China
President: Beijing Olympics offer opportunity for both China and world
He hailed the Olympic Movement, which started over 2,800 years ago in the sacred Olympia, as "a valuable spiritual and cultural asset offered to humanity by the people of ancient Greece."
He said the modern Olympic Movement, born in 1894, has built on the ancient Olympic heritage and grown into a cultural and sporting event with the broadest participation and greatest impact in the world.
At successive Olympic Games over the years, athletes from across the world, committed to the motto of "Citius-Altius-Fortius", have made their utmost efforts in quest of sporting excellence and set one record after another, leading to the rapid development of athletic sports, said the president.
Editor:Wang Shuqin