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21 nations have qualified athletes

Australia
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
China (Host)
Czech Republic
Estonia (making their return to these games 20 years after salt lake city 2002)
France
Great Britain
Italy
Israel (making their debut at the winter paralympics)
Latvia (making their return to these games 16 years after their last appearance in Turin 2006)
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
RPC-Russia (russian paralympic comittee)
Slovakia
South Korea
Sweden
Switzerland
United States of America

78 sports events at 2022 winter paralympics

Alpine Skiing (30 events)

'Nordic Skiing'
Biathlon (18 events)
cross country skiing (20 events)

Para ice hockey (1 event)

snowboarding (8 events)

wheelchair curling (1 event)

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director of that opening ceremony is the same one who also arranged regular winter olympics opening ceremony and will arrange winter olympics closing ceremony, film director Zhang Yimou