Recently, the quadrennial football feast, Qatar World Cup grand opening. In addition to the expectations of the fans for this event, the opening of this World Cup has attracted the eager attention of the majority of netizens. Many Chinese elements were used in the World Cup. In addition to the conspicuous "Made in Yiwu" peripherals, Chinese referees, sponsors and the "cutest messenger" giant panda, the Qatar World Cup has frequent highlights in terms of infrastructure and new material applications.
As the first World Cup held in the Middle East, Qatar not only released the slogan of striving to become the first "carbon neutral" World Cup, but also invested huge sums of money in infrastructure and new technologies. It can be said that it is burning money like water.
First of all, in terms of game balls, the official custom ball for this World Cup is named Al Rihla, which translates to "Journey of Dreams" in Chinese. The surface of the sphere is made of a textured polyurethane spherical material called SPEEDSHELL. At the same time, it adopts a triangular shape and a bending design, which reduces the drag coefficient and stability of the football running in the air. It is said that it will be the fastest flying in all World Cups. ball".
In terms of jerseys, the home and away jerseys of the national teams of Germany, Argentina, Spain, Mexico and Japan are all provided by Adidas.
These jerseys are made of recycled polyester fibers and contain 50% Parley Ocean Plastic, an environmentally friendly material. This marine-friendly material is sourced from remote islands, beaches, coastal areas and coastlines in an effort to reduce marine pollution.
In terms of beverages, Coca-Cola Middle East plans to provide Coca-Cola beverages in 100% rPET packaging in stadiums and fan areas during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. This is also the first time that rPET bottles have been used in circulation at the FIFA World Cup.
In terms of construction, the roof of the AI Janoub Stadium, one of the eight stadiums, is covered with folded polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) sheets and cables, which can be unfolded like sails to cover the stadium to provide shade.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that Chinese companies have also participated in the design and construction of several stadiums including the Lusail Stadium.
The Lusail Stadium is the main stadium of the World Cup in Qatar and will host 10 games including the final. It can accommodate 80,000 spectators and is the largest stadium in Qatar.
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The stadium was constructed by China Railway Construction Corporation, and it is currently the world's largest single-span double-layer cable-net roof single building. Among them, Zoomlion, Sany Heavy Industry, and Jinggong Steel Structure also participated in the construction of the Lusail Stadium.
In addition to the competition venue, the Century Cup can be said to be full of "infrastructure maniacs" everywhere.
For example, in terms of photovoltaics, although there are no Chinese photovoltaic companies that have become official sponsors like Yingli Energy in previous years, Chinese photovoltaic companies have not been absent.
On October 18, the 800-megawatt photovoltaic power station in Alcazar, Qatar, which was contracted by the EPC of China Power Construction Corporation Limited (hereinafter referred to as Power China) was officially put into operation.
Among them, the power station components all use LONGi Green Energy's "Hi-MO 4" bifacial modules, and Sungrow provides a full set of 1500V inverter solutions.
With a total investment of US$417 million, the photovoltaic power plant project is currently the third largest single photovoltaic power generation project in the world and the first non-fossil fuel power plant in Qatar.
It is estimated that the power station can provide Qatar with about 1.8 billion kilowatt-hours of clean electricity per year, which can meet the annual electricity consumption of about 300,000 households, and can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by about 900,000 tons per year, contributing to the carbon neutrality of the World Cup.
In order to ensure the travel of fans during the World Cup, Qatar also imported about 1,500 buses from Yutong Bus and King Long Automobile, including 888 pure electric buses, accounting for more than 30% of the total number of vehicles in operation for the World Cup.
In addition, there are energy saving mobile apartments built by Zhonghui Green Construction, Shanghai Jiajing's sewage treatment plan, including the communication facilities of the Chinese standard stadium and the network equipment of the joint command and control center...
In general, the World Cup can be said to integrate new technologies, new materials, and new energy, and it is one of the typical examples of global carbon-neutral super-large projects. And we can also see the transformation of Chinese manufacturing from "small commodities" to "high-tech".
In addition, there are energy saving mobile apartments built by Zhonghui Green Construction, Shanghai Jiajing's sewage treatment plan, including the communication facilities of the Chinese standard stadium and the network equipment of the joint command and control center...
In general, the World Cup can be said to integrate new technologies, new materials, and new energy, and it is one of the typical examples of global carbon-neutral super-large projects. And we can also see the transformation of Chinese manufacturing from "small commodities" to "high-tech".
China has grown quietly.
source: Internet public information