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Beijing to Hold
Olympic Cultural Festival
The Beijing 2008 -- First Olympic Cultural Festival
will be held from September 31 through 30 in the
capital city.
The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games
of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) made the announcement
in a press conference today.
The festival is aimed at showcasing the
magnificent and long-standing Chinese culture and
civilization, promoting the propagation and
development of the Olympic spirits in China and
publicizing the three concepts of ¡°Green, High-tech
and People¡¯s Olympic Games¡±, according to the
organizer.
Under the theme of ¡°Enchanting Beijing,
Cultural Olympics,¡± the festival includes unique
opening and closing ceremonies, exhibitions of the
Beijing Olympic Games Emblem and other candidate
entries. At the same time, scholars and experts from
home and abroad will be invited to take part in
symposiums on Olympic Games image design and
cultural innovation, Olympic torch relay, Chinese
jade culture and Olympic spirits, Olympic education,
and digital film and television for Olympic Games.
Other activities for mass participation, including
performance of Taiji (shadow boxing) by 10,000
people on the Great Wall, open-air cultural events
and English speaking contests for high school
students, will also be staged during the festival.
Further and detailed information is available at
www.beijing-2008.org or
www.beijing-olympic.org.cn
 In
the wake of the launch of the Beijing 2008 Marketing
Programme on September 1, the Olympic Cultural
Festival is yet another very important event, which
is rich in contents and long-lasting. The organizer
is trying to establish the name of the festival by
making it a distinctive and attractive event, in
which ordinary citizens are eager to participate.
The festival has gained approval from the State
Council, the Ministry of Culture, the General
Administration of Radio, Film and Television, the
State Sport General Administration of China and the
Beijing Municipal Government. It has been confirmed
that BOCOG is to stage Beijing 2008 -- Olympic
Cultural Festival each year from 2003 to 2008.
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