China Welcomes the Olympics one year after the Olympic Games times more calmly self-confident China
In August 2008 the 8th, the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games at the National Stadium ( “Bird’s Nest”) opened, the discharge of the fireworks spectacular brilliant, eye-openers. China issued photo孙洪杰
August 7, Beijing Olympic Sports Center, the two youngsters to learn Taekwondo, “the body of the National Fitness Carnival” activities, talent show to do. The three-day “carnival” activities on the morning of the opening on the 7th. Activities during the Olympic Sports Center Stadium will be their seven free of charge, there will be 34 unique experience activities for the general public. Sudan made the CNS photo
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By August 8 Beijing Xinhua in August 2008 8th 8:00, carrying the feelings of 1.3 billion people by the hundreds of billions of people around the world concerned about the opening of the Beijing Olympic Games in Beijing. Different color, different languages, people gathered in Beijing to experience the “One World, One Dream” the passion and joy. The success of the Beijing Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge hailed as “unparalleled.”
This year’s August 8 opening of Beijing Olympic Games is the first anniversary, but also the first “National Fitness Day” will be held across the country a series of activities to meet this date. The host city of Beijing will be held at the National Olympic Sports Center 3-day “National Fitness Carnival” series of activities.
The morning of August 8, the Olympic Park Avenue will be held in the landscape, “National Fitness Day” ceremony. August 7 at -9 on the National Olympic Sports Center will hold a “National Fitness Carnival” series of activities. In this three days, the Olympic Sports Center all facilities open to the public, while the public-oriented organizations in the scientific report of the National Fitness Council, the National Physical monitoring, table tennis, five-a-side soccer, swimming, tennis and a total of 32 features Physical fitness activities.
In the post-Olympic era, sports is no longer only with the outcome of a sports-related activities, but a universal concept of participation in physical education and health, life and entertainment in a carnival. Sports in China, is becoming a way of life.
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To usher in “the first anniversary of the Olympic Games”, Beijing Olympic Park will host a variety of activities. From August 7 to 9, the Olympic Park will be held to commemorate the first anniversary of the Beijing Olympic Games Forum (7), the Italian Super Cup (8), the first anniversary of the Beijing Olympic Games theme of the outcome of the photo exhibition (8 day) , and performing tai chi million bid for the Guinness Book of records activities (on the 8th) and Beijing and other large community swimming activities (8, 9).
Fitness wave will sweep the country or as a milestone
On the 8th day, it will be approved by the State Council of China’s first National Fitness Day. From Harbin to Sanya, from Beijing to Lhasa, across the country the day the masses will be held in a variety of fitness activities, the majority of places of public sports facilities that will be basically the whole day open to the public free of charge.
In this regard, Liu Peng, the Secretary for the State Sports General Administration said: “This is the CPC Central Committee and the State Council of China’s national fitness cause a high degree of attention and the loving care of the party and the Government was concerned about the concrete expression of people’s livelihood. New China, the country’s first universal history Fitness day set up, it is a milestone, this is the Olympics of the Chinese nation to realize the dream of the best commemoration of the solemn moment, but also further consolidated the value of sports and social functions of the needs of far-reaching. ”
At 8 o’clock on August 8, the national body-building on the main venue for the kick-off ceremony will be held at Olympic Park in Beijing. In celebration of the Olympic Park Avenue Plaza, and the landscape, there will be a million people in Beijing Taijiquan performance activities, the activities of 34,000 people the organizers organized a lineup of performances, 30,648 people before the desire to refresh and hit 24 of the Guinness Book of World Records Taijiquan.
Olympic Sports Center in a period of three days of the “National Fitness Carnival” event open to the public free of charge, are expected to participate in up to 10 million people. August 8th day of public sports venues around the country to the masses, opening up the basic free. In addition, all provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions are large-scale activities will start fitness. Fitness activities simultaneously in various parts of China, once again aroused the Chinese on “Strengthening the sport and enhance the people’s constitution” the pursuit of the good.
Foreign media believe that the Olympic Games in Beijing over the United States won the most gold medals than China’s recent elite sports, sports life began to emphasize the public. Liu Peng said: “I hope August 8 On this day, everyone can place their own, happiness, health and fitness to engage in sports activities.”
“Bird’s Nest” premiere Italian Super Cup to highlight the “China element”
With the Beijing Olympic Games opening ceremony of the first anniversary of the arrival of “nest” in the post-Olympic era of the contractor’s first sports tournament – Italian Super Cup will be held the evening of August 8 formally started 8:00. Since this game has a strong mark the significance of the Beijing Olympic Games, the host organization in the event, taking into account the many elements of the Olympic Games.
To tie in with the event organizers of the creative team of Inter Milan and Lazio teams, race day will be wearing a shirt printed with the Chinese. In addition, event organizers will be in the “nest” for the Olympic Games since 1984, won the gold medal in China’s Olympic champion set up a special stand, is expected to match the evening there will be more than 100 Olympic champions visible “Bird’s Nest”; host will be distributed free of charge in the game that night nearly 80,000 “clouds” silk scarf, to reproduce the opening of the Olympic Games last year, the whole audience, “clouds” of flying event; organizers also included, such as Zhang Yimou’s Olympic Games opening and closing ceremonies of the staff team and volunteers who provided special seating, so that these have made important contributions to the Olympic Games an opportunity to relive the Olympic passion and experience the national dream of …
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“Post-Olympic era” of Beijing, over the past year in urban planning and construction, the use of venues after the game, urban management services and many other aspects of the exploration of positive and beneficial, not only to absorb and to play an Olympic legacy of these energy and embodies the city from top to bottom a new phase in the new situation in promoting the scientific development of the capital, to think and explore.
The preparation and hosting of the Olympic Games for Beijing and the Chinese left a rich spiritual legacy, especially patriotism, dedication, professionalism, innovation, team spirit of the Olympic Games. The spirit of the Beijing Olympics will not only inspire and unite, we unite as one to create the Olympic glory, but also become the inspiration and cohesion of our journey in the capital development of a strong spirit of relentless forward momentum. Over the past year, we have been able to confidently meet new challenges and tests, is able to hit in the international financial crisis, a time when the difficulties, contrarian before, and maintain stable and rapid economic development and social harmony and stability, are Beijing can not vigorously carry forward the Olympic spirit, the spirit of a more exciting style and solid tackling difficulties. The patriotic spirit of the Beijing Olympics is at the core of the sublimation of the national spirit, is based on reform and innovation as the core of the show the spirit of the times.
Museum to witness the Olympic Games were to receive more than
It is reported that the Beijing Olympic Games site in the Olympic Center District Museum, the basis of the current museum exhibition has been engineered full swing. In the first anniversary of the Beijing Olympics rapidly approaching, the Beijing Municipal Sports Bureau 35 units belong to the Museum of the Beijing Olympics more than 200 pieces of donated items, the Secretary will also be two bid Kang, organize and conduct the entire process of Olympic representative the 31 items provided to the Beijing Olympic Games Museum; men’s 110 meter hurdles athlete Liu Xiang, the Olympic Museum in Beijing donated personally from General Secretary Hu Jintao, who took over the torch.
In addition, the preparation of the Beijing Olympic Games Museum has received in the Beijing Olympic Games men’s saber gold medal project Zhong Man of China’s athletes of the Olympic gold to donate the use of gloves and the practice during the Olympic Games with a sword; it is to receive the recent Beijing Olympic Games Museum The first Olympic Games 1002 and 1003 important items. Prior to this, the Beijing Olympic Games women’s groups and women’s gymnastics uneven bars champion He Kexin has donated the prize to win when wearing clothes.
Multi-point operation of Olympic venues to alleviate the huge maintenance costs
The first anniversary of the Olympic Games in Beijing approaching, the world’s major media attention once again in Beijing, Reuters to “busy Beijing Olympics has nothing to do with the sports venues” for the report, said the Olympic Games in China in order to spend billions of dollars to build a landmarks, “Bird’s Nest” and “Water Cube” and other venues. These cost money to build the stadium maintenance costs are quite alarming. In order to ease the maintenance of pressure, they had racked their brains to make money, including an ashtray from the nest to the printed signs Watercube Maotai, China’s Olympic venues for a positive business development.
“The international media in the Olympic Games in Beijing will look at how to make use of the Olympic venues.” This week, the Beijing Olympic Committee officials, Jiang Xiaoyu said: “Some cities have successfully held the Olympic Games, but because there is no effective use in the game and the image of the Olympic venues . “He said:” Beijing Olympic venues in the development and utilization to meet the needs of the masses has been achieved initial success. “” Olympic venues has become a new tourist hot spot. ”
Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, the Beijing party secretary Liu Qi said on the 7th, since opening in October last year by the end of May this year, “Bird’s Nest” tickets through travel, performing arts, competitions and merchandise licensing operations, total operating income 364 million yuan.
“Bird’s Nest” because the topic title sensitive, on hold, at present its use is the most important sporting events and theatrical performances. 8 night, Inter Milan and Lazio will be in the “Bird’s Nest” play Italian Super Cup. This is the Bird’s Nest in the Olympic Games first held after the sports events.
After, there will be a series of sporting events held in the Olympic venues. November, ROC Schumacher World Championship will be held in the nest. By then, Michael Schumacher, Jenson Button, who will visit the scene. October’s China Open will be held the first time in Olympic venues. This year, the China Open will be upgraded to become the world’s WTA Tour event, one of the four diamond crown. Olympic champion Nadal will be the men’s game. October 11, Wukesong basketball Lane Pacers and Nuggets will play the NBA pre-season games.
“Water Cube” is another classic in the show. Begin in late June in a large-scale panoramic ballet “Swan Lake” has attracted more than 50,000 spectators. “Water Cube” swimming pool at the June 20 open to the public so that ordinary people experience the feeling of the Olympic swimming competition. Now, the “Water Cube” just the ticket 50. As management has said, plus 20 million, “you can warm up in the Water Cube swimming pool has been.”
And the “Bird’s Nest” and “Water Cube” Olympic two “stars” of construction, in the end of the bearer of the historical mission of the Beijing Olympic Games after the competitions, all major Olympic venues are either completed or carried out conversion of the respective roles.
Beijing Olympic Games Promotion of urban development: a foothold to carry forward the Olympic spirit
Promotion of urban development the Beijing Olympics on August 6 and was formally established in Beijing held its first General Assembly. The General Assembly elected member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, the Beijing party secretary Liu Qi, president for the Association, Beijing Mayor Guo Jinlong, executive president for. International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge for the establishment of Association sent a congratulatory message.
Beijing Olympic Games has recently re-launched the craze, stressing the Olympic spirit. Liu Qi said at the inaugural meeting that the city set up the Beijing Olympic Development Association is to vigorously promote the formation of the process of organizing the Olympic Games of the Olympic spirit, take full advantage of the successful hosting of the Olympic Games made the material and spiritual wealth to further unite and mobilize all sectors of the community strength, to strengthen international exchanges and cooperation, and promote culture, education, sports, youth, persons with disabilities, volunteer services, the development of various undertakings in the new capital good starting point to promote the development of fast, so that the Beijing Olympic Games by the formation of valuable wealth to better benefit the masses of the people.
Beijing Olympic Games Promotion of urban development is necessary to actively exploit their own advantages to a wide range of social forces unite the Beijing Olympics to participate in the inheritance of wealth and the use of the work, and constantly enrich and improve the development of the concept of Beijing Olympic Games three, and further encouraging the spirit of the whole community, and enhance the cohesion of the city, After doing a good job of using the Olympic venues, the Olympic idea was extended to the three major urban management and development to enable a new level of urban management.
Liu Qi pointed out that the Beijing Olympic Games Promotion of urban development is the Beijing Olympic Games and Paralympic Games a product of the balance of assets, mainly from the Olympic Games and the general membership and the community for their selfless donation, sustenance of the people’s trust and expectations. Association would like to continue to carry forward the “frugal Olympics” and “a clean Olympics,” the tradition, the establishment of the sound development of mechanisms to ensure that all the assets of Association provided for the charter business to maximize benefits.
Promotion of urban development the Beijing Olympic Games aims to carry forward the Olympic spirit, the outcome of the expansion of the Olympic Games to promote the cause of the Olympic and Paralympic sports in the continued development of the city, Beijing to build the humanities, science and technology Beijing, Beijing green services, and promote modern developed cities Beijing and the international Physical Cultural Center building in the city.
The spirit of volunteer service heritage, endless
Beijing Olympic Games to China not only left a rich intangible heritage, but also left a precious spiritual legacy. Chinese athletes displayed on the court, “the Chinese sports spirit,” the practice of the Olympic organizing workers in the “five Olympic spirit”, the majority of the volunteers brought about by “the spirit of voluntary service”, as well as increasing the formation of society as a whole “disabled-friendly spirit “and so on, constitutes a profound spiritual treasure-house of the Beijing Olympics.
Beijing Olympic volunteer service by all players, officials and journalists in China and spoke highly of the recognition. Over the past year, hundreds of thousands of Beijing Olympic Games organization volunteers, has become the largest city in the image of Beijing Ambassador volunteers to contact each other to participate in activities, won the friendship, but also learn how to care for society, they believe that Beijing will be even better future. Anniversary of the Olympic Games opening ceremony, Foreign Affairs College students of sophomore Li-an (19-year-old, female) feel excited than anyone else. Because of the last century 90’s birth, which, after 90 generations during the Olympic Games last year, she participated in volunteer activities.
She said: “Last year, watch the Olympic Games at the scene strongly feel a sense of pride in being Chinese,” “Although a year has passed, but life was still moving.”
After the Olympic Games, Beijing has further perfected the system of voluntary service organizations, 170 million people in the overall retention of the Olympic volunteers, 500 volunteer cities to retain the site, become a show window of the capital of the civilization of a society, and strive after 3-5 years, the city’s public volunteer participation rate of 20%, the total number of registered volunteers no less than 200 million people.
This year, Beijing has been officially included in the spirit of volunteerism in the primary and secondary school curricula, volunteer services will be sowing the seeds of more young people’s minds.
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Beijing after the Olympic Games: the sky bluer more smooth road, it was filled with pride
Olympic Games held in Beijing at the same time, the world saw a more prosperous economy, the city is more civilized, more harmonious society, the environment more suitable for living in Beijing. Beijing Olympic Games over the past year not only in the Olympic venues, infrastructure construction, environmental protection, city operation in areas such as left us a great deal of material wealth and experience, but also in promoting the Olympic spirit, the practice of “Green Olympics, Hi-tech Olympics and People’s Olympics” concept, the promotion of culture and other areas around the world, left a valuable spiritual wealth, will be for the future development of Beijing to provide a powerful and lasting motivation.
As of the end of July 2009, Beijing, and two better than two days a total of 171 days, compared to the same period last year, more than 22 days, or has been monitoring the number of days of 80.66 percent, a decade of air quality most. A lot of air quality indicators are met or exceeded the same period in 2000, the highest level since. Can use the “six best” to sum up: the number of days up to standards, standards for number of long, light pollution does not appear above (including the three-Ⅱ and above) up to the month the weather pollution, air quality, the best month of the same period the number of Most, respirable particulate matter, such as the lowest average concentration of pollutants, as well as excellent air quality for one days in 2000 reached its highest level since the same period.
In addition, Beijing continued to vigorously promote the high-emission motor vehicle pollution control, January to May this year, a total phase out high-emission vehicles 55,000 pollution, the city’s natural gas bus engine has more than 4000, is one of the world’s largest fleet of clean energy transportation.
Traffic congestion is much, much ease. During the Olympic Games in Beijing on the implementation of single-and double its passenger limit line measures to protect the traffic between the event and the quality of atmospheric environment. After the Olympic Games, Beijing has opened one day a week less car measures has been widespread public support, faster than the city’s road network “hop-line” to increase 14.7 percent during the period. This measure will continue until April 2010.
China Central Television (CCTV) broadcast a few days ago the Olympic Games program, public awareness of the Olympic Games were moved. South Korea, “Central Daily News” reported that from Beijing, to host the Olympic Games over the past year the Chinese people are full of pride, and Beijing and more blue days, members of the public to comply with public morality than before.
“Have the courage to will be a miracle,” Beijing is changing in the changing public
Beijing Olympic Games to Beijing has also brought about changes in the original 40 billion U.S. dollars into the construction of the subway and other hardware facilities, is now the benefit of the citizens of Beijing and the Beijing Olympic Games held in the pre-promotion of “stressing civilization, and fostering new practices” activities are effective, pedestrian spitting, speeding drivers, factory emissions and other pollution sources have been improved.
Taiwan’s “United Daily News” article that over the past year, the global impact of the financial tsunami, Beijing is still a healthy pace forward, urban renewal, traffic building, arts and cultural industries are thriving, attracting people all over the world come here spells; as the 100 days countdown to the Beijing Olympics theme song “Beijing welcomes you” sings: “there is no one great dream, the courage will be a miracle!”
Embrace the dream of many people in Beijing last year, Zhang served as volunteers in the Olympic Games is one example. He said that the city is changing, the public is changing, especially since last year, in Beijing, people are obviously better quality, littering, spitting a lot less of the situation, to Subway line up seat situation was also improving.
Evaluation of the view that public awareness has been a considerable improvement. 6 in Beijing taxi张小娥years (45 years old) said: “Although there are still people who乱穿马路, but more people than before to comply with public morality.”
“More importantly, the overall quality of Chinese nationals with the mentality of the Olympic Games have been adopted to upgrade and change, they left behind and the Olympic Games can be seen by ‘heritage’ with, embodied in all levels of life.” Renmin University of China Research Center of People’s Olympics Executive Director, said Kim Won-Pu.
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Beijing Olympics to promote China’s sports power
Olympic Games in Beijing, the first anniversary of the Chinese people from the Olympic Games gold medal winning the top place to get out of joy, they now pay more attention to the Beijing Olympics to bring about changes in China, especially concerned about the Olympic sports in China development brought about by change.
China is a big country sports, but not the power of sports. Chinese President Hu Jintao in September 29 last year at the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games on the concluding ceremony, the Olympic Games, the “China to sports by the sports Powers power forward.”
In an interview with the international online that Chinese scholars believe that “sports power,” the main aspects of performance in competitive sports, from reflected medals; and “country sports” is a comprehensive concept, including the quality of national health, sports, market management, sports industrial development, and many other content. And the development of mass sports, it is a “sports power,” an important indicator.
In this sense, the Beijing Olympic Games is for China to become a “sports power” to prove a powerful, and she brought the changes in China, compared with China into a “sports power,” lay a solid foundation. This change is the tradition of sportsmanship. Beijing Olympic Games, the “focus on participation” in the Olympic spirit more people, more and more Chinese people have begun to participate in physical exercise;
This change is that the Government invest more in sports, so that a more complete sports facilities, better health conditions;
This change also is confident the Chinese people an open mind, the Beijing Olympic Games to further deepen the China and the world of communication and contact … …
Confidence brought about by the Olympic Games, sports in China is no longer carrying the national mood
August 8 On this day, the 2009 Super League season will be the 17th round of 6 games. China’s sports career of more than ten years, with the exception of football, the basketball, volleyball, table tennis, martial arts and other professional league has been taking root in China. Sports in China, is becoming an entertainment industry who has been music.
“Sports Weekly” The article said that the Beijing Olympic Games, so that the people of the world to China with a new understanding and knowledge so that they understand that this has been mysterious and has since closed, had been acting as the country does not seem to have been portrayed as as ugly, but has been modernized in its infancy stage and become more inclusive, open, open.
Over the past year, the world’s understanding of China stance, with more confidence. July 27, 2009 to 28, the first round of the Sino-US strategic economic dialogue held in Washington, the main topics include: Sino-US relations and international and regional issues and global issues. Obama President of the United States attended and delivered a speech. In his meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan, the Obama will be a signature gift Wang basketball. Sports in China, is no longer a bearer of the tool against the national sentiment.
Games make the world better understand China, let China understand the world
Looking back on the first anniversary of the opening of the Beijing Olympic Games, the world once again that organized this “real unique” Olympic Games to China has left a precious legacy, the legacy of the far-reaching impact on China’s development is obvious.
Xinhua News Agency reported that the Beijing Olympic Games and China has the world more closer to the understanding and communication, which in contemporary relations between China and the world is undergoing a historic change in the era of very valuable. International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge in the Olympic Games in Beijing Association for the establishment of Urban Development sent a congratulatory message said: I thank the Beijing Olympic Games, it let the world know more about China, but also a better understanding of the Chinese world.
Pew Research Center said the statistics, during the Beijing Olympic Games, the world a good impression of China is very obvious, which is good to enhance the trend of “more obvious now.” The British “Sunday Times” quoted the authority of the report also said: “The opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games is the number of human history up to watch the live broadcasts over the land on the moon, the funeral of Princess Diana as well as the inauguration of Obama,” “in the world caused by the resonance. ”
The international community see China host the Olympic Games left a wide range of wealth to benefit the Chinese community effectively. International Olympic Committee evaluation report said that the Beijing Olympic Games to China many benefits, especially in improving the public infrastructure. As for the public health legacy of the Olympic Games, but also “to the Chinese sent a gift of time-honored.” In particular, the report pointed out: “There are some immediate benefits, there are will be revealed over time.”
China’s aim to reinforce national self-confidence to enhance future
In organizing a “One World, One Dream” as the slogan of the Beijing Olympic Games, the Chinese quickly laid a strong position. At the end of last month, China and the United States held in Washington, “strategic and economic dialogue” to discuss global issues. Evaluation of that era has come to G2.
The first anniversary of the Beijing Olympics, the Associated Press issued a document pointed out that the Chinese people for its national self-confidence boost with a considerable role. In 2008 as the main venue of the Beijing Olympics Bird’s Nest, although now vacant, but游人如织. Due to the complex symbol of the success of the Beijing Olympic Games last year, this one trip, adding the Chinese people’s national self-confidence.
The Associated Press that the Beijing Olympic Games through the transmission of a message that China is a prosperous and successful country, is an influential leader in the world. With a nest of the Sun came to Beijing in the August sun waving Khan said: “The Olympic Games have brought to the glory of this country, let us so happy and proud”, “let other countries take a look at our levels of development, help to improve China’s international status. ”
August 8 last year, the opening of the Beijing Olympics, from the opening ceremony of the beginning of amazing performances, the world’s people face up watching through the Chinese athletes won a record-breaking first in the world in the number of Olympic gold medal, once again confirmed that the reform opening up the achievements of three decades.
The article pointed out that the people on the mainland, the Beijing Olympic Games success, coupled with sustained economic growth, increasing their self-confidence, so the first time in Beijing dare to send warships to combat piracy at sea, we must be brave enough out an olive branch to Taiwan , and dare for Tibet, Xinjiang and other thorny issues, the hard-line position taken by other countries.
Author of “Olympic dream” of a book Xu Qi said that China has been weak for several decades, the success of the Olympic Games to change China’s image of weak, contribute to removed “Sick Man of East Asia,” a disgrace. Oxford University expert on the mainland Tsang said that the Beijing Olympics so that China’s leaders and the general public for the future of China is more self-confidence.