The UNESCO and the CNU Co-sponsored an Olympic Writing Competition

On March 23 and from 3:00 to 6:00 in the afternoon, the UNESCO and CNU Olympic Writing Competition Award Ceremony was held in the reporting hall of the International Culture Building in the North One District. Participants included Vice Party Secretary Chen Ning, Chief of the UNESCO Beijing Office Karin Czermak and Iiaria Caraceni, researcher of China Academy of Social Sciences, visiting professor of the CNU and program planner of the Olympic Writing Competition Zhao Tingyang, Party Secretary and Vice Party Secretary of the College of Politics and Law Zhou Huiling and Fu Wenhong, program director of the Olympic Writing Competition Cheng Guangyun and Xia Nianxi, and various experts and review members. Over 250 persons attended this Awarding Ceremony and they came from Propaganda Department of the Party Committee, Youth League Committee, Graduate School, CNU Press and various colleges and departments.
This Olympic Writing Competition was co-sponsored by the UNESCO and the CNU. Originally, this program intended to focus on the subject of China s representation at the Olympic Games and discuss issues such as humanistic Olympics, construction of UN value and world harmony and political significance of the Olympic Games. From December of the previous year to March, within a short period of 3 months, a total of 206 persons had submitted their writings. Participants include students from our 11 colleges and departments and other universities in Beijing, such as Beijing Language and Culture University. There were undergraduates and graduates, and Chinese students and foreign students. Under the subject of Beijing Olympic Games: Social, Political and Cultural Significance , students may freely choose a topic and each writing consisted of a Chinese and an English version. Five experts, after three rounds of review, finally chose 10 best writings, which were awarded and eventually will be published by the UNESCO and CNU.
This is an important activity held by the UNESCO and CNU for the Olympic Games 2008 and proves to be quite influential among university students in Beijing and very important and meaningful for the Olympic promotion.