Forum to discuss creative industry
(BOCOG)
Updated: 2006-07-11 14:40
As an important component of the fourth "Beijing 2008" Olympic Cultural
Festival, the fourth International Forum on Beijing Olympic Games was opened on
Sunday.
Cai Fuchao(R) member
of the standing committee and director of the publicity department of CPC
Beijing Municipal Committee and other dignitaries attend the opening
ceremony.[BOCOG] |
Themed "Olympic cultural creative industry and the urban development", the
forum features over 30 experts and scholars including British economist John
Hawkins and International Olympic Committee member Chang Ung, who will deal with
such topics as "the cultural creative industry under the background of the
Olympic Games", "the Olympics and the urban development", "the multi-development
of Olympic culture" and "typical cases of the Olympic cultural creative
industry".
Cai Fuchao, member of the standing committee and director of the publicity
department of CPC Beijing Municipal Committee told the opening ceremony that the
creative industry has become a pillar industry in many countries. The
forthcoming Olympic Games provide a good opportunity for Beijing's development
and the forum will bring about experiences of other cities and countries.
He hoped that the discussions will focus on Beijing's major industries and
development strategies.
The International Forum on Beijing Olympic Games was launched in 2003 as part
of the 2008 Olympic Games cultural program. This year's forum was organized by
the Committee for "Beijing 2008" Olympic Cultural Festival, the Cultural and
Ceremonies Department of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the
XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG), the Humanistic Olympics Center of Renmin University and
Haidian district government.
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