is enhancing investment in ice and snow villages," Zhu said.
Charles Ding, senior vice-president of Vanke Group and CEO of V-SKI, Vanke's snow and ice department, said Vanke Lake Songhua Resort, equipped with the ropeways manufactured by the Austrian Doppelmayr Group, has become China's top-level ski resort.
He said the company will gather experience from winter sports powerhouses such as Austria, France and Japan in the future while exploring a development model that combines China's condition.
Oliver Suter, chief sales officer of Axess AG, an Austrian company developing secure and customized systems for ticketing and access management for ski resorts, told China Daily's website the company is going to invest a lot in China's winter sports industry.
"We think the ski industry in China is the most interesting and most booming one at the time, so we are going to do investment. We have a Chinese partner which we will have a joint venture with. And as a consequence of that, it is supposed to be the largest subsidiary outside of our mother country Austria," Suter said.
