On February 8, Beijing time, the 9th Asian Winter Games officially kicked off, and at the opening ceremony, 6 Heilongjiang Olympic champions entered as flag bearers, they were Zhao Hongbo, Han Cong, Jiao Liuyang, Ding Ning, Gao Tingyu and Qu Chunyu, 4 Winter Olympic champions and 2 Summer Olympic champions.

Zhao Hongbo and Han Cong are both Winter Olympic champions from figure skating pairs, Zhao Hongbo and his wife Shen Xue created China's first gold medal in figure skating at the Winter Olympics, and the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics successfully realized their dream, which played a milestone in China's ice and snow development. Han Cong and his partner Sui Wenjing won the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and won the Olympic gold medal in pairs skating to complete their dream. Qu Chunyu partnered with Wu Dajing, Ren Ziwei and Fan Kexin at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics to win the short track speed skating mixed 2000m relay championship.

Ding Ning won the women's singles and team table tennis championship at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and Jiao Liuyang won the Olympic championship in swimming at the 2012 London Olympics.