Among them, the organizing committee invested $65.438+0.3 billion, which was mainly used for temporary facilities and sports meeting operation. Most of the funds come from social investment.
The 29th Olympic Games, also known as the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, was held in Beijing, the capital of China, from August 8th to 24th, 2008. This Olympic Games is the first summer Olympic Games held in China, ranking first in the gold medal list with 5 1, becoming the first Asian country to top the gold medal list in Olympic history.
Beijing is the host city of the Olympic Games, Shanghai, Tianjin, Shenyang and Qingdao are the co-host cities, and Hong Kong undertakes equestrian events. Two amphibious "flying men" were born successively-Phelps of the United States and Bolt of Jamaica. The former won eight gold medals in swimming, while the latter was praised as "the fastest runner in the world".
Venue: Beijing, People's Republic of China (PRC).
Theme song: Welcome to Beijing.
Slogan: One World, One Dream.
torch
The torch of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games is "Xiangyun Torch". On April 26th, 2007, the Organizing Committee for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games officially announced the torch style at the Beijing Millennium Monument. The torch is 72 cm long, weighs 985 g, and burns 15 minutes. It can burn normally when the wind speed is not higher than 65km/h, and the flame height is 25-30 cm at zero wind speed. It can be recognized and photographed in strong light and sunlight.
medal
The medals of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games are gold inlaid jade, silver inlaid jade and copper inlaid jade. On March 27th, 2007, the 500th day before the opening of the Olympic Games was officially announced. The medal is 70 mm in diameter and 6 mm in thickness. On the obverse of the medal, there are uniform patterns stipulated by the International Olympic Committee-the Greek goddess of victory standing with wings and the Panathinaiko Arena in Greece. The back of the medal is inlaid with jade from ancient Longyu in China, and the emblem of the Beijing Olympic Games is engraved on the metal pattern in the middle of the back. The medal hook evolved from the traditional Yulong Puwenhuang in China.
The medals have strong China characteristics, which not only reflect the praise for the winners, but also vividly interpret China's values that "jade" is more important than "virtue" since ancient times. They are "the combination of Chinese civilization and Olympic spirit" in the image and landscape project of the Beijing Olympic Games.