Table 3.

Examples of open coding from interview transcripts.

Concept	Data excerpt	Data source
National Winter Games Training Base/Cable Cars/Chairlifts/Snow making Machines/Snow Groomers/Ski Enterprises/Capital Investment	..Since 2015, the Xinjiang Silk Road Ski Resort has been preparing for the National Winter Games and has become the venue for alpine skiing and the closing ceremony. In 2017, it was designated as a National Training Base and planned to establish a Snow Sports Branch of Beijing Sport University (not yet implemented). Subsequently, the ski resort underwent extensive infrastructure development, investing nearly 300 million to renovate the ski equipment hall and upgrade cable car and chairlift facilities. Before 2018, the Silk Road Ski Resort dominated Xinjiang, but then the Jiangjun Mountain Ski Resort and Koktokay Ski Resort in Altay quickly emerged as strong competitors, both making significant investments and achieving good results..	05M0415
Coaches/Technical Staff/Team Leaders	..Following the successful Olympic bid, China assembled outstanding coaches and technical staff to jointly select and test athletes. The selected elite athletes underwent intensive training, forming a cross-disciplinary training team. In preparation for the Beijing Olympics, a four-year cycle team leader responsibility system was adopted, with each leader guiding their team according to project needs to ensure team stability and sustainable development..	11M0530