Jinan is located at 36 degrees 40 minutes north latitude and 1 17 degrees east longitude. Jinan is located in the south of Mount Tai and the north of the Yellow River, which belongs to the warm temperate monsoon climate zone. Jinan has four distinct seasons and abundant sunshine. The annual average temperature is 65438 04 degrees Celsius, and the annual average rainfall is 650-700 mm.. Jinan, known as the "Spring City", is the capital of Shandong Province, a major coastal economic province in eastern China. Jinan is the political, economic, cultural, scientific, educational and financial center of the province. Jinan is also an open coastal city and a sub-provincial city approved by the state. Huinan governs six districts and a county-level city, with a total area of 8,227 square kilometers and a population of 5.96 million, including 2.6 million in the urban area. Jinan is one of the "Top 50 cities in China's comprehensive strength" and "Top 40 cities in China's hard investment environment". Introduction to Jinan, English composition materials for Jinan National Games.

The opening ceremony of the 11th National Games is scheduled to be held in Shandong Province on June 65438+1October 65438+1October 0, 2009, and the closing ceremony is scheduled to be held on June 23, 2009.

Division arrangement of the 11th National Games

According to the overall arrangement of the 11th National Games in 2009, all the cities in the province 17 arranged competition events. In addition to Jinan, the main venue, Qingdao will undertake 9 projects including archery and fencing. Rizhao will host five competitions, including rowing and kayaking. 4 items in Taian; 3 in Zibo and 3 in Yantai; Weifang, Weihai, Linyi and Binzhou each have 2 items, and Zaozhuang, Dongying, Jining, Laiwu, Dezhou, Liaocheng and Heze each have 1 item.

The mascot of the emblem was announced on 10 this year.

On June 5438+ 10 this year, the emblem, mascot, theme slogan and poster of the 11th National Games will be announced. At the same time, the countdown board for the 11th National Games will be set up, and the publicity activities for the second anniversary of countdown will be carried out.

In September this year, the solicitation ceremony, torch style and relay plan of the 11th National Games will be publicly solicited. The national anthem will also be announced this month.

The flame collection ceremony was held in May 2009, and the torch relay was held in August. After all the torches gathered in Jinan at the end of September, the main torch was lit at the opening ceremony of June 65438+1October 65438+1October 0/KLOC-0.

Jinan will host 23 events.

There are 33 major events and 360 minor events in the 11th National Games, which will be held in 17 cities in the whole province.

The emblem of the 11th National Games was produced through public solicitation. During the solicitation period, * * * received 3040 entries from all over the country. The 11th National Games will be held in Shandong in June 2009.

The mascot of the 11th National Games "Taishan Boy"

Creative source:

The mascot "Taishan Boy" is created on the background of Taishan Mountain, which is full of culture, natural connotation and touching legend, combined with the modern sports concept and the auspicious meaning of the country's prosperity and people's safety.

Design explanation:

The main image of the mascot "Taishan Boy" takes Taishan Stone as its core content. Stone is known as the "soul of life", which means "health and longevity". Especially the medal design of the 2008 Olympic Games has pushed the stone culture in China to a new climax.

Combined with touching legends, through the transformation of time and space and the transition of vision, a cartoon image full of vigor, liveliness, valor and vitality is formed, which endows the anthropomorphic Taishan stone with richer auspicious meanings, is the exchange of history, natural culture and contemporary visual art, and places people's hopes for the future. It also expressed the unique auspicious form of the hospitable children of Qilu, praised the unprecedented grand occasion of the 11th National Games, inspired the fighting spirit of Chinese children, and was full of harmony and perfection.