Cai Qi has claimed the playbooks will allow for the Beijing 2022 Games to be organised safely ©Getty Images

Beijing 2022 has claimed it can hold a safe Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games as the final International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission meeting continued.

The three-day Coordination Commission meeting is being held virtually and will conclude tomorrow.

Cai Qi, secretary general of the Chinese Communist Party of Beijing Municipal Committee and Beijing 2022 President, spoke during today’s meeting.

The official reportedly claimed the recently published playbooks will help ensure the Games can take place successfully.

"The spread of COVID-19 across the world poses a challenge for organising the Olympic Games," Cai said, according to the Chinese state news agency Xinhua.

"We believe that the IOC and Beijing 2022 can work together for a shared future, guiding stakeholders to observe the playbook, in an endeavour to hold a safe and impressive Olympic Winter Games."

The first edition of the playbook - the strict rules all Olympic participants must adhere to during the Games - was published last week.

All those who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will not need to quarantine for 21 days upon arrival in China and can instead enter a "closed-loop management system".

Those inside the closed-loop management system will be tested daily for COVID-19 and may only visit approved locations using approved means of transport.

The system will apply to all three Olympic zones in Beijing, Zhangjiakou and Yanqing and will be in place throughout the participants' stay.

All competition and training venues as well as the Olympic and Paralympic Village and other permitted destinations fall within the closed-loop.

The Beijing 2022 Coordination Commission meeting will conclude tomorrow ©Getty Images
The Beijing 2022 Coordination Commission meeting will conclude tomorrow ©Getty Images

COVID-19 liaison officers will need to be nominated by the delegations to ensure the rules are carried out.

Participants will be asked to download an application, called "My 2022", to input their daily health information for 14 days prior to their departure and during their time in China, with temperature checks conducted before entering all venues.

A concern was raised at the Association of National Olympic Committees General Assembly over transport for the Games.

National Olympic Committees raised issues over a lack of flights to the Games, with only a small number of airlines flying to the host nation currently.

Charter flights have been cited as a potential solution to this issue, which is likely to have been discussed at the Coordination Commission meeting.

Coordination Commission chair Juan Antonio Samaranch has promised there will be "flexibility" in the period of stay guidelines for Beijing 2022 to cope with the complex logistical challenges.

Samaranch has called on participants to follow measures outlined in the playbook.