President Xi Jinping pledged on Wednesday to host an extraordinary Winter Olympic Games in 2022.

While meeting with Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, at the committee's headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, Xi said Beijing will host a green, open-minded and corruption-free Olympic event in a shared manner.

Gearing up for the 2022 Winter Games shows China's support and proactive participation in the sporting event, the president said. Preparatory work will be a major task for China in the next few years, he added.