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Beijing Olympic Committee
The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, or BOCOG, also known as the Beijing Organizing Committee, was an informal name for the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. It was also the organizing committee for the Games of the XIII Paralympiad. The President of BOCOG was Liu Qi ( zh, s=刘淇, t=劉淇, p=Liú Qí), the then CPC secretary of Beijing Municipality. History On December 13, 2001, the Organizing Committee for the XXIX Olympiad was officially constituted, initially headquartered at the Xinqiao Hotel in Chongwenmen, which previously housed the Beijing Olympic bidding committee. On September 28, 2002, the office was transferred to the Qinglan Building in Dongsishitiao, and on January 19, 2006, it was moved to the Beijing Olympic Mansion on the North Fourth Ring Road. On January 28, 2008, BOCOG took control of the Water Cube. On August 22, 2009, BOCOG is officially dissolved. Its official website is now use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beijing
Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as China's List of cities in China by population, second largest city by urban area after Shanghai. It is located in North China, Northern China, and is governed as a Direct-administered municipalities of China, municipality under the direct administration of the Government of the People's Republic of China, State Council with List of administrative divisions of Beijing, 16 urban, suburban, and rural districts.Figures based on 2006 statistics published in 2007 National Statistical Yearbook of China and available online at archive. Retrieved 21 April 2009. Beijing is mostly surrounded by Hebei Province and neighbors Tianjin to the southeast; together, the three divisions form the Jing-Jin-Ji, Jing-Jin-Ji cluster. Beijing is a global city and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deng Pufang
Deng Pufang () (born 16 April 1944) is a Chinese politician, who is the eldest son of former Chinese paramount leader Deng Xiaoping.Pearson, Veronica. Royal College of Psychiatrists. 995(1995). RCPsych Publications. . p. 88 He is mostly known for being injured during the Cultural Revolution by the Red Guards and becoming a paraplegic. He has since dedicated his life to improving the rights of people with disabilities. Biography Deng Pufang was born to Deng Xiaoping and Zhuo Lin, in Yuntoudi Village, Mataian Town, Liao County, Jinzhong, Shanxi. The name "Pufang" was given to him by Liu Bocheng, in the sense of "purity and squareness". As a young boy, he attended the Beijing 13 Middle School. In 1962, he enrolled in the Department of Technical Physics of Peking University and joined the Chinese Communist Party in September 1965. During the Cultural Revolution, Deng Xiaoping and his family were targeted by Mao Zedong. He was branded as a capitalist roader. In one session, he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
He Zhenliang
He Zhenliang (; 29 December 1929 – 4 January 2015) was a Chinese politician and diplomat. He served as vice-president of the International Olympic Committee, the chairman of the International Olympic Committee's Culture and Olympic Education Commission, the president of the Chinese Olympic Committee and an executive of the Organizing Committee for the 2008 Summer Olympics. He was born in Wuxi in Jiangsu Province, but his father's family came from Shangyu in Zhejiang Province. In 1938 he and his families moved into the Shanghai French Concession where he attended a school run by French Jesuits. In 1946–1950 he studied electric mechanics at the Aurora University in Shanghai. Upon graduation in 1950, he worked for the Foreign Liaison Department of the central committee of the Communist Youth League of China. In 1952, he attended the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland as a member of the Chinese sports delegation. In 1955, he was reassigned to the National Sports Commission ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Wei (politician, Born 1950)
Wang Wei (Traditional Chinese: 王維; Simplified Chinese: 王维, pinyin: ''Wáng Wéi'', 699–761) was a Chinese musician, painter, poet, and politician of the middle Tang dynasty. He is regarded as one of the most distinguished men of arts and letters of his era. About 400 of his poems survived and 29 of them are included in the 18th-century anthology ''Three Hundred Tang Poems''. A large portion of his finest poems drew inspirations from the local landscape. Wang Wei is renowned for his dual talents as a nature poet and landscape painter. His poems were originally compiled and edited into a collection by his next-youngest brother, Wang Jin, at imperial command. Of his paintings, no authenticated specimens survive, although there were evidence of his work through influences on later paintings and descriptive accounts. His musical talents were highly regarded; however, no compositions or music notes have been preserved. He had a successful career as an imperial court offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tang Xiaoquan
Tang Xiaoquan ( zh, 汤小泉; born May 1947 in Jiangyin) is a Chinese politician. Tang Xiaoquan has held the positions of director and party secretary of the China Rehabilitation Research Center for Deaf Children, chairman of the executive council of the China Disabled Persons' Federation, and vice-chairman of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, or BOCOG, also known as the Beijing Organizing Committee, was an informal name for the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. It was also the organizi .... She was appointed vice-chairman of the fifth presidium of the China Disabled Persons' Federation in November 2008. She was appointed chairman of the board of directors of the China Disabled Persons' Welfare Foundation ( zh, 中国残疾人福利基金会) in June 2011. References {{Reflist 1947 births People from Wuxi Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yang Shu'an
Yang Shu'an (born August 1957, zh, 杨树安), a native of Qinyang, Henan, is a Chinese sports administrator. Biography Shu'an graduated from the Xi'an Physical Education University in 1982. He was the vice-chairman of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games. He was appointed deputy director and a member of the party group of the General Administration of Sport of China in November 2008. He served as the deputy secretary of the party group and the deputy director of the General Administration of Sport of China from December 2014 to December 2017. He was the vice president of the All-China Sports Federation The All-China Sports Federation () is a national people's organization in China that oversees a wide array of sports associations across the country. It is responsible to the General Administration of Sport of China and the Ministry of Civil Affai ... from December 2023 to June 2024. In March 2018, he was appointed deputy director of the National People's C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Binghua
Li Binghua (November 1942 – September 26, 2024, zh, 李炳华), originally from Guangshan, Henan Province, was a politician in the People's Republic of China. Biography Li Binghua held the positions of Mayor of Xicheng District, Beijing, Secretary of the CPC Xicheng District Committee, Vice Chairman of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games, Head of the Personnel Department, and Executive Vice Chairman of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, or BOCOG, also known as the Beijing Organizing Committee, was an informal name for the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. It was also the organizi .... He was designated as the chief of the Organization Department of the Beijing Municipal Committee. In January 2009, he was named librarian at the Central Research Institute of Culture and History, and in November 2022, he was promoted to senior librarian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhang Mao
Zhang Mao (; 277–324), courtesy name Chengxun (成遜), formally Prince Chenglie of (Former) Liang ((前)涼成烈王) (posthumous name given by Han-Zhao) or Duke Cheng of Xiping (西平成公) (posthumous name used internally in Former Liang) was a ruler of the Chinese Former Liang state. During the brief reign of his grandnephew Zhang Zuo, he was honored as Prince Cheng of Liang (涼成王). Early career Zhang Mao first appeared in history in 308 when his father, Zhang Gui (張軌), the first Zhang Duke of Xiping and governor of Liang Province (涼州, modern central and western Gansu), suffered a stroke and was unable to speak, and therefore had Zhang Mao act as governor during his illness. When the unrelated Zhang Yue (張越) and Cao Que (曹怯) tried to take advantage of Zhang Gui's illness to have him replaced, the Zhangs resisted and convinced the powerful Sima Mo (司馬模) the Prince of Nanyang that Zhang Gui should remain governor. At this time, Zhang Gui's olde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiang Xiaoyu
Jiang Xiaoyu ( zh, s=姜骁宇, t=姜驍宇, p=Jiāng Xiāoyǔ; born 11 June 1989) is a Chinese footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea .... Career statistics Club ;Notes References 1989 births Living people Chinese men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Chinese Super League players Chengdu Tiancheng F.C. players {{PRChina-footy-midfielder-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duan Shijie
Duan Shijie ( zh, 段世杰; born 1952, in Jinzhou) is a Chinese sports official. Biography After graduating from the Capital University of Physical Education And Sports with a degree in gymnastics, Duan Shijie entered the workforce in September 1969 and subsequently joined the Chinese Communist Party in November 1974. He assumed the roles of vice chairman of the China Athletics Association and director of the Athletics Management Center of the State General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China in 1997. He was appointed deputy director of the General Administration of Sports in 1999 and was appointed chairman of the China Athletics Association in 2002. In 2012, he was appointed as the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of the General Administration of Sports of China. He was terminated from his position as deputy director of the General Administration of Sport of China The General Administration of Sport () is the government agency responsi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yu Zaiqing
Yu Zaiqing (Simplified Chinese: , born 26 April 1951) is a Chinese sports administrator, a member of the executive board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) since 2000, and a vice-president from 2008 to 2012, and since February 2014. He has a bachelor's degree from Nankai University. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Yu, Zaiqing 1951 births Living people Chinese Basketball Association executives Chinese referees and umpires Chinese International Olympic Committee members Sportspeople from Harbin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Zhijian (politician)
Li Zhijian (August 1940 – March 29, 2016, zh, 李志坚), native from Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, is a political leader of the People's Republic of China. He served as the party secretary and deputy director of the General Administration of Sport of China, as well as the president of the All-China Sports Federation. Biography Li Zhijian completed his studies in Industrial Economics at the Department of Industrial Economics, Renmin University of China, in September 1961, and became a member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in October 1961. In September 1964, he assumed a teaching position in the Department of Industrial Economics at Renmin University. From January 1971 until November 1984, he held positions as a reporter for Beijing Daily, deputy director of the Commerce and Industry Department, director of the Commentary Department, director of the Theory Department, and deputy editor-in-chief. In December 1984, he was named deputy director of the Publicity Department of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
