Introduction of Beijing Paralympic Games
The 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games is the 13th Paralympic Games, which will be held in Beijing from September 6 to September 7, 2008, with a total of 20 events. Among them, the 18 race was held in Beijing, the sailing race was held in Qingdao and the equestrian race was held in Hong Kong.
2. Beijing Paralympic Games venues
Beijing Paralympic Games has 20 competition venues, all of which will be used for the Olympic Games. Among them, Beijing 18 project uses 16 Olympic venues. In order to facilitate traffic arrangements, most of the venues are concentrated in the Olympic Center and the university area. Sailing and equestrian venues use Olympic venues in Qingdao and Hong Kong. During the Beijing Paralympic Games, the Olympic Village will be used as the Paralympic Village.
3. The scale of Beijing Paralympic Games
More than 4,000 athletes, 2,500 coaches and officials from about 150 countries and regions participated in the Beijing Paralympic Games. According to the previous Paralympic Games, about 4,000 writers, photographers, radio, television and related technicians will be received.
4. Paralympic Games
There are 20 events in the Beijing Paralympic Games, namely archery, track and field, bocce, cycling, equestrian, futsal, croquet, judo for the blind, weightlifting, rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming, table tennis, sitting volleyball, wheelchair fencing, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby and wheelchair tennis. Except sailing in Qingdao and equestrian in Hong Kong, all other events are held in Beijing. According to the rules of the Paralympic Games, all sports will be graded according to the types and degrees of disabilities of athletes, and 47 1 gold medals will be awarded to ensure fair competition and safety in sports.
5. List of Paralympic events (20) and venues (16 in Beijing and 2 outside Beijing):
1 Archery Archery Olympic Park Archery Field
2 Track and Field National Stadium
3 Groundball National Convention Center Fencing Hall
4 cycling Laoshan bike hall
Equestrian Hong Kong Olympic Racecourse
6 Football Five-a-side Olympic Park Hockey Field B
7 Football Sevens Olympic Park Hockey Field
Gateball in Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium
9 Judo Blind Judo Workers Gymnasium
10 Beihang University Weightlifting Hall
1 1 Boating and boating Olympic Water Park
12 Sailing Sailing Qingdao International Sailing Center
13 shooting shooting Beijing shooting range
14 swimming national swimming center
15 table tennis table tennis Peking University Gymnasium
16 Volleyball China Agricultural University Sitting Volleyball Hall
17 wheelchair basketball national stadium
Gymnasium of University of Science and Technology Beijing (preliminaries)
18 Wheelchair Fencing Hall of National Convention Center
19 wheelchair rugby hall, University of Science and Technology Beijing
20 wheelchair tennis wheelchair tennis Olympic Park tennis court
6. Slogan of Beijing Paralympic Games:
The theme slogan of Beijing Paralympic Games is "One World, One Dream".
The slogan of the Paralympic Games and the concept of "transcendence, integration and enjoyment" complement each other, clearly expressing the theme of "disabled people and healthy people belong to the same world, and strive for a beautiful dream".
One World: The world is a big family. Disabled people mingle with each other like healthy people and enjoy a happy life. The only world is the home of all mankind.
The same dream: achieving harmonious development and world peace is also the pursuit of disabled people; It is also the dream of disabled athletes to surpass the goal of "faster, higher and stronger". Beijing Paralympic Games encourages disabled athletes to realize their dreams with physical and mental efforts.
7. emblem of Beijing paralympic games
The emblem of the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games, "Heaven, Earth and Man", consists of three parts: one is the graphic part, which is zigzag composed of red, blue and green; Second, the words "Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games"; The third is the logo of the International Paralympic Committee.
The graphic part of the emblem shows a moving human figure with calligraphy strokes, like a gymnast jumping forward and an athlete spinning in the air on the pommel horse, which embodies the concept of sports.
The graphic part of the emblem can also be regarded as the Chinese character "Z". "Wisdom" means birth, endless life and arrival. Its tortuous shape means that after ups and downs, it will eventually achieve its goal and succeed.
Among the colors used in the emblem, red symbolizes the sun; Dark blue, meaning blue sky; Green symbolizes the earth. The combination of three strokes and three colors forms a touching human figure, namely "Heaven and Earth Man", which embodies the idea of "the unity of heaven and man" in China traditional culture and expresses the idea that modern people uphold Scientific Outlook on Development, pursue the harmony of sports and develop harmoniously with nature and society.
The emblem also fully embodies the three concepts of Beijing Olympic Games in color selection. Red is "China Red" with strong China characteristics, which embodies the concept of "People's Olympics". Dark blue, representing high technology, embodies the concept of "high-tech Olympics"; Green represents environmental protection and embodies the concept of "Green Olympics".
The emblem of the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games takes the harmony and unity of heaven, earth and people as the main line, integrates China characters, calligraphy and the spirit of the Paralympic Games, embodies the traditional culture of China and the modern Olympic spirit, embodies the harmonious and unified Olympic spirit of "spirit in sports", and has a profound traditional culture of China.
The emblem of Beijing Paralympic Games and the emblem of 2008 Olympic Games "China Seal?" "Dancing Beijing" comes down in one continuous line, full of China traditional cultural elements, and * * * explains the concept of "People's Olympics". The emblem of the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games "Heaven and Earth Man" adopts Chinese characters as the emblem pattern, and the emblem of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games "China Seal? "Dancing Beijing" takes the seal as the emblem pattern. "Chinese Characters" and "Chinese Seal" are both typical traditional cultural elements in China, which are rich in China cultural characteristics and echo each other in thought and artistic style. The two emblems complement each other and set each other off into splendor, highlighting the concept of "People's Olympics", with profound implications and strong expressive force.
The emblem of Beijing Paralympic Games was officially released at the China Millennium Monument on the evening of July 3, 2004, on the occasion of the third anniversary of Beijing's successful bid for the Olympic Games.
8. Organizational structure
According to the Host City Contract and the Cooperation Agreement between the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Games, Beijing will host the 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Games. BOCOG is also the first Olympic Organizing Committee to organize two Olympic Games by one organizing committee. In order to ensure that "the two Olympic Games are equally wonderful", BOCOG promises that the Beijing Paralympic Games will maintain the same service level as the Olympic Games.
It is China's solemn commitment to the world to hold a distinctive and high-level Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2008. To this end, we have carefully put forward the goal of "two Olympics, equally wonderful". BOCOG will undertake the preparations for the two Olympic Games at the same time, which also means that each functional department will undertake the preparations for the two Olympic Games.
9. Preferential policies
For the first time, the Beijing Paralympics provided free international travel expenses to the personnel within the number of participating delegations, and provided free accommodation and free registration fees according to the usual practice. This commitment has been highly praised by the International Paralympic Committee and national Paralympic Committees. As the Beijing Paralympic Games provides free international travel expenses for delegations, it is estimated that the number of delegations participating in the Beijing Paralympic Games will reach the highest level in history, which is expected to be 150 delegations.
10. Accessible
According to the operational needs of the Paralympic Games, the Olympic Organizing Committee formulated the guidelines for barrier-free facilities in Paralympic venues, and coordinated the study of barrier-free facilities standards to meet the operational needs of the Paralympic Games. Work procedures such as evaluation, design, approval, construction and acceptance of barrier-free facilities have been determined to ensure that Beijing Paralympic venues have good barrier-free conditions. The Beijing Municipal Government attaches great importance to the hardware and environment construction of barrier-free facilities in cities, has formulated a work plan to meet the needs of the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games, and has strengthened the inspection and maintenance of barrier-free facilities.
1 1. Cultural activities
The central government and Beijing Municipality attach great importance to the publicity and cultural work of the Paralympic Games. Liu Qi, chairman of BOCOG, instructed that "we should attach great importance to the preparation and publicity of the Paralympic Games".
On June 25th, 2006, BOCOG released the Beijing Paralympic Games Publicity Strategic Plan. On the eve of Helping the Disabled Day, BOCOG Press and Publicity Department held a press conference for the Paralympic Games on May 6th, 2009. On June 5th, BOCOG held a grand launching ceremony for the market development of the Paralympic Games in Beijing Hotel. At the end of June, in cooperation with the 4th Olympic Culture and Art Festival, a large-scale painting and calligraphy exhibition for the disabled was successfully held in cooperation with the China Disabled Persons' Federation. During the Games, the major media in Beijing gave strong reports and support, which greatly promoted the society's understanding of the Beijing Paralympic Games and rallied people's hearts for the preparation and successful hosting.
In the second half of the year, following the release of the emblem and slogan of the Paralympic Games, BOCOG will launch the mascot of the Beijing Paralympic Games on September 6th, the second anniversary of the countdown to the Beijing Paralympic Games. There will also be a question-and-answer session on Paralympic knowledge by SMS, an online photo exhibition on Paralympic knowledge, and Paralympic volunteer activities. , increase publicity and win wide attention and participation of the society. We will also strive to set up special pages for the Paralympic Games in major news media, add information on preparations for the Paralympic Games in TV programs, and add tips on the Paralympic Games in public service advertisements to publicize the outstanding achievements made by the Beijing Paralympic Games and China in the cause of disabled people and human rights protection.