Olympic Council of Asia official hails upcoming Harbin Asian Winter Games

HARBIN, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Vinod Kumar Tiwari, deputy director general of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), participated in the torch relay of the 9th Asian Winter Games in Harbin on Monday and praised China's preparation efforts ahead of the event.

"We are very happy and very pleased. Because the organizing committee had only one year to prepare for the games and they've done a marvelous job," said Tiwari.