2022-Together for a Shared Winter Olympics Dream SCO exhibition held

Beijing, 28 January 2022 (TDI): Beijing is all set to kickstart the extraordinary winter Olympics from February 4  carrying forward the spirit of “Together with the shared future.”

The games are all set and several additional events are taking place side by to demonstrate the determination of global efforts in fighting COVID-19.

Zhang Ming, secretary-general of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization shared his written message on the occasion of the celebration of the SCO Countries Art Exhibition of Children and Young Artists, an online event that kicked off on Friday.

This art exhibition is jointly organized by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Good-Neighborliness and Friendship Cooperation Committee and the All-China Women’s Federation, the Ministry of Education, the Central Academy of Fine Arts, the SCO Secretariat, the Uzbekistan SCO People-to-People Diplomacy Center, the Beijing Russian Cultural Center and other institutions focusing on the Beijing Winter Olympics.

The event has reviewed the wonderful experiences of previous children’s art exhibitions since 2019, jointly held by the Good Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation Commission (GNFCC) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), All-China Women’s Federation and other hosts and organizers.

Zhang Ming, the SCO Secretary-General, and Cui Li, Vice President of GNFCC delivered speeches in written forms for this event. As the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games is approaching, more than 1200 artworks themed with the Winter Olympics will be exhibited at this exhibition.

A Theme music film“2022—Together for a Shared Winter Olympics Dream” the SCO Countries Art Exhibition of Children and Young Artists was also launched.

Zhang Ming, Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and Cui Li, Vice Chairman of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation Committee, sent written congratulations to the exhibition.

Zhang Ming said that the children sketched the beauty of the Olympic Movement with the brushes in their hands, depicted their yearning and blessings for health, peace, friendship and a better future for mankind, and also explained their mutual trust, mutual benefit, equality, negotiation, and respect for diverse civilizations, to seek common development of the “Shanghai Spirit” understanding.

It is believed that Beijing will “dedicate a wonderful, extraordinary and outstanding Olympic Games to the world”, vigorously carry forward the Olympic spirit, promote friendship, mutual understanding, and harmony among people from all over the world, and convey the determination and confidence of the world to join hands in fighting the epidemic.

The theme is to advocate acquaintances and blind dates among young people in the SCO countries. More than 1,200 paintings of young people from China and foreign countries are collected, and the websites of the Chinese sponsors will be displayed in batches.

Cui Li said that the Children’s Art Exhibition is one of the most popular activities held by the SCO Peace Committee, and the theme of the Winter Olympics has received warm responses from all parties.

Young friends from SCO countries overcome the impact of the epidemic and actively submitted articles to the organizing committee, expressing their love for ice and snow sports, their encouragement to Olympic athletes, and their most sincere expectations for the Beijing Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics.

With blessings, it fully demonstrates the beautiful vision of “together to the future”. Young people are the future and hope of the SCO. Let us join hands to unfold the Winter Olympics, build a bridge for people from all over the world to communicate and learn from each other, and jointly promote the building of a closer SCO community with a shared future.

In addition, in order to welcome the upcoming “Winter Olympics” between President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin, the China-Russia Children’s Art Exhibition will be held concurrently with the Russian Cultural Center in Beijing to promote Sino-Russian people-to-people and cultural cooperation and enhance the good neighborliness of the two peoples. friendly.

In order to hold the above-mentioned painting exhibition well, the Children’s Aesthetic Education Research Center of the Central Academy of Fine Arts held a number of open classes in a combination of online and offline methods, teaching Chinese traditional painting to Chinese and foreign youths, and deepening the understanding of the Beijing Winter Olympics and Chinese traditional culture among young people from all over the world.

The Chinese embassies in the SCO countries, the SCO embassies in China, and the domestic and foreign partners of the SCO Friendship Committee actively encouraged young people to participate in creation and submission, and the number and level of works reached the highest level ever.