The International Olympic Committee will decide on the host city for the 2030 Winter Olympics in September 2023. Compared to the Summer Olympics, bids for the Winter Olympics have not been strong in recent years.

So far, only Sapporo, Japan, Salt Lake City, USA, and Vancouver, Canada, three cities that have hosted the Winter Olympics, have been rumored to be willing to bid, with Vancouver being the most active.

In February, the Vancouver 2030 Winter Olympics Organizing Committee (OCOG) announced that it had signed an agreement with the city, the Canadian Olympic Committee, and the Canadian Paralympic Committee to discuss a bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics.

In June, the OCOG proposed a bid plan that included no new venues, using all of the 2010 Winter Olympics venues, and adding the Sun Peaks Winter Olympics Village to the 2010 Winter Olympics Villages in Vancouver's False Creek and Whistler, which would be available for aboriginal people to live in after the games.

In July, OCOG released financial estimates for the 2030 Winter Olympics, with a total budget of C$3.5 billion to C$4 billion (approximately $18.5 billion to $21 billion).

The 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver were recognized as one of the more successful Winter Games, and although no official financial statements have been produced 12 years later, the vast majority of Canadians were satisfied with the Games - both in terms of results and expenses.

The reason for introducing the "Aboriginal community-led" concept to the bid is that, in light of last year's revelation of Canada's "dark history" of systematic discrimination and persecution of Aboriginal people, the idea of using the Winter Olympics to promote racial reconciliation and improve Canada's image has arisen, and Aboriginal communities The Aboriginal community is also hoping for more resources and attention.

A September poll showed that 61 percent of residents, 71 percent of businesses, and 72 percent of politicians in the Metro Vancouver area (21 cities, counties, and districts, including Vancouver) support the bid. The supporters believe that with the "home base" left by the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, and with the help of the First Nations, the 2030 Vancouver Winter Olympics can "do more with less". Vancouver's newly elected Chinese-American Mayor Shen Guanjian also recently made it clear that he "supports Vancouver's bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics".

The IOC is now supporting a "targeted dialogue" with Vancouver before the beginning of December this year. The Canadian Olympic Committee has asked the OCOG to submit an official bid document containing funding, risk-sharing agreements, and governance details by February 2023.