LAUSANNE — Beijing on Jan 6 handed over its official bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics to the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

The IOC will send an evaluation team to China in March before it elects the host city of the 2022 Winter Games from either Beijing or Almaty, Kazakhstan, on July 31 in Kuala Lumpur.

Beijing will co-host the Games with Zhangjiakou, a city in Hebei province some 200 kilometers northwest of the capital, if it wins the 2022 bid.

(From L to R) Vice Mayor of Beijing Zhang Jiandong, Minister of the General Administration of Sport of China and Chairman of the Chinese Olympic Committee Liu Peng, IOC head of Olympic bid city coordination Jacqueline Barrett, Beijing 2022 Bid Committee president and mayor of Beijing Wang Anshun and IOC Sports Director Christophe Dubi pose with the bid files at the International Olympic Committee headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland on Jan 6, 2015. Beijing on Jan 6 handed over its official bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics to the International Olympic Committee (IOC).[Photo/Xinhua]

IOC head of Olympic bid city coordination Jacqueline Barrett (R) receives from the hands of Beijing 2022 Bid Committee president and mayor of Beijing Wang Anshun the bid files at the International Olympic Committee headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland on Jan 6, 2015. Beijing on Jan 6 handed over its official bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics to the International Olympic Committee (IOC).[Photo/Xinhua]

IOC Sports Director Christophe Dubi (R) receives from the hands of Minister of the General Administration of Sport of China and Chairman of the Chinese Olympic Committee Liu Peng the bid files at the International Olympic Committee headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland on Jan 6, 2015. Beijing on Jan 6 handed over its official bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics to the International Olympic Committee (IOC). [Photo/Xinhua]

IOC head of Olympic bid city coordination Jacqueline Barrett (R) receives from the hands of Beijing 2022 Bid Committee president and mayor of Beijing Wang Anshun the bid files at the International Olympic Committee headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland on Jan 6, 2015. Beijing on Jan 6 handed over its official bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics to the International Olympic Committee (IOC). [Photo/Xinhua]

IOC Sports Director Christophe Dubi (R) receives from the hands of Minister of the General Administration of Sport of China and Chairman of the Chinese Olympic Committee Liu Peng the bid files at the International Olympic Committee headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland on Jan 6, 2015. Beijing on Jan 6 handed over its official bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics to the International Olympic Committee (IOC). [Photo/Xinhua]