Nordic Skiing - FIS Nordic World Ski Championships - Planica, Slovenia - February 26, 2023 China's Qi Liu in action during the Mixed Team HS102 REUTERS/Borut Zivulovic 

FIS Nordic Ski World Championships - Women's Ski Jumping - Qualification - Lahti, Finland - 23/2/17 - Qi Liu of China competes. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach 

FIS Nordic Ski World Championships - Women's Ski Jumping - Trials - Lahti, Finland - 23/2/17 - Qi Liu of China competes. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach 

Liu Qi of China speeds down the ski jump during an official training session for the FIS Nordic Skiing World championships in the northern mountain resort of Predazzo in Val di Fiemme February 19, 2013. REUTERS/Giampiero Sposito (ITALY - Tags: SPORT SKIING) 

First-placed Olivier Rochon of Canda (C), second-placed Qi Guangpu of China (L) and third-placed Liu Zhongqing of China pose with their medals at the World Cup Freestyle Aerials finals in Calgary January 29, 2012. REUTERS/Dan Riedlhuber (CANADA - Tags: SPORT SKIING) 

Liu Qi (R), president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games, hands Paralympic athlete Wang Juan the torch during the Beijing 2008 Paralympic torch relay in Beijing September 5, 2008. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA) 

Liu Qi, president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games, lights the torch during the Beijing 2008 Paralympic torch relay in Beijing September 5, 2008. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA) 

Chinese Olympic Committee President Liu Qi (L) lights the torch with the Paralympic flame from wheelchair-bound former Paralympian Jin Jing (R) during the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games flame lighting and torch relay launching ceremony at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing August 28, 2008. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA) 

International Olympic Committee Jacques Rogge (L) speaks as BOCOG President Liu Qi listens during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at the National Stadium, August 8, 2008. The stadium is also known as the Bird's Nest. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA) 

China's first astronaut Yang Liwei (L) holds the Olympic torch, watched by Liu Qi, president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games, during the 2008 Beijing Olympic torch relay ceremony outside Wumen Gate at the Forbidden City for in Beijing August 6, 2008. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA) 

China's first astronaut Yang Liwei (L) and Liu Qi, president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games hold the Olympic torch during the 2008 Beijing Olympic torch relay ceremony outside Wumen Gate at the Forbidden City for in Beijing August 6, 2008. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA) 

Hein Verbruggen (L), chairman of the IOC Coordination Commission for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and chief inspector for the Beijing Games, and Liu Qi, president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games, unveil plaques during the opening of the Beijing Olympics Main Press Centre (MPC) and International Broadcast Centre (IBC) in Beijing July 8, 2008. These buildings on the Olympic Green will house the 21,600 media accredited to the Games with up to 10,000 more unaccredited reporters being catered for at the Beijing International Media Centre. REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV (CHINA) (BEIJING OLYMPICS 2008 PREVIEW) 

Lien Chan (L), honourable chairman of the Nationalist Party (KMT), meets with Beijing Olympics Committee President Liu Qi in Beijing April 29, 2008. REUTERS/Minoru Iwasaki/Pool (CHINA) 

Lien Chan (L), honourable chairman of the Nationalist Party (KMT), meets with Beijing Olympics Committee President Liu Qi in Beijing April 29, 2008. REUTERS/Minoru Iwasaki/Pool (CHINA) 

Lien Chan (L), honourable chairman of the Nationalist Party (KMT), meets with Beijing Olympics Committee President Liu Qi in Beijing April 29, 2008. REUTERS/Minoru Iwasaki/Pool (CHINA) 

Liu Qi, president of the Beijing Olympics organising committee, attends the opening of the IOC Coordination Commission meeting in Beijing April 1, 2008. REUTERS/Minoru Iwasaki/Pool (CHINA) 

Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) receives the Olympic torch from Liu Qi, president of the Beijing Olympics organizing committee, during the "Welcome Ceremony for the Olympic Flame and the Launch Ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch Relay" at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, March 31, 2008. The flame arrived in Beijing on Monday. It returns to Asia in mid-April after a trip across much of the world before starting its journey across China in early May. REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV (CHINA) 

China's Politburo Standing Committee Member Zhou Yongkang (L) and the president of the Beijing Olympics organizing committee Liu Qi stand behind the Olympic flame upon its arrival at Beijing airport March 31, 2008. The Beijing Olympic flame was welcomed by cheering children in the Chinese capital amid tight security on Monday after attempts by pro-Tibet protesters in Athens to block its path. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA) 

China's Politburo Standing Committee Member Zhou Yongkang (L) and the president of the Beijing Olympics organizing committee Liu Qi stand behind the Olympic flame upon its arrival at Beijing airport March 31, 2008. The Beijing Olympic flame was welcomed by cheering children in the Chinese capital amid tight security on Monday after attempts by pro-Tibet protesters in Athens to block its path. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA) 

The president of the Beijing Olympics organising committee, Liu Qi (C), holds the Olympic flame upon its arrival at Beijing airport March 31, 2008. The Beijing Olympic flame was welcomed by cheering children in the Chinese capital amid tight security on Monday after attempts by pro-Tibet protesters in Athens to block its path. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA) 

The president of the Beijing Olympics organizing committee Liu Qi (front) holds the Olympic flame upon its arrival at Beijing airport March 31, 2008. The Beijing Olympic flame was welcomed by cheering children in the Chinese capital amid tight security on Monday after attempts by pro-Tibet protesters in Athens to block its path. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA) 

The president of the Beijing Olympics organizing committee Liu Qi holds the Olympic flame and waves as he arrives at Beijing airport March 31, 2008. The Beijing Olympic flame was welcomed by cheering children in the Chinese capital amid tight security on Monday after attempts by pro-Tibet protesters in Athens to block its path. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA) 

Chinese Olympic Committee President Liu Qi holds the torch with the Olympic flame during the handover ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic flame at Athen's Panathenian stadium site of the first modern Olympic games in 1896, March 30, 2008. REUTERS/John Kolesidis (GREECE) 

Chinese Olympic Committee President Liu Qi (L) takes the torch with the Olympic flame from Minos Kyriakou, president of the Hellenic Olympic Committee, during the handover ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic flame at Athen's Panathenian stadium site of the first modern Olympic games in 1896 March 30, 2008. REUTERS/John Kolesidis (GREECE) 

Chinese Olympic Committee President Liu Qi (R) holds the torch with Olympic flame during the handover ceremony of the Beijing 2008 olympic flame at Athen's Panathenian stadium site of the first modern Olympic games in 1896 in Athens March 30, 2008. REUTERS/John Kolesidis (GREECE) 

Chinese Olympic Committee President Liu Qi (R) holds the Olympic flame during the handover ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic flame at Athen's Panathenian stadium site of the first modern Olympic games in 1896 March 30, 2008. REUTERS/John Kolesidis (GREECE) 

Chinese Olympic Committee President Liu Qi (R) holds the Olympic flame during the handover ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic flame at Athen's Panathenian stadium site of the first modern Olympic games in 1896 in Athens March 30, 2008. REUTERS/John Kolesidis (GREECE) 

Chinese Olympic Committee President Liu Qi holds the Olympic flame during the handover ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic flame at Athen's Panathenian stadium site of the first modern Olympic games in 1896 March 30, 2008. REUTERS/John Kolesidis (GREECE) 

Plain-clothes Chinese security survey guests ahead of the arrival of Chinese Olympic Committee President Liu Qi for the Olympic torch lighting ceremony in Olympia, Greece, March 24, 2008. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs (GREECE) 

Robert Menard, General Secretary of the press freedom group "Reporters without Borders" (C), and another demonstrator are led away by police after they held up banners depicting the Olympic Rings as handcuffs during the speech by Chinese Olympic Committee President Liu Qi at the Olympic flame lighting ceremony for the Beijing 2008 Games at the site of ancient Olympia in Greece, March 24, 2008. REUTERS/John Kolesidis (GREECE) 

A demonstrator from the press freedom group "Reporters without Borders" is arrested during a speech by Chinese Olympic Committee President Liu Qi at the Olympic flame lighting ceremony for the Beijing 2008 Games at the site of ancient Olympia in Greece, March 24, 2008. REUTERS/Mal Langsdon (GREECE) 

Chinese Olympic Committee President Liu Qi (R) and IOC President Jacques Rogge (L, in sunglasses) attend the Olympic flame lighting ceremony for the Beijing 2008 Games at the site of ancient Olympia in Greece March 24, 2008. The ceremony was interrupted by press demonstrators from the press freedom group "Reporters without Borders". REUTERS/Mal Langsdon (GREECE) 

A demonstrator from the press freedom group "Reporters without Borders" is arrested during the speech by Chinese Olympic Committee President Liu Qi at the Olympic flame lighting ceremony for the Beijing 2008 Games at the site of ancient Olympia in Greece, March 24, 2008. REUTERS/Mal Langsdon (GREECE) 

Chinese Olympic Committee President Liu Qi (2nd L) meets with IOC President Jacques Rogge (2nd R) and former IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch (R) at the Olympic flame lighting ceremony for the Beijing 2008 Games at the site of ancient Olympia in Greece, March 24, 2008. REUTERS/Mal Langsdon (GREECE) 

A demonstrator from the press freedom group "Reporters without Borders" is arrested during the speech by Chinese Olympic Committee President Liu Qi at the Olympic flame lighting ceremony for the Beijing 2008 Games at the site of ancient Olympia in Greece March 24, 2008. REUTERS/Mal Langsdon (GREECE) 

Robert Menard, the general secretary of the press freedom group "Reporters without Borders", holds up a banner depicting the Olympic rings as handcuffs during a speech by Chinese Olympic Committee President Liu Qi at the Olympic flame lighting ceremony for the Beijing 2008 Games at the site of ancient Olympia in Greece, March 24, 2008. REUTERS/Mal Langsdon (GREECE) 

Robert Menard, the general-secretary of the press freedom group "Reporters without Borders", holds up a banner depicting the Olympic rings as handcuffs during a speech by Chinese Olympic Committee President Liu Qi at the Olympic flame lighting ceremony for the Beijing 2008 Games at the site of ancient Olympia in Greece, March 24, 2008. REUTERS/Mal Langsdon (GREECE) 

A demonstrator from the press freedom group "Reporters without Borders" is arrested during a speech by Chinese Olympic Committee President Liu Qi at the Olympic flame lighting ceremony for the Beijing 2008 Games at the site of ancient Olympia in Greece, March 24, 2008. REUTERS/Mal Langsdon (GREECE) 

A demonstrator from the press freedom group "Reporters without Borders" is arrested during a speech by Chinese Olympic Committee President Liu Qi at the Olympic flame lighting ceremony for the Beijing 2008 Games at the site of ancient Olympia in Greece, March 24, 2008. REUTERS/Mal Langsdon (GREECE) 

A pro-Tibet demonstrator is arrested during a speech by Chinese Olympic Committee President Liu Qi at the Olympic flame lighting ceremony for the Beijing 2008 Games at the site of ancient Olympia in Greece, March 24, 2008. REUTERS/Mal Langsdon (GREECE) 

A pro-Tibet demonstrator is arrested during a speech by Chinese Olympic Committee President Liu Qi at the Olympic flame lighting ceremony for the Beijing 2008 Games at the site of ancient Olympia in Greece, March 24, 2008. REUTERS/Mal Langsdon (GREECE) 

China's men's table tennis team (from L) Chen Qi, Ma Long, Wang Liqin, coach Liu Guoliang, Wang Hao and Ma Lin pose with their trophy on the podium after beating South Korea in the men's final of the World Team Table Tennis Championships in the southern city of Guangzhou March 2, 2008. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA) 

Members of China's men's table tennis team (from L) Chen Qi, Ma Long, Wang Liqin, coach Liu Guoliang, Wang Hao and Ma Lin pose with their trophy on the podium after beating South Korea in the men's final of the World Team Table Tennis Championships in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou March 2, 2008. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA) 

China's men's table tennis team including coach Liu Guoliang (L), players Wang Hao (2nd L), Chen Qi (C) and Wang Liqin (R) celebrate after beating South Korea in the men's final of the World Team Table Tennis Championships in the southern city of Guangzhou March 2, 2008. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA) 

China's national table tennis team (L-R) Wang Liqin, Ma Lin, Ma Long, Chen Qi, Wang Hao and coach Liu Guoliang take part in the men's semi-finals of the World Team Table Tennis Championships against Hong Kong in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou March 1, 2008. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA) 

French President Nicolas Sarkozy (2nd L) and Minister of Ecology Jean-Louis Borloo (L) shakes hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao (2nd R) and Party Secretary of Beijing Liu Qi (R) during a signing ceremony for the various commercial contracts between the two countries, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing November 26, 2007. Sarkozy used a state visit to China on Monday to publicly urge Hu to let the yuan rise more swiftly against Europe's single currency. REUTERS/Peter Parks/Pool (CHINA) 

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge (R) gets up to make his speach as Qi Liu (L), President of the Beijing Olympic Organising Committee (BOCOG) looks on during the opening of the Convention of the World Sports and Environment in Beijing October 25, 2007. Beijing's air pollution remains a concern for the 2008 Olympics, even though the city is well on its way to fulfilling the environmental pledges made when it bid to host the Games, a United Nations report said on Thursday. Air quality has been one of the biggest issues facing the organisers of next August's Games, and International Olympic Committee (IOC) chief Jacques Rogge said in August that some endurance events might have to be rescheduled if the pollution was too heavy. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA) 

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge (L) laughs with Qi Liu, President of the Beijing Olympic Organising Committee (BOCOG), during the opening of the Convention of the World Sports and Environment in Beijing October 25, 2007. Beijing's air pollution remains a concern for the 2008 Olympics, even though the city is well on its way to fulfilling the environmental pledges made when it bid to host the Games, a United Nations report said on Thursday. Air quality has been one of the biggest issues facing the organisers of next August's Games, and International Olympic Committee (IOC) chief Jacques Rogge said in August that some endurance events might have to be rescheduled if the pollution was too heavy. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA) 

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge (R) shakes hands with Qi Liu, President of the Beijing Olympic Organising Committee (BOCOG), during the opening of the Convention of the World Sports and Environment in Beijing October 25, 2007. Beijing's air pollution remains a concern for the 2008 Olympics, even though the city is well on its way to fulfilling the environmental pledges made when it bid to host the Games, a United Nations report said on Thursday. Air quality has been one of the biggest issues facing the organisers of next August's Games, and International Olympic Committee (IOC) chief Jacques Rogge said in August that some endurance events might have to be rescheduled if the pollution was too heavy. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA) 

Military delegates sit during a 2008 Beijing Olympics ceremony in Beijing July 25, 2007. Beijing Olympic chief Liu Qi issued a rallying call to the people of Chinese capital on Wednesday, asking them to throw their support behind the Games as the one year countdown approaches. REUTERS/Alfred Cheng Jin (CHINA) 

Beijing Olympic chief Liu Qi speaks during a ceremony in Beijing July 25, 2007. Liu issued a rallying call to the people of Chinese capital on Wednesday, asking them to throw their support behind the Games as the one year countdown approaches. REUTERS/Alfred Cheng Jin (CHINA) 

Participants wave flags with the 2008 Beijing Olympics logo prior to a ceremony in Beijing July 25, 2007. Beijing Olympic chief Liu Qi issued a rallying call to the people of Chinese capital on Wednesday, asking them to throw their support behind the Games as the one year countdown approaches. REUTERS/Alfred Cheng Jin (CHINA) 

Chinese officials (L-R) Liu Yandong, Tang Jiaxuan, Zeng Qinghong, Liu Qi, Liao Hui and Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang applaud during a ceremony celebrating the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China in Beijing June 27, 2007. On July 1, Hong Kong marks the 10th anniversary of its return to Chinese rule after 156 years of British administration. The sign reads " Opening ceremony of the exhibition to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ". REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV (CHINA) 

Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang (R) delivers a speech as Chinese officials (from L-R) Liu Yandong, Tang Jiaxuan, Zeng Qinghong, Liu Qi and Liao Hui listen during a ceremony celebrating the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China in Beijing June 27, 2007. On July 1, Hong Kong marks the 10th anniversary of its return to Chinese rule after 156 years of British administration.The sign reads "Opening ceremony of the exhibition to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region". REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV (CHINA) 

Chinese officials (L-R) Liu Yandong, Tang Jiaxuan, Zeng Qinghong, Liu Qi, Liao Hui and Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang applaud during a ceremony celebrating the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China in Beijing June 27, 2007. On July 1, Hong Kong marks the 10th anniversary of its return to Chinese rule after 156 years of British administration. The sign reads "Opening ceremony of the exhibition to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region". REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV (CHINA) 

Chinese officials (L-R) Liu Yandong, Tang Jiaxuan, Zeng Qinghong, Liu Qi, Liao Hui and Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang applaud during a ceremony celebrating the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China in Beijing June 27, 2007. On July 1, Hong Kong marks the 10th anniversary of its return to Chinese rule after 156 years of British administration. REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV (CHINA) 

Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang bows as Chinese officials (L-R) Zeng Qinghong, Liu Qi and Liao Hui applaud during a ceremony celebrating the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China in Beijing June 27, 2007. On July 1, Hong Kong marks the 10th anniversary of its return to Chinese rule after 156 years of British administration. REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV (CHINA) 

Chinese officials (L-R) Liu Yandong, Tang Jiaxuan, Zeng Qinghong, Liu Qi, Liao Hui and Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang attend a ceremony celebrating the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China in Beijing June 27, 2007. On July 1, Hong Kong marks the 10th anniversary of its return to Chinese rule after 156 years of British administration. REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV (CHINA) 

China's Premier Wen Jiabao (L) and Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG) President Liu Qi (R) attend the opening ceremony of SportAccord, an annual convention hosted by the General Association of International Sports Federations, in Beijing April 24, 2007. REUTERS/Kenichi Murakami/Pool (CHINA) 

Beijing Organising Committee for the Games of the 29th Olympiad (BOCOG) President Liu Qi (R) laughs as he plays table tennis with IOC Coordination Commission Chairman Hein Verbruggen during the opening of the IOC Coordination Commission meeting at the BOCOG headquarters in Beijing April 17, 2007. REUTERS/Minoru Iwasaki/Pool (CHINA)