On February 7, the first plenary meeting of the 2025 Ninth Asian Winter Games Executive Committee was held. Zhang Qixiang, Mayor of Harbin, presided over the meeting and delivered a speech. He emphasized that it was necessary to study and implement instructions of President Xi Jinping during his inspection of Heilongjiang province and his instructions on hosting the Asian Winter Games, fully implement the requirements of the Heilongjiang provincial government and Harbin municipal government, and build the "dream team" to work together to host an Asian Winter Games that fully displays Asian style, Chinese feature, Heilongjiang characteristics and ice city charm. Wang Tieliang and Zhang Haihua participated in the meeting.

The meeting pointed out that hosting the Asian Winter Games was a landmark that will bring rare opportunities to Harbin's rise to internet celebrity city, it will offer great chances to develop ice and snow tourism resorts, build ice and snow economic highland and cultural tourism industries. It is also an important way to promote the high-quality development and sustainable revitalization of Harbin. It is necessary to adhere to result-oriented principles, further optimize and adjust the command system, working mechanism and team strength of the 9th Asian Winter Games Executive Committee, and ensure that all work will be advanced in an orderly manner.

The meeting emphasized that hosting the Asian Winter Games successfully was important for China. The 9th Asian Winter Games will be held in a year, so the time is tight and the tasks are heavy. The Executive Committee of the Games must raise awareness of developmental awareness, anchor the mission goals, and complete all projects with high quality on time. It is necessary to use market-oriented, and flat thinking measures to promote working procedure and solve problems. It is necessary to improve the working mechanism of the executive committee and municipal departments, and build a strong team to get well-prepared for the Asian Winter Games.