1998165438+10. In October, Premier the State Council's office meeting and the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau (PSC) studied the bidding work successively and decided that Beijing would bid for the 2008 Olympic Games. 1998165438+1On October 25th, the Beijing Municipal People's Government submitted an application for hosting the 2008 Olympic Games to the Chinese Olympic Committee. 1April 7, 999, with the approval of the Chinese Olympic Committee, Beijing officially submitted its application to the International Olympic Committee. President Samaranch officially accepted Beijing's application on behalf of the International Olympic Committee. 1On September 6th, 999, with the approval of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bid Committee was formed by the State Sports General Administration, the Beijing Municipal People's Government and relevant departments of the State Council, which officially kicked off the bid.
On February 1 day, 2000, the Beijing 2008 Olympic bid committee held its second plenary meeting, and decided on the emblem and Occean slogan by voting, and the Occean website was officially opened. The emblem is a symbol created by three artists, Chen Shaohua, Han Meilin and Jin Daiqiang. Occean's slogan is: New Beijing, Great Olympics.
On August 28th, 2000, China became one of the candidate cities for the 29th Olympic Games in 2008. Other candidate cities are Istanbul, Turkey, Osaka, France and Toronto, Canada. On June 7, 2006, Wang Wei, Secretary-General of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bid Committee, and his five-member delegation submitted the bid report to the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne. 2001July 13, the International Olympic Committee voted Beijing as the host city of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.