(BEIJING, March 21, 2006) -- BOCOG and the Beijing Olympic Volunteer Program Coordination Group have established a "Beijing Olympic Volunteer Slogan Solicitation Office" and started to solicit volunteer slogans from March 31, 2006. This is aimed to better practice the concepts of "Green Olympics, High-tech Olympics and People's Olympics" as well as the ideas of the Beijing Olympic Volunteer Program --"people-oriented, and serving and contributing to the Olympic Games", support various volunteer-themed activities, mobilize and call on volunteers to devote themselves enthusiastically to the services of the Olympic Games.

   Through the creation and solicitation of volunteer slogans, the essential connotations of Olympic volunteer services will be further explored and the spirit and concept of Olympic volunteer services refined, which will be further summarized into a slogan that is brief and easy to remember, reflects the gist of volunteer services and can be accepted by people of various cultural backgrounds. At the same time, this is also a process of publicizing the Beijing Olympic Volunteer Program and building a sound social environment where volunteers are cared about and supported.

   The Beijing Olympic volunteer slogan should meet the following four requirements:

   1. Highly summarizing the concept of Beijing Olympic Volunteer Program -- "service first and harmony first" and highlighting the striking features of the times and the Chinese culture throughout the Beijing Olympic Games.

   2. Clearly reflecting the idea that "Volunteers' smiles are the best name card of Beijing"

   3. Carrying international flavor and catering to the world so that people from different countries and regions and of different cultural backgrounds can understand and accept it. The Chinese version and the English one should be equally impressive.

   4. Being brief, rhythmic, easy to remember, inspiring and appealing.

   The deadline of the Solicitation is August 31, 2006. Contributors can send their works by post or e-mail to the following address:

   Beijing Olympic Volunteer Slogan Solicitation Office

   Beijing Olympic Tower, 267 Beisihuan Zhonglu, Haidian District, Beijing 100083

   E-mail address: zyzkh@bjyouth.net or volunteers@beijing-olympic.org.cn

   For more information, visit the official website of BOCOG: www.beijing2008.cn or call (010)51601208-800, 66691340, 66691350.