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Seminar on the 129th anniversary of the release of the Olympic Declaration: helping the Beijing Winter Olympics and looking forward to the Paris Olympics
Meeting summary
On the afternoon of November 25, Zongce, together with Chahar Society and China France Sports Friendship League, jointly held a seminar on the 129th anniversary of the promulgation of the Olympic Declaration.
Xia Guohan, founder of Zongce Think Tank and researcher of Chahar Society; Yu Hongjun, Chief Researcher of Chahar Society, Former Chinese Ambassador to Uzbekistan, and Distinguished Expert of the CPPCC National People's Political Consultative Conference Talent Pool; Diao Mingsheng, former Chinese Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Benin; Zhang Guobin, Vice President of the National Council of Chahar Society and former Consul General of China in Strasbourg, France; Hou Kun, member of the IOC Culture and Heritage Committee and founder of the Sino French Sports Friendship League; Pascal Gentil, French Consul in Northern China (responsible for Beijing, Shenyang, Ulaanbaatar, and Korean overseas French affairs), Vice President of French Science and Technology (Beijing), Double Olympic Medal Winner, French Knight Medal Winner, and PodgorskiYannick, a doctor of Olympic studies at Beijing Sport University and a former French professional pilot, attended the seminar and delivered speeches.
The seminar was hosted by Xia Guohan, who said that because of the COVID-19 epidemic, countries were too busy and the global supply chain was broken. In this international context, the value of the Olympic Games was even more prominent. Although the Tokyo Olympic Games in Japan were postponed for one year, the final successful conclusion also brought a lot of thoughts on how to run the Beijing Winter Olympic Games well. He pointed out that how to hold the Beijing Winter Olympic Games well, how to make the Tokyo Olympic Games, the Beijing Winter Olympic Games and the Paris Olympic Games smoothly connect the past and the future, and how to help the international community resume international exchanges and cooperation in the context of the COVID-19 are the important themes of this meeting.
Han Fangming, Deputy Director of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the CPPCC National Committee and President of Chahar Society, sent a congratulatory letter. Han Fangming said that in 1892, Coubertin, the father of the modern Olympics, issued the Olympic Declaration at Sorbonne University in France, calling on people to "pursue unremittingly and realize a great and beneficial cause based on modern living conditions: reviving the Olympic Movement". Since then, the Olympic spirit, which emphasizes mutual understanding, friendship, unity and fair competition, has continuously encouraged people to move towards the ideal of faster, higher, stronger and more united. He pointed out that the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee stressed that the diplomacy of major countries with Chinese characteristics has been comprehensively promoted, and building a community with a shared future for mankind has become a distinctive banner to lead the trend of the times and the direction of mankind's progress. China's diplomacy has created new situations in the face of major changes in the world and turned risks into opportunities in the face of world turmoil. China's international influence, charisma and shaping power have significantly improved. With the approaching of the Winter Olympics, sports, as an important platform for cross cultural exchanges, has demonstrated its inherent advantages in the field of public diplomacy. The seminar will further gather the wisdom of experts and jointly offer suggestions on how to better practice public diplomacy through the Beijing Winter Olympics and promote exchanges and cooperation between the international community in the era of great changes in the context of the COVID-19 epidemic.
Yu Hongjun shared from the perspective of "carrying forward the Olympic spirit and enhancing the friendship between people of all countries", pointing out that the Chinese government and people have made great efforts to prepare for the Winter Olympic Games, and the international community has high hopes for the upcoming success of the Winter Olympic Games. Although few Western countries, out of sad political considerations, tried to denigrate and interfere with the Beijing Winter Olympics, the successful outcome of the Winter Olympics could not be changed. Beijing's international status as an important center for the dissemination of Olympic culture cannot be changed. As a lofty cause to promote friendly exchanges among people of all countries and to enhance the healthy development of human society, the Olympic Movement will surely be more deeply, more broadly and more permanently integrated into human society. It will go through trials and hardships, share weal and woe, and finally move towards the historical tide of a community of shared future!
Diao Mingsheng put forward his views and suggestions on how to promote the exchange of competitive sports among athletes from all countries and better understand the Olympic spirit during the Beijing Winter Olympics. He also cited the experience of France in hosting the Winter Olympics and put forward many valuable suggestions on how to hold the Winter Olympics well, how to promote the Winter Olympics well, and how to strengthen communication and exchange with the international community. He stressed that the Olympic Games should not contain too many political factors, but should pay more attention to sports and its related industrial economy itself. There are many places where China and France can learn from each other and promote each other in the field of ice and snow sports. It is also hoped that the Beijing Winter Olympics will enable ice and snow sports to officially enter the lives of 1.4 billion Chinese people, and better promote the improvement of the national physique.
Zhang Guobin proposed to do a good job in hosting the Beijing Winter Olympics and telling Chinese stories. The launch of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games has attracted the attention of the world. Especially in the context of the epidemic that has been raging for two years, the world needs an encouraging force. We need to seize the opportunity to actively carry out public diplomacy and organize discussions and exchanges with foreign institutions, institutions and enterprises. China is a country of etiquette. Every large-scale event presents the world with the most magnificent visual feast. This requires everyone's participation. From dealing with people to speech and behavior, from interpersonal communication to getting along with nature, all should conform to etiquette, and also abide by the rules to show the Chinese citizens' style in front of the people of the world.
Dr. Podgorski Yannick particularly made a detailed discussion on the relationship between public diplomacy and the Olympics. He reviewed the contribution of the modern Olympic revival to international peace and the history of France's six ties with the Olympics, and explained in detail the original intention of the father of the modern Olympics, Baron de Coubertin, to put forward the "Olympic spirit". He also emphasized that the 2024 Paris Olympic Games will be a sports event focusing on the theme of "carbon neutrality".
Pascal Gentil was once one of the most famous taekwondo athletes in France, and also the winner of several European taekwondo championships. He shared what he saw and felt when he participated in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, Japan, in combination with his own experience, especially the epidemic prevention measures taken by the Japanese side during the Olympic Games, providing a valuable experience reference for holding international large-scale sports events in the context of the epidemic situation for the Beijing Winter Olympic Games.
Hou Kun, as a commissioner of the International Olympic Committee, has personally inspected more than 40 countries, which can be called "folk Olympic ambassador". He made an analysis from the two perspectives of Sino French sports cooperation and what business opportunities the Beijing and Paris Olympic Games will bring to Sino French enterprises. In his view, the vast majority of the western sports and business circles did not have the motivation and will to boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics. Instead, they hoped to take this opportunity to promote economic and trade exchanges with China and jointly make a big cake.
At the last free question session of the seminar, experts also conducted extensive and in-depth exchanges and discussions on key topics such as the Beijing Winter Olympics under the COVID-19 epidemic, China France sports cooperation and people to people and cultural exchanges, and the prospect of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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