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<strong>北京大学</strong>英语新闻网/<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

500 Days to Go Before 2008 Beijing<br />

Olympic Games<br />

By Wang Yi<br />

<strong>PKU</strong> NEWS 2007--03--27<br />

http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=175008551<br />

<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Beijing, March 27th, 2007: <strong>PKU</strong> students, together with the<br />

faculties and some famous Chinese athletes, witnessed an 500-day countdown<br />

ceremony <strong>of</strong> the 2008 Beijing Olympics at Ying Jie Overseas Exchange Center.<br />

This countdown ceremony serves as a startup ceremony for the ―Colorful Olympics,<br />

Smiling <strong>PKU</strong>‖ Volunteer Service Project, <strong>PKU</strong> Sports Culture Year as well as the<br />

<strong>PKU</strong> Table Tennis League Matches.<br />

Vice Chairman <strong>of</strong> NPC Standing Committee Han Qide, <strong>PKU</strong> leaders and <strong>of</strong>ficials<br />

from the committee <strong>of</strong> Beijing Olympic Games were present to celebrate this exciting<br />

moment. Han gave much praise for the volunteer service project carried out at <strong>PKU</strong>.<br />

Meanwhile, Chinese famous athletes Liu Wei, Sang Lan and Bao Chunlai received<br />

the certificate <strong>of</strong> appointment from <strong>PKU</strong> as image ambassadors <strong>of</strong> volunteers <strong>of</strong><br />

2008 Beijing Olympic Games. They took an oath together with other volunteers at<br />

<strong>PKU</strong>, saying that by showing their love and sincerity, they will devote themselves in<br />

volunteer services.<br />

Then the moment came when Han Qide and Chairman <strong>of</strong> <strong>PKU</strong> Council Min Weifang<br />

together unveiled the countdown board marking the 500-day countdown to the 2008<br />

Beijing Olympic Games and the 110th Anniversary <strong>of</strong> <strong>PKU</strong> in 2008. They also put up<br />

the ―smiling tags‖ onto the commemorative wall with dozens <strong>of</strong> pictures <strong>of</strong> the smiling<br />

volunteers.<br />

The ceremony reached its climax when Han Qide started a table tennis contest with<br />

Wang Tao, former Olympic table tennis champion, followed by the contest between<br />

<strong>PKU</strong> Vice President Yue Sulan and Olympic table tennis champion Liu Wei.<br />

The ceremony came to a close with the opening <strong>of</strong> <strong>PKU</strong> Table Tennis League<br />

Matches.<br />

Edited By : Wang Yi<br />

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