The 13th Beijing Paralympic Games will be held from September 6 to 17, 2008. ?

More than 4,000 athletes and more than 2,500 coaches and officials from 148 countries and regions participated in the Paralympic Games. This is the largest number of participating countries and regions in the history of the Paralympic Games. In the 11 days of competition, the Beijing Paralympic Games are expected to have 212 competition units in 21 sub-events in 20 sports, with 1,307 competitions, and gold medals in 472 events will be decided. Except for sailing and equestrian events, which are held in Qingdao and Hong Kong respectively, all other events are held in Beijing.

The number of volunteers for the Beijing Paralympic Games exceeds that of the Beijing Olympic Games, and all venue updates have been completed. Wang Wei, executive vice chairman and secretary-general of the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee, said: "The total number of valid registrations in the Paralympic Games staff system is 178,052, and all 28 venues (groups) have completed the data update. Special features such as the accessibility of the Disabled Persons' Federation system have been added. Service vehicle certificates to provide the most convenient vehicle services for various disabled customer groups participating in the Paralympic Games."

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At the closing ceremony of the Beijing Paralympic Games, Craven, President of the International Paralympic Committee, delivered a speech. Craven said that the Beijing Paralympic Games is the greatest Paralympic Games in history.

Craven said in Chinese, “It’s a joy to have friends come from afar.” On behalf of all members of the Paralympic family, he explained his understanding of this famous saying of Confucius: We come from afar We also enjoy making friends in China. We sincerely thank Chairman Liu Qi of the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee, athletes, outstanding volunteers, members of the International Paralympic Committee, International Sports Federations and others. Officials and staff of the national and regional Paralympic Committees, the 5,500 media staff who came to cover the event, especially Mr. Manolo Romero and his team in charge of the television broadcast, and all sponsors.

Reference material: Baidu Encyclopedia - 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games

Reference material: China Net - Beijing Paralympic Games ready Wang Wei: as many as 170,000 staff