"It is the reform and opening up that has given us the need and ability to host the Olympic Games; It is precisely because of reform and opening up that the international community can finally accept that it will be held by us. " Xu Guangjian, deputy dean of the School of Public Administration of China Renmin University, said. With the pace of reform and opening up, the Chinese Olympic Committee returned to the international Olympic family on 1979. 1984, China athletes returned to the Summer Olympic Games held in Los Angeles. Gao Jian, director of the Gymnastics Management Center of the State Sports General Administration, recalled that when he was in Los Angeles, he found that many China athletes had never drunk Coca-Cola, so he kept some free cokes and gave them back to his friends every day. In an era when all kinds of materials are still supplied by tickets and foreigners are still looking around in the streets and lanes, people dare not imagine that the world's largest sports event can be held in China and such a large-scale international exchange can be held. It is the reform and opening up that has changed all this. 1On September 3rd, 990, Deng Xiaoping, the chief architect of reform and opening up, who was over eighty years old, came to the National Olympic Center with great interest to visit the newly-built track and field and swimming pool. He said to his companions, "Are you determined to hold the Asian Games and the Olympic Games?" "Open China Expects the Olympic Games" has become the theme slogan of the first bid since 199 1. After 10 years of reform and opening up, China's total economic output at that time has increased from 364.5 billion yuan in 1978 to 2 18 trillion yuan in1year; The total fiscal revenue increased from113.2 billion yuan to 314.9 billion yuan; The total import and export volume increased from $20.6 billion to $654.38+035.7 billion. More importantly, China bid farewell to self-isolation and began to open his mind to the world; From planned economy system to socialist market economy. However,1September 1993, Beijing failed to bid for the Monte Carlo Olympic Games by two votes. Apart from the complicated international situation at that time, the foundation of China's economic and social development was still relatively weak, and the international community's acceptance and recognition of China was quite different from today's. "The first bid made us realize that China's strength, including soft power such as civilized quality, is not strong enough." Zhang Qing, a witness to the two Olympic bid and former head of the International Liaison Department of BOCOG, said. Zhang Liqun, a researcher at the Macroeconomics Department of the State Council Development Research Center, said that looking back now, from the historical stage of China's economic and social development, the failure of the Olympic bid in that year had its historical background. For example, China has just proposed a transition from a planned economy to a market economy system. Because of China's limited openness and rapid pace of going abroad, it is normal for some international doubts. 1998, Beijing announced its Olympic bid again. In July, 20001,Beijing won the right to host the 2008 Summer Olympic Games with great advantages. After more than 20 years of reform and opening up, the situation in China is completely different from that in 1993. As one of the fastest growing countries in the world, China's GDP in 200 1 year has reached 10.97 trillion yuan, the national fiscal revenue has reached10.64 trillion yuan, and the total import and export volume has reached 509.65 billion US dollars. The socialist market economic system was basically established, the pattern of all-round opening to the outside world was basically formed, and the open economy developed rapidly. In this year, China joined the World Trade Organization. "The bid to host the Olympic Games ultimately depends on strength. The key factor for Beijing's success is that reform and opening up have made great progress in all aspects. " Lou Dapeng, then the sports director of the Beijing Olympic bid Committee and the main recommender of Beijing's two Olympic bids, said with deep feelings.
The spirit of reform and opening up runs through the whole process of bidding for and preparing for the Olympic Games. Reform and opening up have made China stronger and stronger. Bidding for and preparing for the Olympic Games is also the result of emancipating the mind, breaking away from convention, deepening reform and opening wider to the outside world. In the second bidding process, China used foreign experience for reference, boldly innovated and adopted the bidding report bidding system for the first time. As a result, a private company won the bid. Similarly, hiring famous foreign public relations companies to guide the bid for the Olympic Games, and hiring a large number of foreign experts and friends in the process of formulating the bid concept, writing reports and other important documents, has left a strong legacy in the history of China's opening to the outside world.
A series of similar reform and innovation measures have recorded China's progress on the road of reform and opening up, which has run through the seven years of preparing for the Olympic Games:
-The design and construction of Olympic venues such as the National Stadium "Bird's Nest" has changed the past practice that stadiums and gymnasiums were generally invested by the government, operated by the competent authorities, and subsidized by the government departments in case of losses. Innovating the system and mechanism, and implementing the construction and operation mode of "government guidance and market operation".
-Commitment to hold a "Green Olympics, High-tech Olympics and People's Olympics" Olympic Games. During the Olympic bid, the Beijing Olympic bid committee invited more than 20 non-governmental environmental protection organizations to formulate Olympic action plans. After the successful Olympic bid, we will continue to hire famous environmentalists as environmental consultants to make suggestions for the preparation of a green Olympics.
-Beijing Olympic project is open to global bidding. Chinese and foreign investors participate equally in the design, construction and operation of venues and facilities for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games through public bidding. The magnificent National Stadium "Bird's Nest", the beautiful "Water Cube" and the modern, fashionable and powerful Wukesong Basketball Hall are masterpieces jointly created by Chinese and foreign designers.
-The Regulations on Foreign Journalists' Interviewing in China promulgated on June 5438+ 10/2007 clearly stipulates for the first time that foreign journalists only need to obtain the consent of the units and individuals they are interviewing in China.
It is China's commitment to hold the Olympic Games in accordance with international practices and Olympic rules. The preparations for the Olympic Games witnessed the further opening up of China. "The biggest change is people's mentality." Jian said that in the past, people thought dealing with foreigners was a mysterious thing; Now, with the Olympic Games held in Beijing, everyone starts to follow the same rules. During the preparations for the Olympic Games, we learned a lot of advanced rules and practices, management methods and concepts of cultural civilization from abroad, and foreigners also learned more about China. "This is a subtle but significant and far-reaching process, and it is also a new starting point for deepening reform and opening up. An unprecedented Olympic family event will be staged in Beijing: tens of thousands of athletes, referees and officials from more than 200 countries and regions, about 30,000 journalists and hundreds of thousands of tourists and spectators from all over the world will come to China and gather in Beijing and other Olympic co-host cities. In a period of time, the people of China will be in close contact with the world, and the world will get to know China at close range.
"Everything we have done to prepare for the Beijing Olympic Games is not only to run this Olympic Games well, but also to take this opportunity to lay a solid foundation and provide a broad space for future development." Xu Guangjian believes that the hosting of the Beijing Olympic Games is not only a landmark achievement of China's reform and opening up, but also will further promote China's reform and opening up at a new starting point. The rules and regulations of the Olympic Games are formulated by the International Olympic Committee, and dealing with athletes, referees, officials, journalists, spectators and tourists from all over the world must also abide by international rules. Hosting the Olympic Games is a process of learning and acting according to international rules. The distinctive features of the Olympic spirit are fairness, advocating rules and observing order. The Olympic spirit is being carried forward day by day in China, which will surely play an active role in building a harmonious socialist society and promoting the construction of a harmonious world. The Olympic Games left people not only a series of beautiful buildings, but also a lot of management experience. Olympic Games is a systematic project, which includes not only economic strength, but also administrative management, enterprise management, scientific and technological management, health management, cultural management level and social mobilization ability, all of which need coordination and overall improvement. Hosting the Olympic Games will be a comprehensive test of the management level of the government and institutions. Since 2007, foreign journalists only need to obtain the consent of the units and individuals they cover in China, which has been widely welcomed by the international community. With the coming of the Olympic Games, China has taken a new step in information disclosure. "China's gradual information disclosure should be viewed in the course of 30 years of reform and opening up. With the deepening of reform and opening up, China is also making continuous progress. " Wu Jianmin, a famous diplomat and honorary chairman of the Bureau of International Expositions, said that China's speeding up information disclosure was not an expedient measure because of the Olympic Games.
We have walked from one dream to another for a century. We waited 17 years from the first bid. It took us seven years from the successful bid to the intensive preparations; In the field of individual human activities, the Olympic Movement has taken the lead in creating a global environment. The characteristics of competitive sports and the ideas that the Olympic Movement wants to convey are both contradictory and unified through the Olympic Games. The 2008 China Olympic Games has become a long-awaited opportunity for China to show the world the true image of China's reform and opening up. In the stadium, several geniuses selected at different levels are fighting for victory under the rules designed by a few people. Off-site, billions of people have deepened their understanding of social fairness and justice through watching the game.