Safeguard the Purity of the Olympic Spirit

As the Olympic mascots ＂Five Friendlies＂ were released, the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games is approaching us. The anti-doping of the 2008 Olympics shall be undertaken by China Doping Test Center, whose performance at the 1990 Asia Games has been generally recognized and praised. However, the much larger scale of the Olympics will prove that the anti-doping task in 2008 will be much more difficult and complicated. Recently, the staff journalist interviewed fellow researcher Du Lijun from the sports medicine institute of the State Administration of Sports and his colleague Prof. Wu Moutian who just came back from the Durino Winter Olympics.     

Arts Galas Add Glamour to the 2008 Olympics

The concept of ＂Cultural Olympics＂ will be highlighted at the summer Olympics Games in Beijing, In the coming two months, a series of cultural events will be staged to welcome the once-four-year global sports gala that wilt take place in the capital city of China, including such diverse art forms as drama, music, fine arts, folk arts and film,     

ART ADDS BEAUTY TO OLYMPICS：An interview with myo Khin. gold prize winner of Olympic fine Arts 2008

The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games is a sports gala for all mankind and a celebration to showcase the best of Chinese and foreign cultures. In August, the opening ceremony and the award- granting ceremony of ＂Olympic Fine Arts 2008＂ took place in China International Exhibition Center. This event attracted enthusiastic participation by artists from across the world. With their painting brushes, these outstanding artists portrayed strength and passion of athletes and expressed the spirit of Olympics, highlighting the theme of ＂art adds beauty to Olympics＂.     

Memory of China:5000 Years of Civilization

The Olympic Games is not only a sports event but also offer a great chance for cultural exchange. In celebration of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the Capital Museum hosted a grand exhibition Memory of China： 5000 Years of Civilization, aiming to showcase the brilliant Chinese history and culture to the people from the rest of the world.     

The Olympics： From Athens to Beijing

It has been a custom for people in Beijing to watch the Olympics every four years, This year‘s Olympic Games, in particular, brought even joy and tear sto those who synchronized their clocks with Athens time for the 15 exciting days of the event,     

Forbidden City on the Film

The film-production in the VISION BEIJING project has concluded after more than 600 days of planning, filming and post production work.The VISION BEIJING Organizing Committee invited five of the world＇s most famous film directors, Giuseppe Tornatore （Italy）, Majid Majidi （Iran）, Patrice keconte （France）, Daryl Goodrich （Great Britain） and Andrew kau Wai-Keung （Hong Kong） to make a five-minute film each about Beijing and its people＇s enthusiastic preparations for the 2008 Olympic Games. The final products of the project will serve as an audio-video record of the rich connotations of Beijing＇s ＂People＇s Olympics＂.     

Showcasing the Spirit of the Olympics through Art

The exhibition of ＂Olympic Fine Arts 2008＂ opened in Beijing International Exhibition Center on August 11 in celebration of the 29th Olympic Games. The event was initiated by the International Olympic Committee and co-organized by the Chinese Ministry of Culture and the Organizing Committee of Beijing Olympic Games. With the theme of ＂China and the world＂ and the slogan of ＂Art makes Olympics better＂, this international gala for art precisely expressed and continued the spirit and concept of ＂Olympic Contest for Sports and Art＂, an event that was held in Sydney and Athens respectively,     

National Indoor Stadium： A Fan Unfolds

National Indoor Stadium of China is one of the three main venues for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Located in the southern part of the Olympic Green, the National Indoor Stadium joins the group of landmark structures in the area, including the National Aquatics Center to the south and the National Convention Center to the north. It consists of a main structure, a warm-up gym nearby and other outdoor facilites, with a seating capacity of 18,000. The National Indoor Stadium will be the competition venue for the Olympic Artistic Gymnastics, Trampoline, and Handball competitions and the Paralympic Wheelchair Basketball competition.     

Beijing Unveils Mascots for Its Olympics - ＂Five Friendlies＂

After years of fierce lobbying and months of secrecy, Beijing unveiled five mascots for the 2008 Olympics on November 11, 2005. In an elaborate, nationally televised gala at Beijing Workers＇ Stadium to mark the 1,000-day countdown until the Games, senior Chinese leaders introduced the mascots - cartoon renditions of a panda, fish, Tibetan antelope, swallow and the Olympic flame, each one representing the color of one of the Olympic rings. The animals were introduced as Bei Bei, Jing Jing, Huan Huan, Ying Ying and Ni Ni-which, who put together, translates to ＂Beijing welcomes you!＂     

OLD TEA BRAND NAME EMBRACES NEW LIFE

The Chinese lunar year of mouse is coming. For Chinese, the image of the mouse is lively, dynamic and cute. For Chinese, the year 2008 will make their dream come true, for the Olympic Games will take place in BeiJing in the coming summer.     

Beijing Stages Olympic Cultural Festival

Ten Olympic songs were premiered on July 16 at a grand ceremony at Beijing Olympic Sports Centre, marking the end of the third Beijing 2008 Olympic Cultural Festival. According to the organizers, the collecting campaign for Olympic songs will be held annually until 2007, from which the final theme songs for 2008 Games may be chosen. The third Beijing 2008 Olympic Cultural Festival, which was launched on June 23 with the theme of "Civilization of Beijing, Passion for the Olympic Games",…     

Cultural Trials Launched in Shanghai Free Trade Zone

Professionals from the sector of cultural industries note that in a short term, open policies for cultural service will bring new opportunities for the performing and entertainment indus- tries of Shanghai Free Trade Zone （SFTZ） and the city of Shanghai as a whole; in a long run, SFTZ＇s practices and experiences will have extensive impacts on the country＇s performing and entertainment industries. What is the scenario of SFTZ~ cultural industries and what trend will they embrace？     

Olympic Fever Sizzling Over Search for Mascot Design

After the release of the “China Seal”, the emblem of the Beijing 2008 Olympics, the choice of the Games‘ mascot has become the next excited focus of public attention. By December1, 2004, the collection of the mascot designs had concluded, and committees were evaluating submissions to select the winner. According to Jiang Xiaoyu,     

City TextureHutong and Siheyuan in Beijing （Ⅱ）

People will always complain about the dreary air, clouds of dust and few changes of life in Beijing when they are about to leave the city after living there for a couple of years. However, all of these people will miss the city and hope to go back there after living in other places for a year or so, with a wave of strong nostalgia coming over them.Yu Dafu     

City Texture Hutong and Siheyuan in Beijing （Ⅰ）

People will always complain about the dreary air, clouds of dust and few changes of life in Beijing when they are about to leave the city after living there for a couple of years. However, all of these people will miss the city and hope to go back there after living in other places for a year or so, with a wave of strong nostalgia coming over them.     

Olympics-fired Economy Requires Regional Cooperation

Some predict that hosting the 2008 Olympics will help Beijing realize its aim of basic modernization two years ahead of schedule, with a GDP per capita ofUS$ 6,000. But without the economic growth of neighboring cities as a means of support, Beijing will have difficulty in achieving its goal to become a truly international city. Therefore, according     

Leisure Sports Industry： Once Neglected, Now Booming

For China, a nation that has never held a global sports meet on the scale of the Olympic Games, the full-fledged Olympic economy still seems like a beautiful dream waiting to happen. Every walk of life is hoping to develop itself through the 2008 Olympic Games, which will be held in Beijing. Yet in spite of all the commercial frenzy surrounding the Games, the Chinese people haven‘t forgotten that sports are also leisure activities, which are a way to boost overall health. Thus, a new economic push point is emerging in China in the form of leisure sports.     

Great Opportunities ahead：An Interviewith a Beijing Olympice Organizing Committee Offcial

Market development is considered a key to the success of Olympic games. As it is only five years before the 2008 Olympics starts in Beijing, people are showing an increasing interest in the organizing committee‘s work in developing the market for Olympics. Recently, the reporter interviewed Mr. Xu Zenwu, Deputy Director of Marketing of Beijing Olympics Organizing Committee.     

Olympic Village Permeated with Fragrance of Chinese Tea

When elegant images of Chinese porcelain and the huge character of ＂Cha＂, meaning ＂tea＂, were shown in the hi-tech scroll of Chinese ink painting at the opening gala of the Beijing Olympic Games, the global audience seemed overwhelmed by the brilliant history of Chinese ancient civilization as represented by the miraculous Silk Road through which tea and porcelain accounted for major exports of the Central Kingdom. Recognized as a symbol of Chinese culture, the art of tea has been demonstrated at the Olympic opening ceremony and in the Olympic Village for the first time in history.     

COLLECTION ＆ AUCTION

Auction Celebrating the 1 st Anniversary of the 2008 Beijing Olympics Held
In order to celebrate the 1 st anniversary of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, an auction was recently held, with such valuable objects as the barbell kissed by Olympic gold medalist Zhang Xiangxlang, the world＇s large canvas used for the preparation of the Olympic opening ceremony, the Olympic torch with the autography of Samaranch as well as furniture and other gifts related to the Beijing Olympics. Over the past year after the conclusion of the 2008 summer Olympics, 25 auctions have been held, with more than 700,000 Olympic-related objects sold.