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2007-09-29
On the evening of September 29, the Sacred Fire Welcoming and Run Starting Ceremony for the 2007 SOWSG Law Enforcement Torch Run in Shanghai was held at Pudong Riverside Garden Square. |
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2007-09-25
On the evening of September 25, the Sacred Fire Welcoming and Run Starting Ceremony for the domestic leg of the 2007 SOWSG Law Enforcement Torch Run was held at Juyong Pass of Great Wall in . |
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2007-09-25
On the afternoon of September 25, the 5th 2007 SOWSG GOC plenary meeting was held in the Kunlun Hall of the Beijing Kunlun Hotel. |
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2007-09-23
On the afternoon of September 23, the unveiling ceremony of the Special Olympics memorial sculpture was held at the Shanghai Yanzhong Green Space. |
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2007-09-22
On the morning of September 22, the movie “My Brother An Xiaotian”, dedicated to the Special Olympics, was premiered. |
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2007-09-22
On the morning of September 22, the launch ceremony of the “Special Olympics eHome Shopping Mall” was held. |
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2007-09-18
On September 18, the last leg of the 2007 SOWSG Law Enforcement Torch Run international segment was held in Sydney Australia. |
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2007-09-04
On the afternoon of September 4, Xi Jinping, Secretary of Shanghai City Party Committee and Honorary Vice Chairman of the 2007 SOWSG GOC, inspected the “Sunshine Home" education center at the Caoyang Community School. |
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2007-09-01
On the morning of September 1, the 2007 SOWSG GSC held its mobilization meeting. |
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2007-07-29
On July 29, the “Love in the Starlight – Zhejiang
Businesses Join Hands with the 2007 SOWSG Charity
Dinner” raised funds through charity auctions.
The event donated RMB2 million to the 2007 SOWSG
GSC. |
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2007-07-26
On July 26, the second phase of the international
section of the Law Enforcement Torch Run of
the 2007 SOWSG was held in Washington DC, the
capital of the United States. The Chinese President
Hu Jintao sent a congratulatory message, and
President George W. Bush and his wife delivered
speeches at the ceremony that was held at the
White House marking the lighting of the torch
and the commencement of the torch run for the
2007 SOWSG.. |
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2007-07-19
At noon on July 19, Hui Liangyu, Member of the
Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee,
Vice Premier of the State Council and Honorary
Chairman of the 2007 SOWSG GOC, met representatives
from sponsoring businesses at the Xi Jiao Hotel.
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2007-07-18
On the afternoon of July 18, Hui Liangyu, Member
of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee,
Vice Premier of the State Council and Honorary
Chairman of the 2007 SOWSG GOC, inspected the
Shanghai Special Olympics Competition and Training
Center, the Shanghai Stadium (Also called the
“80,000 people's Stadium”), and Jiangwan Sports
Center. |
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2007-07-16
On the afternoon of July 16, the 2007 SOWSG
GSC entered into the insurance cooperation agreement
with its insurance partner. |
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2007-07-16
On the afternoon of July 16, Xi Jinping, Secretary
of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee and
the Honorary Vice Chairman of the 2007 SOWSG
GOC, presided over a special meeting concerning
preparations for the 2007 SOWSG. He heard reports
by the GSC on the preparations for the 2007
SOWSG, the plans for the 4th GOC Plenary session,
and the plans for security, VIP invitation and
major events. |
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2007-06-29——2007-07-04
From June 29 to July 4, the first phase of the
international section of the Law Enforcement
Torch Run of the 2007 SOWSG was held in Greece,
Egypt and the U.K., etc.
Zhou Taitong, Vice Mayor of Shanghai City and
GOC Standing Vice Chairman, attended the ceremony
and delivered a speech. Tian Xuejun, Chinese
Ambassador to Greece, Wu Sike, Chinese Ambassador
to Egypt, Fu Ying, Chinese Ambassador to the
U.K., Shen Zhifei, Deputy Director of China
Disabled Person’s Federation, Timothy Shriver,
Chairman of Special Olympics Inc., the Mayor
of Athens, Greece, Suzan Mubarak, the First
Lady of Egypt, the Governors of Alexander Province
and Cairo Province, Egypt, and the Mayor of
London, Britain, as well as international and
regional Special Olympics officials and chairs
of Special Olympics Greece, Special Olympics
Egypt and Special Olympics GB, participated
in the event. |
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2007-06-24
On the afternoon of June 24, Zhou Taitong, Vice
Mayor and GSC Director, Tang Xiaoquan, Director
of China Disabled Person’s Federation and Vice
Chairman of the 2007 SOWSG GOC, Wang Zhijun,
Chairman of Special Olympics China and Vice
Chairman of the 2007 SOWSG GOC, Sun Xiande,
Vice Director of China Disabled Person’s Federation,
and Yao Mingbao, Deputy Secretary General of
the City Government and Vice GSC Director, etc.
participated in a series of activities, “Welcoming
the 2007 SOWSG – the 100th Day of Countdown
to the 2007 SOWSG” held by each district and
county, respectively. |
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2007-06-24
On the morning of June 24, 2007 Amway Nutrilite
Health Run -- For the 2007 Special Olympics
World Summer Games (SOWSG) was officially begun.
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2007-06-24
On the afternoon of June 24, a series of activities
entitled, “Welcoming the Special Olympics –
the 100th Day of Countdown to the 2007 SOWSG,”
were held in every county and district. |
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2007-06-24
On the morning of June 24, the launch ceremony
for the series of activities, “e-Home of the
Special Olympics,” as well as the launch of
the official Special Olympics cell phone website,
were held in the Pudong Shangri-La Hotel. |
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2007-06-24
On the morning of June 24, the launch ceremony
for “Relay of Loving Hearts – An Initiation
of Cultural Endeavors to Welcome the 2007 SOWSG”
was held at the Children's Palace in the Pudong
New Area. |
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2007-06-24
On the morning of June 24, the launch ceremony
of the, “Welcoming the 2007 SOWSG – the 100th
Day of Countdown to the 2007 SOWSG” series of
activities, as well as the ceremony to unveil
the Countdown Clock, was held at the central
green of Lujiazui in the Pudong New Area. Xi
Jinping, Secretary of the CPC Shanghai Municipal
Committee and the Honorary Vice Chairman of
the 2007 SOWSG GOC, attended the ceremony. Together
with two Special Olympics athletes, he unveiled
the completed Countdown Clock. |
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2007-06-23
On the afternoon of June 23, Mayor Han Zheng,
who is also the Chairman of the GOC and Deputy
Secretary of the CPC Shanghai Committee, presided
over a special meeting and heard reports on
preparations for the 2007 SOWSG. |
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2007-06-20
On June 20, the unveiling ceremony for the torch
and logo of the 2007 SOWSG Law Enforcement Torch
Run was held in Beijing. |
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2007-06-20
On June 20, Xi Jinping, Secretary of the CPC
Shanghai Municipal Committee and the Honorary
Vice Chairman of the 2007 SOWSG GOC, and Han
Zheng, the Deputy Secretary of the City Party
Committee, Mayor and also the GOC Chairman,
met representatives of domestic and international
sponsors of the 2007 SOWSG in the Regent Beijing. |
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2007-06-18
On the afternoon of June 18, the GSC held a
special meeting to hear reports on the first
phase agenda of the international section of
the Law Enforcement Torch Run, as well as overall
reception plans for delegations to the 2007
SOWSG. |
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2007-06-16
On the afternoon of June 16, the 2007 SOWSG
GSC held a special meeting and heard reports
on recruiting extra personnel from the armed
forces and higher education institutes for the
Opening and Closing Ceremonies. |
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2007-06-16
On the morning of June 16, the GSC held the
45th special meeting to hear reports on funding
management for the 2007 SOWSG, recent supervision
over human resources, and the construction plan
for the temporary podium in Shanghai Stadium. |
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2007-06-13
On June 13, DHL-SINOTRANS became a global partner
of the Special Olympics Inc. and will provide
logistics support for the whole process of the
2007 SOWSG Global Law Enforcement Torch Run.
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2007-06-12
On the afternoon of June 12, the GSC held
the 44th special meeting to hear reports on
the overall plan for the 2007 SOWSG Torch
Run and plans for the series of activities
for the 100th Day of Countdown to the 2007
SOWSG. |
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2007-06-11
On the night of June 11, the GSC held the 43rd
special coordination meeting to discuss group
insurance for the 2007 SOWSG. |
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2007-06-11
On the afternoon of June 11, the GSC held the
31st directors meeting and heard reports on
the overall plan for the 2007 SOWSG Law Enforcement
Torch Run, and plans for the unveiling ceremony
of the torch and logo. |
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2007-06-09
On the morning of June 9, the GSC held the 30th
directors meeting and heard reports on the plan
for the series of activities of the 100th Day
of Countdown to the 2007 SOWSG, the plan for
the 2007 Amway Nutrilite Health Run -- For the
2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games (SOWSG),
and the plan for a series of activities called
“e-Home of the Special Olympics.” |
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2007-06-07
On the afternoon of June 7, Xi Jinping, Secretary
of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee and
the Honorary Vice Chairman of the 2007 SOWSG
GOC, presided over a special meeting to hear
reports by the GSC on the preparation for the
2007 SOWSG. |
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2007-06-07
The following officials came to Shanghai Stadium,
Jiangwan Sports Center, and the Shanghai Special
Olympics Competition and Training Center, respectively,
for inspections: Xi Jinping, Secretary of the
CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee and the Honorary
Vice Chairman of the 2007 SOWSG GOC; Han Zheng,
the Deputy Secretary of the CPC Shanghai Committee,
Shanghai Mayor and GOC Chairman; as well as
Yin Yicui, the Deputy Secretary of the CPC Shanghai
Committee and GSC advisor; Wu Zhiming, Member
of the Standing Committee of the City Party
Committee, the Secretary of the City Policy
and Law Committee, and the Chief of the City
Public Security Bureau; Wang Zhongwei, Member
of the Standing Committee of the City Party
Committee, the Director of the Publicity Department
and GSC advisor; Ding Xuexiang, Member of the
Standing Committee of the City Party Committee
and the Secretary General of the City Party
Committee; and Zhou Taitong, the Vice Mayor
and GSC Director. |
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2007-06-06
On the afternoon of June 6, Mayor Han Zheng,
who is also the Chairman of the GOC and Deputy
Secretary of the CPC Shanghai Committee, presided
over a special meeting and heard reports by
the GSC on preparations for the 2007 SOWSG. |
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2007-06-05
On the evening of June 5th, the GSC held the
42nd special meeting to hear reports on the
construction of the podium in Shanghai Stadium
and the overall ticket plan for the 2007 SOWSG
Opening Ceremony. |
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2007-06-05
On the afternoon of June 5th, the GSC held a
special meeting to discuss the reception of
foreign delegations to the 2007 SOWSG. |
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2007-06-04
On the afternoon of June 4th, the GSC held a
special meeting to discuss funding issues of
the 2007 SOWSG. |
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2007-06-04
On the afternoon of June 4th, the GSC held the
40th special meeting to hear the report on the
preparation for the Closing Ceremony of the
2007 SOWSG. |
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2007-06-02
On June 2nd, the special meeting for the fundraising
for the 2007 SOWSG was held in the standing
meeting room on the second floor of the Shanghai
Municipal Government building. |
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2007-06-01
On the morning of June 1st, the 2007 SOWSG GSC
held the 29th directors meeting and heard the
report on the preparation for international
and abroad sections of the 2007 SOWSG Law Enforcement
Torch Run. |
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2007-05-30
On the afternoon of May 30th, Xi Jinping, Secretary
of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Shanghai
Municipal Committee, met Tang Xiaoquan, Director
of China Disabled Person’s Federation, and Wang
Zhijun, Chairman of Special Olympics China.
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2007-05-30
On the afternoon of May 30th, Mayor Han Zheng,
who is also Deputy Secretary of the CPC Shanghai
Municipal Committee and GOC Chairman, met Tang
Xiaoquan, Director of China Disabled Person’s
Federation, and Wang Zhijun, Chairman of Special
Olympics China. |
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2007-05-30
On May 30th, Zhou Taitong, Vice Mayor and GSC
Director, held a talk with Tang Xiaoquan, Director
of China Disabled Person’s Federation, and Wang
Zhijun, Chairman of Special Olympics China.
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2007-05-29
On the evening of May 29th, the 2007 SOWSG GSC
held the 38th special meeting and heard the
report on the group insurance for the 2007 SOWSG.
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2007-05-24
On May 24th, Xi Jinping, Secretary of the CPC
Shanghai Municipal Committee, met Mr. Timothy
Shriver, Chairman of Special Olympics Inc. Zhou
Taitong, Vice Mayor and GSC Director, attended
the meeting. |
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2007-05-24
On May 24th, Han Zheng, Deputy Secretary of
the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee, Mayor,
and GOC Chairman, met Mr. Timothy Shriver, Chairman
of Special Olympics Inc. Zhou Taitong, Vice
Mayor and GSC Director, attended the meeting. |
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2007-05-21
On the evening of May 21st, the 2007 SOWSG GSC
held the 36th special meeting and heard the
report on the overall reception plan for the
2007 SOWSG. |
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2007-05-20
On the afternoon of May 20th, the Unveiling
Ceremony of the Mascot and Posters for the 2007
SOWSG, “Warm Spring 2007”, was held at Shanghai
Hongqiao Airport. The mascot, Sunshine Sanmao,
and three posters were officially unveiled,
and the ceremony of volunteer training for Special
Olympics was launched. |
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2007-05-19
On the morning of May 19th, the 2007 SOWSG GSC
held the 28th directors meeting and heard the
reports on the arrangement for the sacred fire
starting run of the 2007 SOWSG Law Enforcement
Torch Run, and the preparation for the Unveiling
Ceremony of the Mascot and Posters for the 2007
SOWSG. |
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2007-05-17
On the morning of May 17th, the Information
Office of the State Council held a press conference.
Zhou Taitong, Vice Mayor of Shanghai, GOC Standing
Vice Chairman and GSC Director, attended the
press release. Tang Xiaoquan and Feng Jianzhong
made a special announcement regarding the progress
of the preparation for the 2007 SOWSG and unveiled
the result of the collection of the mascot and
posters for this Special Olympics Games. They
announced that Sunshine Sanmao had been selected
as the mascot for this Special Olympics Games. |
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2007-05-11
An enlarged meeting of the 2007 SOWSG GSC was
held on the morning of May 11th. The meeting
conveyed the spirit of speeches made by Premier
Wen Jiabao and Vice Premier Hui Liangyu at the
175th executive meeting of the State Council
and the third GOC plenary session, respectively,
the spirit of the speech made by Secretary Xi
Jinping at the meeting of standing committee
members of CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee,
and the spirit of the speech made by Mayor Han
Zheng upon inspecting the reconstruction of
competition venues on May 8th. The preparation
progress since the third GOC plenary session
and the arrangement for what work is to be done
next were announced. Zhou Taitong, Vice Mayor
and GSC Director, delivered an important speech
to the GSC at both city and district levels
regarding the preparation in the next phase. |
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2007-04-28
Formal launch of the new version of the 2007
SOWSG Official Website |
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2007-04-12
The News Conference for the 2007 SOWSG Rainbow
Action – “Colorful Rainbow to Bind Us with the
Special Olympics” – at JW Marriott Shanghai.
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2007-04-04
The 2007 SOWSG promotion conference by the Chinese
Embassy in the Slovak Republic and the Special
Olympics Slovak. |
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2007-03-31
1 million Yuan raised through auction and donation
for the 2007 SOWSG at the “Millionaire Charity
Night” VIP dinner in the Portman Ritz-Carlton
Hotel, which was co-sponsored by Millionaire
Magazine, the 2007 SOWSG GSC, and Shanghai Media
Group. |
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2007-03-28
On the evening of March 28th, the 2007 SOWSG
promotion conference was held in the Chinese
Diplomatic Mission to European Union, which
was co-hosted by the Chinese Diplomatic Mission
to European Union, the Chinese Embassy in Belgium,
the Special Olympics Europe and the Special
Olympics Belgium. |
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2007-03-22
The donation ceremony of 2 million USD to the
2007 SOWSG by Maurice R. Greenberg, Chairman
& CEO of C.V. STARR & Co., Inc., was
held at JW Marriott Shanghai. |
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2007-03-11
On the afternoon of March 11th, the introduction
to the design and production plan for the Opening
Ceremony by both Chinese and foreign general
directors was heard by Yin Yicui, Vice Secretary
of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Shanghai
Municipal Committee and GSC advisor, Wang Zhongwei,
Standing Member of CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee,
Director of the Publicity Department and GSC
advisor, Zhou Taitong, Vice Mayor of Shanghai
City and GSC Director, Jiang Liang, Deputy Secretary
General of Shanghai Party Committee, and Yao
Mingbao, Deputy Secretary General of the City
Government and Vice GSC Director. The introduction
too place in a meeting room in the No. 1 Building
at Xing Guo Hotel |
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2007-02-12
On the afternoon of February 12, the 22nd
Directors Meeting of 2007 Special Olympics World
Summer Games Shanghai Steering Committee (GSC)
was convened at the Conference Room of the Municipal
Government. Yao Mingbao, Deputy Secretary General
of Shanghai Municipal People’s Government and
Deputy Director of GSC, chaired the meeting,
and Zhou Taitong, Vice Major of Shanghai and
Director of GSC, attended the meeting. The meeting
heard reports on the preparations for the Third
Session of GOC. |
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2007-02-10
On the afternoon of February 10, a press briefing
on preparations for the opening ceremony of
2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games was
held at the Tomorrow Square, announcing the
name list of the chief producer and his team
members working on the opening ceremony. |
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2007-02-10
Yin Yicui, Deputy Secretary of Shanghai Municipal
Committee of CPC met, on the morning of February
10 at Xingguo Hotel, with the foreign chief
producer and chief director Don Mischer and
the Chinese chief director Zhang Xiaohai, and
their team members who are working on the opening
ceremony of 2007 Special Olympics World Summer
Games . |
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2007-02-09
On the afternoon of February 9, Adidas (China)
officially initiated its activities of sponsoring
Special Olympics International, becoming a partner
of 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games
. |
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2007-02-06
Between January 31 and February 6, 2007 Special
Olympics World Summer Games Shanghai Steering
Committee (GSC) and Special Olympics International.
(SOI) held their first-round work talks in 2007
at Qingyu Hotel. |
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2007-01-13
On the evening of January 13, the Special Olympics
Charity Banquet of Sunshine-Culture Foundation
was held at the Regent Shanghai, which was jointly
sponsored by Sunshine-Culture Foundation, Preparatory
Center of 2007 Special Olympics World Summer
Games, and Jiefang Daily Group. |
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2007-01-06
On the morning of January 6, 2007, the 20th
Directors Meeting of Shanghai Steering Committee
(GSC), 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games
was held in Qingyu Hotel. Yao Mingbao, Deputy
Secretary General of Shanghai Municipal People’s
Government and Deputy Director of GSC, presided
over the meeting, and Zhou Taitong, Vice Major
of Shanghai and Director of GSC, attended the
meeting. The meeting heard reports on the second-round
solicitation of the mascot, the theme song and
the posters for the 2007 World Special Olympics
Games. |
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From November 29th to December 2nd, a delegation
from the Special Olympics International is in
Shanghai to have discussions with the GSC about
the accommodation of the delegations, language
service, international volunteers, better information
communication between the GSC and the Special
Olympics International as well as the participating
nations (regions), the law enforcement officers’
torch run, opening ceremony, community reception,
risk management, cultivation of leaders of Special
Olympics, choose and training of Special Olympics
athlete referees, competition work, and training
of reception personnel. Present at the discussions
are Wang Zhijun, Vice Chairman of the GOC and
Chairman of the Special Olympics China, and
Yao Mingbao, Deputy Secretary-General of the
Municipal Government and Vice Director of the
GSC. |
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On the afternoon of November 10th, the curtain
of the photo exhibition of “the Special Olympics
and Harmonious Development of Society” is raised
in the U.N. Building. Present at the opening
ceremony are Annan, U.N. Secretary-General;
Chen Jian, U.N. Deputy Secretary-General; Wang
Guangya, Representative of Permanent Mission
of China to the U.N.; Feng Guoqin, Standing
Deputy Mayor of Shanghai Municipality; Tang
Xiaoquan, Board Chairman of China Disabled Persons’
Federation; and Djibril Diallo, Director of
the U.N. New York Office of Sport for Development
and Peace.
The opening ceremony of the photo exhibition
is jointly kicked off by Annan, U.N. Secretary-General
and his wife; Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founder
of the Special Olympics International; Qiao
Meili, a global Special Olympic leader and a
Special Olympics athlete from Shanghai; and
Florence, a Ugandan athlete of the Special Olympics
and Member of the Board of the Special Olympics
International. Also present at the opening ceremony
is Zhang Ziyi, Global Image Ambassador of the
Special Olympics. |
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On November 10th, a forum is held with the
topic of “the Special Olympics and Harmonious
Development of Society”. It is sponsored jointly
by the GOC of the World Special Olympics Shanghai
2007; the Municipal People’s Government of Shanghai;
the Permanent Mission of China to the U.N.;
U.N. New York Office of Sport for Development
and Peace.；and the Special Olympics International.
Wang Guangya, Representative of Permanent Mission
of China to the U.N., addresses the forum. Han
Zheng, Acting Party Secretary of Shanghai Municipal
Party Committee, Mayor of Shanghai, and Chairman
of the GOC of the World Special Olympics Shanghai
2007, addresses the forum in the form of videotape.
Feng Guoqin, Member of the Standing Committee
of Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and Standing
Deputy Mayor, delivers a key-note speech. Jose
Antonio Ocampo, Deputy Secretary-General of
the U.N.; ólafur Ragnar Grimsson, President
of Iceland and Member of the Special Olympics
International; Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founder
of the Special Olympics International; and Tang
Xiaoquan, Board Chairman of China Disabled Persons’
Federation also addresses the forum respectively.
Liu Zhenmin, Deputy Representative of the Permanent
Mission of China to the U.N. and Djibril Diallo,
Director of the U.N. New York Office of Sport
for Development and Peace chair jointly the
opening ceremony of the forum. Present at the
forum are the permanent representatives of various
nations to the U.N.; the officials of the related
departments of the U.N.; part of American political
VIPs; celebrities of the world’; the overseas
Chinese leaders in New York; and honored guests
from home and abroad. |
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On November 6th, the summing-up meeting of
the World Invitational Games of the Special
Olympics 2006 is held in the City Hall. |
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On October 18th, the ceremony of Coca-Cola
continuing its agreement of global collaboration
partnership with the Special Olympics International
is held at the information center of the Oriental
Pearl in Shanghai. Present at the ceremony are
Zhou Taitong, Deputy Mayor, Executive Vice Chairman
of the GOC and Director of the GSC; Yao Mingbao,
Deputy Secretary-General of the Municipal Government,
Secretary-General of the GOC and Vice Director
of the GSC; and Bruce Pasternack, the CEO of
the Special Olympics International. |
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On October 17th, Han Zheng, Acting Party Secretary
of Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, Mayor
of Shanghai and Chairman of the GOC, meets with
the collaboration partners of the World Special
Olympics Shanghai 2007—Gregory Curl, President
of Global Corporation Strategy and Development
of the Bank of America, Xie Duyang, Chief Supervisor
of the China Construction Bank, and their parties—at
the VIP Hall of the City Hall. Also present
at the reception are Zhou Taitong, Deputy Mayor,
Executive Vice Chairman of the GOC and Director
of the GSC; and Yao Mingbao, Deputy Secretary-General
of the Municipal Government and Vice Director
of the GSC. |
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On October 17th, Zhou Taitong, Deputy Mayor,
Executive Vice Chairman of the GOC and Director
of the GSC of the World Special Olympics 2007;
and Bruce Pasternack, the CEO of the Special
Olympics International, are present at a press
conference. As a host bank, the China Construction
Bank will jointly sponsor with the Bank of America
the World Special Olympics 2007. |
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On the night of October 15th, the opening
activity of “Running towards Wonderful Special
Olympics—International Invitational Games Shanghai
of Special Olympics 2006” is held in Shanghai
Gym. Hui Liangyu, Member of the Political Bureau
of the Central Committee of the CPC, Vice-premier
of the State Council and Honorary Chairman of
the GOC of the World Special Olympics Shanghai
2007, is present to declare the opening of invitational
games. Also present at the opening ceremony
are representatives of global Special Olympics
leaders; officers of Special Olympic International;
leaderships of some provinces and cities; representatives
of the Head of Delegation Seminar of the World
Special Olympics 2007; and consul generals of
part of the nations in Shanghai. |
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On the afternoon of October 15th, the plenary
meeting of the delegation head meeting of the
Special Olympics World Summer Games Shanghai
2007 comes to a close at the Shanghai Convention
Center. Hui Liangyu, Member of the Political
Bureau of the Central Committee of the CPC,
Vice-premier of the State Council and Honorary
Chairman of the GOC of the World Special Olympics
Shanghai 2007, is present to declare close of
the plenary meeting. |
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On the afternoon of October 15th, Hui Liangyu,
Member of the Political Bureau of the Central
Committee of the CPC, Vice-premier of the State
Council and Honorary Chairman of the GOC, meets
with Timothy Shriver, Chairman of the Special
Olympics International; Bruce Pasternack, President
and CEO of the Special Olympics International;
and their party. |
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On the afternoon of October 15th, Hui Liangyu,
Member of the Political Bureau of the Central
Committee of the CPC, Vice-premier of the State
Council and Honorary Chairman of the GOC, inspects
the “Sunshine Home” in Yangpu District. |
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On October 14th, the opening ceremony of the
delegation head meeting of the Special Olympics
World Summer Games Shanghai 2007 is held. Present
at the opening ceremony are Feng Guoqin, Member
of the Standing Committee of Shanghai Municipal
Party Committee, Standing Deputy Mayor and Consultant
of the GSC; Wang Xinxian, Secretary of Leading
Party Members’ Group of China Disabled Persons’
Federation; Wang Zhijun, Chairman of the Special
Olympics China and Vice Chairman of the GOC;
and Bruce Pasternack, President and CEO of the
Special Olympics International. Zhou Taitong,
Deputy Mayor and Standing Vice Chairman of the
GOC, chairs the opening ceremony. |
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On October 9th, the ignition ceremony of the
“Law Enforcement Torch Run” of the World Invitational
Games Shanghai of the Special Olympics 2006
is held at the Bund in the Chen Yi Square. Present
at the ignition ceremony are Zhou Taitong, Deputy
Mayor, Standing Vice Chairman of the GOC and
Director of the GSC; and Yao Mingbao, Deputy
Secretary-General of the Municipal Government,
Secretary-General of the GOC and Vice Director
of the GSC. |
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On October 8th, the working mobilization meeting
of the World Invitational Games Shanghai of
the Special Olympics 2006 is held in the City
Hall. |
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On September 25th, the GSC holds a press conference
at the Shanghai East Asia Sports Hotel to announce
a solicitation of the Theme Song, the Mascot
and the Poster for the 2007 Special Olympics
World Games. Yao Mingbao, Deputy Secretary-General
of the Municipal Government and Vice Director
of the GSC, attends the press conference. |
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On August 4th, Han Zheng, Mayor of Shanghai
Municipality and Executive Chairman of the GOC,
meets with Timothy Shriver, Chairman of the
Special Olympics International, and his party.
Present at the reception is Zhou Taitong, Deputy
Mayor, Standing Vice Chairman of the GOC and
Director of the GSC. |
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On August 4th, the leadership of the Municipal
Party Committee meets with Timothy Shriver,
Chairman of the Special Olympics International,
and his party. Present at the reception is Zhou
Taitong, Deputy Mayor, Standing Vice Chairman
of the GOC and Director of the GSC. |
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From July 28th, to August 5th, a delegation
organized by the GSC observes the National 4th
Special Olympics in Harbin to. |
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On July 21th, the GSC of the World Special
Olympics Shanghai 2007 holds a press conference
at China Millennium Monument in Beijing for
“The first release of 2006 Summer Theme TV Public
Service publicity Films and Print Media Public
Service Publicity Advertisements for 2007 Special
Olympics World Games2007”. |
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From June 27th, to July 12th, a delegation
organized by the GSC is in the United States
to inspect and learn from the First All-US Special
Olympics. |
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From June 10th, to 12th, a GMS training class
is held in Minghang Campus of Jiaotong University
by the Special Olympics International and the
GSC. |
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From June 5th, to 12th, the Special Olympics
International is in Shanghai to have talks with
the GSC about preliminary contests, delegation
head meetings, community reception, torch run,
family forum, the reception plan for volunteers
to receive VIPs attending the Special Olympics
2007, the reception of celebrities and VIPs,
invitation plan and time of VIPs, non-contest
special activities and the activities for VIP’s
participation, and the testing activities of
preliminary contests. |
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On May 31st, a special meeting for improving
the gym to hold the World Special Olympics 2007
is held in the City Hall. |
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On May 24th, the State Council holds a special
meeting to hear special reports about the preparations
of the Special Olympics Shanghai 2007. |
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On the morning of May 21st, a large-scale
publicity activity “Greeting Special Olympics—Real
Understanding and Sincere Care” is held in Shanghai
Century Square. Present at the activity are
Liu Yungeng, Deputy Party Secretary of Shanghai
Municipal Party Committee and GSC Consultant;
and Zhou Taitong, Deputy Mayor of Shanghai Municipality,
Standing Deputy Chairman of the GOC of the World
Special Olympics and Director of the GSC. |
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On May 17th, the ceremony of establishing
collaboration partnership between the World
Special Olympics 2007 and Shanghai Telecom for
information communications is held. Shanghai
Telecom will undertake the construction and
assurance of the information communication systems
of the World Invitational Games Shanghai 2006
and the Special Olympics 2007 in an all-round
way. Zhou Taitong, Standing Vice Chairman of
the GOC and Director of the GSC of the World
Special Olympics Shanghai 2007 and Deputy Mayor,
is present at the signing ceremony. |
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On May 16th, the opening ceremony of the “Exhibition
Tour of Painting, Calligraphy and Photography
by Disabled Persons, Art Works by people with
intellectual disability, Photos about Special
Olympics 2006” is held in Shanghai Library. |
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On April 25th, Motorola, the world leader
in wireless telecommunications, and China Telecom
hold a press conference in Beijing to make a
donation of RMB 300,000 yuan to the World Special
Olympics 2007. At the celebration ceremony,
the Special Olympics athletes from Beijing carry
out a splendid basketball match. Yao Ming, an
NBA giant star far away in the United States,
also sends his congratulations. |
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On April 10th, the Special Olympics International
and the GSC of the World Special Olympics Shanghai
2007 holds an announcement ceremony and press
conference at Friendship Hall of Shanghai Convention
Center for the chief producer and chief director
of the foreign party for the opening ceremony
of the World Special Olympics 2007. Mr. Don
Mischer, a distinguished American director,
and Don Mischer Productions are invited to be
the chief producer and chief director on the
foreign party for the opening ceremony of the
World Special Olympics 2007. Present at the
news conference are Zhou Taitong, Deputy Mayor
of Shanghai Municipality, Standing Vice Chairman
of the GOC and Director of the GSC; Wang Zhijun,
Chairman of the Special Olympics China and Vice
Chairman of the GOC; and Yao Mingbao, Deputy
Secretary-General of the Municipal Government,
Secretary-General of the GOC and Vice Director
of the GSC. Also present at the announcement
ceremony are Bruce Pasternack, the CEO of the
Special Olympics International, and other officers.
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On March 25th, the second plenary meeting
of the GOC of the World Special Olympics Shanghai
2007 is held in Shanghai. |
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From January 10th to 15th,
a delegation of the Special Olympics International
is in Shanghai to have further discussions with
the GSC about the preliminary games and head
of delegation seminar. The technical representatives
of sports events inspect the facilities, equipment,
apparatus, telecommunications and lighting of
the 34 venues for 21 events and 4 demonstration
Actives. |
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From December 12th to 16th,
the delegation of the Special Olympics International
in Shanghai has further discussions with the
GSC about the opening ceremony of the Special
Olympics, torch run, fundraising, promotion
program for school education enrichment program,
volunteers’ service and the mutual collaboration
between the two parties. |
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On November 18th, “Louis Vuitton’s Donation
Ceremony to Support World Special Olympics 2007”
is held in Beijing. |
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On November 17th, the leaderships of the Municipal
Party Committee and the Municipal Government
meet respectively with Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Governor of California and Global Image Ambassador;
Timothy Shriver, Chairman of Special Olympics
International; and their party. |
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On November 17th, Timothy Shriver, Chairman
of Special Olympics International; Bruce Pasternack,
President and CEO of Special Olympics International;
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California
and Global Image Ambassador, and his wife Maria
Shriver; and their party pay a visit to the
Shanghai Training Center of Special Olympics
and Shanghai Children’s Home and attend the
East Asia Special Olympics Family Forum organized
by the East Asia Region of the Special Olympics
International. |
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From November 16th to 18th,
the Special Olympics International is in Shanghai
to inspect the venues of the Special Olympics
and to have all-round and detailed exchanges
and communications with the GSC for the work
related，getting to a common view and having
the clearer plan and target of the future collaboration. |
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On November 14th, the GSC holds a large-scale
“So Get Into it!” activity jointly with the
China Disabled Persons’ Federation, the Special
Olympics China, the China Disabled Persons’
Welfare Foundation and the Beijing Municipal
Government at the China Millennium Monument
in Beijing for China to have reached 500,000
Special Olympics athletes by the year of 2005
and for cheering up the World Special Olympics
2007. At the ceremony of handing over and taking
over the torch Mr. Timothy Shriver, Chairman
of the Special Olympics International, issues
to Deng Pufang, Chairman of China Disabled Persons’
Federation and Executive Chairman of the GOC
of the World Special Olympics 2007, the “Award
of Outstanding Leader of Olympic Global Movement”.
Present at the ceremony are Bruce Pasternack,
President and CEO of the Special Olympics International;
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California
and Global Image Ambassador; Tang Xiaoquan,
Board Chairman of China Disabled Persons’ Federation
and Vice Chairman of the GOC; Lü Shiming, Standing
Vice Board Chairman of China Disabled Persons’
Federation and Vice Chairman of the GOC; Wang
Zhijun, Chairman of the Special Olympics China
and Vice Chairman of the GOC; Sun Anmin, Deputy
Mayor of Beijing Municipality; Zhou Taitong,
Deputy Mayor of Shanghai Municipality, Standing
Vice Chairman of the GOC and Director of the
GSC; Special Olympics athletes; and personalities
of various circles, totaling over 1,000 people. |
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On October 25th, Lacoste Company holds an
evening party of charity sale to raise funds
for the World Special Olympics 2007. |
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On October 2nd, the activity of “Health Run
for Everybody in Shanghai and Amway Nutrient
Health Run 2005—Cheering Up World Special Olympics
2007!” is held. Yang Xiaodu, Deputy Mayor of
Shanghai Municipality and Consultant of the
GSC; Special Olympics athletes; celebrities;
Shanghai residents; employees of Chinese and
foreign companies; and sports teams, totaling
around 20,000 people, attend this activity. |
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From September 17th, to October 4th, the 6th
Special Olympics Shanghai Municipality Games
is held. It is a drill for the World Special
Olympics 2007 and Special Olympics games at
city-level with the largest scale, most participants
and most complete sports events as well. It
has 15 sports events, 4 performance actives
in addition to 4 non-sports programs, namely
Host Town program, Health Athletes, Parents’
Forum and Youth Summit. 4,188 athletes (including
those specially invited from Hong Kong, Macao
and Taiwan regions) and around 4,500 volunteers
participate in this city-level Special Olympics. |
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On September 19th, Amway (China) holds a signing
ceremony together with a press conference in
Beijing to sponsor the World Special Olympics
2007. In addition to donation of RMB 6 million
yuan to the Special Olympics, Amway will take
the advantage of “Amway Nutrient Health Run”
campaign to carry out the activity of “Cheering
Up World Special Olympics 2007!” in next three
consecutive years in around 20 cities in China. |
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On September 17th, a dinner party for charity
auction is held by Shanghai International Grand
Prix Athletics Meet to make donation to the
World Special Olympics 2007. |
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From August 22nd, to 24th, the GSC and the
representatives of the Special Olympics International
have discussions in Shanghai and reach a consensus
of the matters related to the organizational
frame of the World Special Olympics 2007, venues
and events, preliminary contests and delegation
head meetings. |
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On July 20th, the first plenary session of
the GSC of the World Special Olympics Shanghai
2007 is held. |
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On July 6th, the Disabled Persons’ Working
Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Government
and the organization committee of the 6th Special
Olympics of Shanghai municipality hold a teleconference
which emphasizes the 6th, Special Olympics of
Shanghai municipality must be run in a high-quality
and high-level way so that it can be a grand
gathering to review the development and achievements
of the Special Olympics undertaking in Shanghai
and accumulate experiences for the World Special
Olympics 2007. |
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From June 15th to July 19th,
a special activity is jointly held with McDonald
for McDonald to donate part of its profit from
its sales to the World Special Olympics 2007. |
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From May 16th to 20th,
the working team of the Special Olympics International
is in Shanghai to have discussions with the
GSC about the matters of events, the venues,
the preliminary contests, the host town program,
the volunteers’ service, the budget, the school
enrichment grogram, the head of delegation seminar,
and the torch run of the World Special Olympics
2007. |
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On March 5th, Zhou Taitong, Deputy Mayor of
Shanghai Municipality, Standing Vice Chairman
of the GOC and Director of the GSC, leads a
delegation to Japan to hold a meeting of promotion
and introduction for the World Special Olympics
2007 and attends the closing ceremony of the
Special Olympics World Winter Games Nagano.
Present at the promotion and introduction meeting
are Chen Yonghua, Chargé D'affaires ad Interim
of the embassy of China to Japan; Her Highness
Princess Kiko of Japan; Eunice Kennedy Shriver,
founder of the Special Olympics International;
Timothy Shriver, Chairman of the Special Olympics
International; delegations of several nations
and regions; representatives of athletes; and
over 30 news media. |
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On February 27th, an announcing ceremony and
award-bestowing evening party are held for the
logo “Eye” and the theme “I know I can” of the
Special Olympics 2007 and the “One Hundred Kids
Greeting Special Olympics”, a publicity film
for public welfare 2005. On the same occasion,
the GOC bestows a certificate of Loving-care
Ambassador of World Special Olympics 2007 to
Liu Xiang, a champion of the Olympic Games. |
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On November 11th, the General Office of the
State Council issues the “Notice on the Establishment
of Organizing Committee and Steering Committee
of World Special Olympics Shanghai 2007”. For
running well the World Special Olympics 2007,
the GOC and GSC are established with the approval
of the State Council. |
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On November 1st, a press conference is held
for worldwide solicitation of the logo and theme
for the 2007 Special Olympics World Games and
the publicity film for public welfare 2005. |
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On October 16th, a donation ceremony is held
in Beijing for Yao Ming to donate his copyright
royalty on his book newly published. |
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From October 13th to 17th,
an inspection group of seven people from the
Special Olympics International is in Shanghai
to have discussions and exchange views related
to the preparations of the Special Olympics
2007 with the GEC of the World Special Olympics
Shanghai 2007. The working group also inspects
the venues related. |
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In September, a delegation is organized to
go to Greece to observer the Paralympics Games
Athens 2004 and to learn from them the experiences
of organizing large-scale world sports games. |
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From August 14th to 20th,
an large-scale dance evening party Dance towards
the Future , headed by the well-known American
dancer Jacques D’ Amboise and the well-known
Chinese dancer Huang Doudou, is held in the
Shanghai Grand Theater together with 100-odd
dancers including Special Olympics athletes.
The large-scale dance entitled Dance Together
You and Me, Running towards the Future was performed
at Oriental Green Boat. The American dancer
leads around 1,000 boys and girls, including
those in special schools and those from the
Children’s Palace of the China Welfare Institute,
to dance together with him. Li Ming presented
a song named Dance Out Your Future which was
tailored for 2007 World Special Olympic Games. |
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On August 8th, a unified game is held among
the mixed members of the Barcelona Soccer Club
of Spain and the Shenhua Soccer Club of Shanghai
as well as the Shanghai Special Olympics soccer
team. The Barcelona Soccer Club donates a football
and sports shirts with autographs on them to
Shanghai Special Olympics soccer team to expand
the influence of the Special Olympics. The unified
game expresses the concerns of the soccer team
members, both Chinese and foreign, for the people
with intellectual disability and embodies “Equality,
Acceptance and Tolerance” which is the spirit
of the Special Olympics. |
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In July, a professional company is entrusted
to carry out a marketing investigation on the
awareness of the Shanghai residents of World
Special Olympics 2007 so as to decide more effective
angle and orientation for publicizing and promoting
the Special Olympics in the future. |
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On June 11th, a large-scale activity entitled
“Superstars Caring for Special Olympics” took
place as one of the activities publicizing the
Special Olympics. Present at the activity are
Yao Ming, the world giant basketball star, and
stars of performance art such as Li Ming, Yu
Chengqing, A Du, Zhou Xun, Jin Haixin, etc. |
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On June 11th, Announcing Ceremony of “Yao
Ming------Global Ambassador of the International
Special Olympics and 2007 World Special Olympic
Games” took place. The world giant basketball
star serves as the ambassador of the World Special
Olympics 2007. |
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On June 11th, on behalf of the preparation
organ of the World Special Olympics 2007, Zhou
Taitong, Deputy Mayor of Shanghai Municipality,
accepts RMB 10,000,000 donated by Liwayway (China)
Co., Ltd. This is the first large sum of donation
ever received since the preparation of the World
Special Olympics Shanghai 2007. |
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On May 29th, “Chinese and Foreign Children
Celebrating June 1st Children’s Day Hand in
Hand and Welcome Special Olympics”, an activity
of long-distance running, is held to publicize
and advocate the spirit of the Special Olympics.
Wang Anshun, Deputy Party Secretary of Shanghai
Municipal Party Committee, other municipal leaders
and 1,000 children attend the activity. |
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On May 15th, an activity of charity basketball
match, charity dinner party and auction with
the theme of Welcome the World Special Olympics
2007 is held by Chinese and ROK stars of entertainment
to raise funds for the World Special Olympics
2007. |
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From April 28th to May 4th,
staff of the GOC (Preparatory) office attend
the “Head of Delegation Seminar of Special Olympics
World Winter 2005” in Nagano, Japan and to learn
about the information about the head of delegation
seminar of the World Special Olympics. |
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On March 30th, the business circles of the
United States hold a charity evening party for
soliciting contributions to support the World
Special Olympics 2007. The GEC of the Special
Olympics Shanghai 2007 is present at the activity
and accepts the contributions. |
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On March 2nd, and 4th, a dinner party is held
respectively in Beijing and Shanghai for entrepreneurs
at home and abroad to publicize the Special
Olympics, to look for support and sponsorship,
and to open the website of the World Special
Olympics 2007. |
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On March 2nd, Chinese President Hu Jintao
meets with the delegation of the Special Olympics
International and representatives of Special
Olympics athletes. He expresses that the Chinese
government will energetically promote the Special
Olympics undertaking and support Shanghai to
host the World Special Olympics 2007. |
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On March 2nd, the Shanghai Municipal Government
and the Special Olympics International officially
sign the “Agreement of World Special Olympics
2007”. Hui Liangyu, Member of the Political
Bureau of the Central Committee of the CPC and
Vice-premier of the State Council, is present
at the signing ceremony. |
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From September 8th to 11th,
the GOC (Preparatory) meets with the working
team of the Special Olympics International.
Both parties have further and detailed discussions
about the related content and clauses to be
signed in the official agreement. |
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From June 20th to 29th,
an inspection mission headed by Zhou Taitong,
Deputy Mayor of Shanghai Municipality, is in
Dublin Ireland to inspect the World Special
Olympics 2003. |
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On March 29th, the world sport champions of
the Laurence Public Welfare Sport Foundation
participate in Special Olympics unified sports
at the Lujiazui special school. |
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On December 6th, in accordance with the requirements
of the “Memorandum of World Special Olympics
2007 Agreement”, the GEC of the World Special
Olympics (Games Executive Committee (GEC)),
a civilian-run non-corporate organization, is
officially set up to kick off and carry out
various kinds of concrete work together with
the GOC (Preparatory). |
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On November 10th, Hewitt, the world number-one
man tennis player, comes to Shanghai to attend
the “Initiative Ceremony of Special Olympics
Tennis in China”, marking the birth of a new
Special Olympics event, tennis, in China. |
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On September 12th, the GOC (Preparatory) and
the Special Olympics International signs the
“Agreement Memo of World Special Olympics 2007”. |
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On August 21st, the GOC (Preparatory) of the
World Special Olympics 2007 and its office are
officially set up, marking the all-round kicking
off of various kinds of preparation and organization
work of the Special Olympics. |
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On May 24th, the Shanghai Municipal Government
in Shanghai and the Special Olympics International
in Washington headquarters hold a press conference
respectively at the same time to announce Shanghai
China has won the right to host the World Special
Olympics 2007. |
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From April 22nd to 24th,
Feng Guoqin, Deputy Mayor of Shanghai Municipality,
and his party are in London, on behalf of the
bid group, to make a bidding report. |
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From March 27th to 29th,
the inspection group of the Special Olympic
International is in Shanghai to have a three-day
inspection and assessment of the bidding work
made by Shanghai. |
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On February 28th, the bid leading group of
the Special World Olympics 2007 submits a bid
proposal to the Special Olympics International. |
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On February 25th, the State Council officially
approves Shanghai to bid for the World Special
Olympics 2007. |
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On January 28th, the 122nd
executive meeting of the Shanghai Municipal
Government decides Shanghai to make an official
bid to host the World Special Olympics 2007
and to set up simultaneously a bid leading group
and office for bidding to host the World Special
Olympics 2007. |
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