The singing China sports delegation not only vividly displayed the beauty of the Olympic Movement, but also showed the world a beautiful image of contemporary China's prosperity and strength. The vigorous development of China sports is the best business card of China's great achievements since the reform and opening up, and the splendid Olympic Games is the best stage for China people to celebrate the whole country. The people of China have reason to feel sincere pride and pride.
However, putting a beautiful "Chinese seal" on the Olympic Games, or bringing unlimited business opportunities to Beijing and even China, is by no means the only purpose of hosting this grand event, or even the most important purpose. The Beijing Olympic Games embodies China people's pursuit and yearning for the Olympic spirit, and shows our determination to promote people's all-round development and social harmony and progress. The Olympic Charter points out that the purpose of the Olympic Movement is to integrate sports into culture and education, and promote the overall improvement of people's body, will and mind. The lifestyle that Olympism wants to establish is based on the fun experienced in struggle, the educational value of excellent examples and respect for basic morality.
Contemporary China is in a period of transition, and the new ethics and order to adapt to the socialist market economic system need to be constantly improved. People's impetuousness and confusion in mentality and disorder and anomie in behavior are all related to this. Reality tells us that contemporary China needs to establish and improve a set of political, economic and social norms that meet the needs of reality, which can not only respect and protect individual rights, freedoms and emotions, but also promote social vitality, progress and harmony. What the Olympic Movement advocates is a harmonious, free, healthy and positive modern ethics, which can give us a lot of enlightenment in this respect:
First, encourage healthy competition and innovation. Reasonable institutional norms can encourage people's healthy competition, thus stimulating individual vitality and creativity and promoting the overall development of society. If a system stifles competition or allows vicious competition, it will bring disaster to society. The Olympic Movement encourages competition. It has provided great honors and awards for winners such as Phelps and Bolt, and inspired people's spirit of making progress. The Olympic Movement encourages innovation. At the first Olympic Games held in 1896, there were only nine sports, including track and field, swimming, weightlifting, shooting, cycling, greco-Roman wrestling, gymnastics, fencing and tennis. At the Beijing Olympic Games, it expanded to 28 major events and 302 minor events, and new sports were increasing.
Secondly, emphasize fairness, justice and openness, and abide by the rules. In a modern country ruled by law, the main function of the government is to formulate perfect laws and implement them well. A series of clear and reliable legal systems, a fair and effective law enforcement system and a group of high-quality law enforcement personnel are important components of building a socialist rule of law. Modern sports are competitive sports, and it is of great significance to maintain the neutrality and fairness of competition rules. As early as the birth of the ancient Olympic Games, the rules of the game were strictly stipulated, and adherence to the rules and fair competition were always advocated. The rules drafted by the ancient Greek philosopher Zhuoluo for the ancient Olympic Games stipulated that anyone who bribed the referee or misbehaved in the competition would be fined heavily, and the referee would solemnly swear not to accept bribes before Zeus. In order to maintain the authority of the referee, it is stipulated that if the referee misjudges, he will be severely punished and the judgment cannot be overturned.
Third, we should emphasize people-oriented and advocate humanistic values such as tolerance, sympathy and understanding. All previous Olympic Games emphasized "participation", "enjoying the Olympics" and "friendship first, competition second", as jesse owens, a famous American black track and field athlete, said, "In sports, people learn not only competition, but also respect for others, life ethics, how to spend their lives and how to treat their own kind". At this Olympic Games, the audience cheered not only for the winners, but also for the athletes who suffered setbacks. They are not only full of expectations for their own athletes, but also applaud outstanding athletes from other countries without hesitation. This Olympic spirit coincides with our people-oriented Scientific Outlook on Development in the new era, which is fundamentally to seek the all-round and harmonious development of the relationship between man and nature, man and society, and man and man.
The Olympic Games is held every four years, and the schedule including the Paralympic Games is only a few days, but the Olympic spirit will last forever. Undoubtedly, this Olympic Games has brought immeasurable economic benefits, social impact and international reputation to Beijing, but more importantly, it has far-reaching significance. It is the rooting and vigorous development of the Olympic spirit in China that will greatly benefit China's reform and opening up and accelerate the continuous progress of the people of China.