The Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee organized two review meetings on April 13 and June 7, 2006, respectively, for the preliminary evaluation and the re-evaluation. After the shortlisted designers made several revisions to the certificate design plan, they submitted it to the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee Executive Committee on June 30, 2006. On July 19, 2006, a medal and certificate design modification team was established to revise the medal and certificate designs at the same time. On January 11, 2007, the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee Executive Committee determined the certificate design plan. On January 16, 2007, the International Olympic Committee finally approved the certificate design plan.
The design of the Olympic certificate adopts China's ancient silk craftsmanship with a long history of more than 2,000 years, rice paper mounting and auspicious cloud patterns. If the Olympic medal design of the 2008 Beijing Olympics was the first time that Chinese jade was creatively used on traditional metal medals, then the use of silk on certificates was another new innovation for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
The certificate production draws on the mounting technology of traditional Chinese calligraphy and painting, and is mounted on silk. The inner core of the certificate is made of silk. The certificate is surrounded by a specially developed auspicious cloud pattern woven silk brocade. The back of the certificate is mounted on a rice paper support. The overall design conveys a deep and strong Chinese cultural charm. On the upper left side of the certificate is the International Olympic Committee logo, and on the right side is the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games emblem or Paralympic Games emblem; below are the signatures of International Olympic Committee Chairman Rogge and Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee Chairman Liu Qi, set off by Traditional Chinese auspicious cloud pattern, with the Great Wall pattern of visible watermark as the background. The award certificates for the first to eighth place athletes are distinguished by different colors. The damask color used for each ranking certificate is selected from Chinese traditional painting colors such as pink green, lotus purple, azure, and bright moon, which are rich in Chinese humanistic colors, fully embodying the design concept of the Humanistic Olympics.
The "gold and jade inlay technology" of the Olympic medals and the "silk mounting technology" of the Olympic certificates. The combination of jade and silk perfectly conveys the Olympic Games' advocacy of world peace, as well as the ancient Chinese saying "turning war into jade and silk". The Communist Party of China expressed its beautiful longing for peace, which can be said to be another perfect display of Chinese civilization and the Olympic spirit in the image and landscape project of the Beijing Olympic Games.
Ancient documents and archaeological discoveries have confirmed that Chinese rice paper and silk can be preserved for more than a thousand years. The production of Beijing Olympic Games certificates has specially developed special rice paper and silk with auspicious moire weaving technology, and its dyeing has reached international standards. Class A, environmentally friendly dyeing standard with zero formaldehyde content.
In order to ensure the quality and quality of Olympic award certificates and meet the requirements of green and environmental protection, the research team worked with experts and scholars to test the moisture resistance/heat resistance/light resistance, aging resistance and color fastness of the certificate samples after mounting. degree and as many as 60 scientific experiments. These tests have been certified by authoritative national testing agencies such as the China Pulp and Paper Academy, the China Academy of Textile Sciences, the China Institute of Metrology, and the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences.