Guo Junhua stands in front of her skiing restaurant. [Xinhua Daily Telegraph]

A Chinese ski instructor who has been enthusiastic about the sport for years, has opened a special charity skiing camp for children in Beijing to help discover the country's future generation of winter sports stars.

Guo Junhua, 34, works in the Yanqing District of Beijing. On Children's Day (June 1) this year, she officially opened her children's charity ski training camp.

She has since spent two months in her hometown carefully selecting 14 talented children who love skiing, and has been teaching them for free.

Guo's hometown, Zhangshanying town, northwest of Beijing, will host the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022.

Guo fell in love with skiing at 16. She has lived in Beijing, Hebei, Sichuan and other places over the past 18 years, and has never been able to let go of her love for the sport.

"I just like the snow field. Standing on the snow, I feel a sense of safety," said Guo.

When she talks about skiing, her eyes light up. "Skiing is addictive! When rushing down the snow path, I feel like that all my troubles are far away. There is nothing but the sound of the wind."

Later, Guo went to ski resorts to apply for jobs. From cashier, sales manager to ski coach or snowfield management manager, whatever post she held, she was just as happy and never felt tired.

Guo started working at a ski resort in Sichuan Province, southwest China, in 2013 as a ski instructor, whose job it was to train tourists as well as ski coaches.

On hearing the news that Beijing would host the Winter Olympics, Guo became so excited that she burst into tears. "I must go back and do something meaningful,"Guo determined.

Thus, Guo gave up her well-paid job in Sichuan and returned to Zhangshanying.

Every time when she sees that some talented kids have to give up skiing simply because the family cannot afford the expensive training fees, she would feel obliged to set up a charity ski camp.

In Guo's opinion, the reason why foreigners are good at skiing is that they have started practice with the right conditions since childhood.

Now China has grown stronger and stronger, and people's life choices are getting increasingly diversified. Especially since the winter Olympics are to be held in their hometown, more opportunities should be created for children who love skiing, she believes.

"Skiing should start with children. And I want to help them,"said Guo.

To raise funds for her skiing charity camp, Guo opened a restaurant themed around skiing in her hometown last year. She directed the interior design by herself.

But she became stressed because of the restaurant's remote location and her lack of experience, and the business was struggling for months.

"Sometimes I really want to give up, but when I think of so many kids who love skiing, it gives me tremendous power as well as encouragement, and I have to keep on clenching my teeth,"Guo admitted.

Speaking of future wishes, Gou says with smile, "I hope I can be a volunteer when the winter Olympics are held, so that I can contribute my bit to the games.”

"I also hope that my students can serve as young volunteers for the winter Olympics, and become the 'future stars' in China's and even the world's ski slopes,"Guo added.