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Gathering of Collection Stories-The Oil Painting of Happy Time


Publish date:2020-3-26   Pageview: 801


 

  In 1990, China first proposed to bid for the Olympic Games.


  On December 4th, 1991, China formally submitted an application to the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne for hosting the 2000 Olympic Games.


  On September 23rd, 1993, in Monte Carlo, Monaco, Beijing was defeated by Sydney, Australia, by two votes. Beijing missed the chance to host the 2000 Olympic Games. The slogan of the bid was "A More Open China looks forward to the Olympics".


In 1998, Beijing proposed to bid for the 29th Olympic Games in 2008;


  On June 19, 2000, the Beijing 2008 Olympic Bid Committee submitted an application report to the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne.


  At 19:39 on August 28th, 2000, Beijing, China became one of the candidate cities for the 29th Olympic Games in 2008 among the candidate cities: Istanbul, Turkey, Osaka, Japan, Paris, France and Toronto, Canada.


  On the evening of September 6th, 2000, a concert in titled “Sing the Same Song” in the theme of "Cheer for the Olympic Games" - jointly sponsored by Beijing Olympic Bid Committee, CCTV and New Century Success Group and hosted by the Opera Music Department of CCTV Art Center was grandly launched at the Olympic Sports Center Stadium.


  On September 8th, 2000, Wang Wei, Secretary General of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bid Committee, led a team of 10 members of the advance delegation of the Olympic Bid Committee to Sydney from Beijing to promote the Olympic slogan "New Beijing, New Olympics" on the Sydney Olympic Games stage.

 

  On September 9th, 2000, President Jiang Zemin sent a letter to Mr. Samaranch, President of the International Olympic Committee, fully supporting Beijing's bid for the 2008 Olympic Games. On September 9th, 2000, the Beijing Olympic Bid Committee received a notice from the general director of the International Olympic Committee, Karad, that the emblem with the English words of candidate city and the five rings logo of the International Olympic Committee has been approved by the International Olympic Committee.


  On September 13rd, 2000, the 111st session of the International Olympic Committee held the election of new members at the Regent's hotel in Sydney. 14 people including Yu Zaiqing of China became the new members of the International Olympic Committee.

 

  At 22:08 p.m. on July 13rd, 2001, the President of the International Olympic Committee, Mr. Samaranch, announced in Moscow that Beijing would become the host city of the 2008 Olympic Games.


  On the evening of July 13, 2001, the news of Beijing's successful bid for the Olympic Games came that 400000 people swarmed to Tiananmen Gate to revel.

 


  Today, Chen Yulong, the volunteer from Xiamen Olympic Museum, will tell you the story of the oil painting of Happy Time.





 

    

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