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The National Aquatics Center (aka the Water Cube/Ice Cube) is an iconic venue first built for the 2008 Beijing Olympics and later revamped for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. 

It is the only Olympic facility funded by compatriots from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Macao Special Administrative Region, Taiwan, and overseas Chinese. 

Hailed as one of the "New Architectural Wonders of China," it is one of Beijing's new representative structures.

Established in August 2007, Beijing National Aquatics Center Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Beijing State-Owned Assets Management Co., Ltd., is responsible for the operation and management of the National Aquatics Center.

Following the guiding principle of "maintaining the operation of the Olympic venues well after the games" issued by the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China and the People's Government of Beijing Municipality, the Beijing National Aquatics Center Co., Ltd. aims to become "a world-class venue operation service provider." The team continuously explore how to make full use of the Olympic venue in a comprehensive, recycled, and sustainable manner to provide a Chinese solution for the reuse of the Olympic venues. In 2019, the company was awarded the annual "Sport and Sustainable Architecture" by the International Olympic Committee.

Since the opening of the National Aquatics Center after the games, it has continued to expand its business scope. It has since been converted to hold various sports events, tours, large-scale activities, market development projects, franchise events, a water park, and an ice rink. As of the end of 2024, the center had received 31 million tourists, hosted more than 3,000 events, provided swimming services to about 3 million people, and hosted 19 international sports competitions.

Following the venue retrofit for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, the National Aquatics Center has achieved a comprehensive upgrade of its operational capabilities based on the "water-to-ice conversion" project, and successfully held curling competitions in 2019 and 2021. The center, as a a venue of both 2008 and 2022 Olympic Games, will continue to serve as a model for reusing Olympic venues after the games and innovate and develop the Chinese solution for the provision of services for water and ice events.