The opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games was held in Beijing, the capital of People's Republic of China (PRC), at 8 pm on August 8, 2008. Beijing is the host city, Shanghai, Tianjin, Shenyang, Qinhuangdao and Qingdao are the co-host cities, and Hong Kong undertakes equestrian events.
There are 204 countries and regions participating in the Olympic Games, with athletes 1 1438, 302 sports (28 kinds) and more than 60,000 athletes, coaches and officials. * * * Created 43 new world records and 132 new Olympic records, * * * 87 countries and regions won medals in this event.
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The slogan of the 29th Beijing Olympic Games in 2008 is: One World, One Dream.
On June 26th, 2005, the slogan of 29th Beijing Olympic Games in 2008 was officially released in Beijing Workers Gymnasium. The slogan "One World, One Dream" embodies the essence and universal values of the Olympic spirit-unity, friendship, progress, harmony, participation and dreams, and expresses the common desire of the whole world to pursue a better future for mankind inspired by the Olympic spirit.
Slogans reflect the core concept of Beijing Olympic Games, and embody the harmonious values of People's Olympics as the core soul of the three concepts of "Green Olympics, Hi-tech Olympics and People's Olympics".
The slogan expresses the lofty ideal that the people of Beijing and China and the people of other countries in the world have a beautiful home, share the fruits of civilization and work together to create the future. Expressed the firm belief that a great nation with 5,000 years of civilization and moving towards modernization is committed to peaceful development, social harmony and people's happiness; It expresses the desire of the 654.38 billion+300 million people in China to contribute to the establishment of a peaceful and better world.
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