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The Organizing Committee for the 9th Asian Winter Games 1 (official) showed the emblem, mascots (吉祥物) and slogan on Thursday for the regional games 2 (schedule) for February 2025 in Harbin, Heilongjiang province.
The mascots of the 9th Asian Winter Games—Siberian tigers “Binbin” and “Nini”—made their public debut (首次亮相) amid cheers at an unveiling ceremony in Harbin. They were created by a team from the Academy of Fine Arts at Tsinghua University, and symbolize the in-depth 3 (explore) and shape of the unique natural and cultural heritage of the Northeast—the Siberian tiger culture. “The archetypes (原型) of Binbin and Nini are two cute little Siberian tigers born in September 2023 at the Siberian Tiger Park in Harbin,” Zhang Qixiang, mayor of Harbin, said at the ceremony. “Their names mean ‘Welcome to Harbin’, and show Harbin’s eager anticipation and sincere welcome to friends from Asian countries.” Binbin represents the ice events as he shows off his winter sportswear and shares his joy of ice dancing, 4 Nini represents the snow events, 5 (wear) traditional Chinese clothes.
In traditional Chinese culture, the tiger is a symbol of good luck and is endowed (赋予) with many positive characteristics, among 6 integrity, strength and courage are highly 7 (consistency) with the Olympic spirit.
The emblem of the 9th Asian Winter Games in 2025—“Breakthrough” —was also created by the team from the Academy of Fine Arts at Tsinghua University, and expresses the beautiful pursuit of accelerating the construction of China’s sports power in the new era, making constant efforts to challenge the goal of higher, faster and stronger, and making new contributions to Asian ice and snow sports.
The slogan of the 9th Asian Winter Games—“Dream of Winter. Love among Asia” —highlights the concept of connecting Asian countries 8 ice and snow, creating new growth 9 (pole) of ice and snow economy, and promoting cultural exchanges between Asian countries, according to the committee.
It also highlights the practice of the vision of “a community with a shared future for mankind”, and the Asian Winter Games should 10 (use) as a link to promote cooperation and common development among Asian countries.