OneWorld,OneDream:SloganforBeijingOlympicOneworld,Onedream.Inthecomingyears,evenfordecadestocome,thefoursimpleEnglishwordswillbeclosely,unmistakablylinkedtotheSummerOlympicGamesandtheParalympicGamesthatBeijingwillbehostingin2008.Oneworld,OnedreamisthesloganfortheBeijing2008Games.ItwasannouncedatagrandceremonyheldintheChinesecapitalthiseveningandwasbroadcastliveonCCTVandBeijingTV,thecountry'stwoheavyweightbroadcasters.ImmediatelyaftertheannouncementmadebyLiChangchun,memberoftheStandingCommitteeofthePoliticalBureauoftheCPCCentralCommittee,abigroundofapplausesechoedintheBeijingWorkers'IndoorArena,wheretheceremonywasheld.ApromotionalvideofortheBeijingOlympicGamessloganwasshownatgiantscreenserectedintheindoorarena.Ajubilantmoodfilledtheair,andfestiveartperformancesbyChineseandforeignartistsfollowed.ChinaMobile,oneoftheofficialpartnersforBeijing2008,senttheslogan,intheformofashortmessage,toallitssubscribersacrossChinaonlyminutesafterthesloganwasannounced.Morethan6,000guestswerepresentatthesloganannouncementceremony,amongwhomwereLiuQi,presidentoftheBeijingOrganizingCommitteefortheGamesoftheXXIXOlympiad(BOCOG),andBOCOGFirstVice-PresidentChenZhili,andrepresentativesfromdifferentwalksoflife,includingBeijing-basedforeigndignitaries.‘Oneworld,Onedream'isanembodimentofthewisdomofhundredsofthousandsofpeople,BOCOGPresidentLiuQisaidinhisaddress,ItisasloganthatconveystheloftyidealofpeopleinBeijingaswellasinChinatosharetheglobalcommunityandcivilizationandtocreateabrightfuturehandinhandwithpeoplefromtherestoftheworld.Itexpressesthefirmbeliefofagreatnation,withalonghistoryof5,000yearsandonitswaytowardsmodernization,thatiscommittedtopeacefuldevelopment,harmonioussocietyandpeople'shappiness.Itvoicestheaspirationsof1.3billionChinesepeopletocontributetotheestablishmentofapeacefulandbrightworld.TheOlympicGamesareuniqueintheirabilitytoattracttheworld'sattention,usingsporttopromotepeaceandunderstanding.TheIOCisdelightedthatBOCOG'ssloganforthe2008OlympicGameshascapturedthatOlympicspirit,IOCPresidentJacquesRoggesaidinaletterofcongratulationstoBOCOG.BOCOGissuedacallforthesloganonJanuary1,2005,andtheresponsewasunexpectedlygood.Bythedeadlineat17:30onJanuary31,2005,theofficefortheSolicitationofSlogansfortheBeijing2008OlympicGamesreceivedatleast210,000entriesofslogansthatpeoplesentinby10,123emailsand10,038letters.Thelettersandemailscamefromallovertheworld,includingalltheprovincesandautonomousregionsontheChinesemainland,HongKongandMacauSpecialAdministrativeRegionsandTaiwan,aswellastheUnitedStates,GreatBritain,France,Japan,theRepublicofKorea,Cuba,Norway,Brazilandmanyothercountriesandregions.MostofthesloganssubmittedareinChinese,someareinEnglish,FrenchandSpanish.Afterthedeadline,BOCOGinvitedexpertsintheOlympicstudies,sociology,sports,cultureandlinguisticstoevaluate,pre-select,previewallthesubmissionsbasedonthepre-setstandardsandinlinewiththeprinciplesofequalityandfairness.Thefinalizedsloganistheoutcomeofcollectivewisdom.ThesloganBeijingusedduringitsbidcampaignwasNewBeijing,Grea