IOC President Bach attended the launching ceremony of the "Cheers for the Olympics" project
China Daily, March 11 -- Wu Aihua, head of the organizing committee of "Cheering for the Olympics" and chairman of Kaixuan Sports culture Co., Ltd., recently received a letter from IOC President Bach.
In his letter, Bach thanked Fan Yang, He Jialin, Cui Jingzhe and Lu Junjie for the Chinese artworks presented to him by artists who "cheered for the Olympics", saying that "their actions deserve the highest praise".
In his letter, Bach said he remembered the launch of the "Cheer for the Olympics" program in Beijing in 2017. "IOC Vice President Yu Zaiqing told me that this project holds a wealth of cultural activities and exhibitions every year, and has achieved excellent results." Cheering for the Olympics' artists' exhibition at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne has played a role that cannot be underestimated in promoting the exchange and integration of the Olympic Games and traditional Chinese culture. ”
In his letter, Bach said that the next Olympic Games will be held in Paris in 2024, "please continue to work hard, with the theme of 'Embracing Paris', continue to carry out the cultural activities of 'Cheering for the Olympics', and better promote the Olympic spirit on the occasion of the arrival of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games." ”
Cheers for the Olympics is a cultural and sports program authorized and hosted by the International Olympic Committee that aims to combine Chinese culture with Olympic culture. For several years from 2018 to 2022, the project has been promoting the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
Wu Aihua said that in the Paris Olympic cycle, the "Cheer for the Olympics" organizing committee will continue to hold a series of sports and cultural activities, through the Olympic stage, the use of sports culture, the pluralistic expression of the international element of sports culture, to show The world Chinese culture and art, for outstanding Chinese artists to build a platform to the world.
IOC President Bach