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Further Info on Guests Invited to the 2010 Olympic Sailing City Mayors Summit Forum
青岛帆船网 2010-06-18 19:53:42 

    In accordance with the spirit of Municipal Government Specific Meeting on Sailing Sports(hereafter referred to as the Meeting) held on Mar.22 and the related requirements, Foreign Affairs Office, Taiwan Affairs Office, Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, Qingdao Municipal Overseas Investment Promotion Bureau, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Qingdao Sub-council, Qingdao Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, Qingdao City Construction and Investment Group and Qingdao Administration Center of Sailing Sports expedited the work of inviting guests to attend the 2010 Olympic Sailing City Mayors Summit Forum(hereafter referred to as the Forum). As specified at the Meeting, Foreign Affairs Office of Qingdao Municipal Government would visit the Olympic sailing cities, sister cities of Qingdao and invite their mayors and representatives from the sailing associations to attend the Forum. As of now, mayors or vice mayors or delegates from Kiel Germany, Brest France, Rijeka Croatia, Shimonoseki and Kyoto Japan have confirmed their participation, with 7 cities inclined to join the event and another 12 cities still under communication. Taiwan Affairs Office of Qingdao Municipal Government took the opportunity of Keelung Chamber Speaker’s visit to Qingdao, requesing him to bring the invitation letter to the Mayor and the sailing associations in both Keelung and Kaohsiung. The reply from Keelung Mayor was that his time in August had been all scheduled. Taiwan Affairs Office is still trying to exhort Mayor of Keelung or the vice mayor to attend the Forum. Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of Qingdao Municipal Government is seeking to invite local government officials and sailing associations through contact with the overseas Chinese associations and their leaders. Auckland Sailing Association of New Zealand has confirmed their acceptance. Qingdao Municipal Overseas Investment Promotion Bureau will visit Britain and Australia and other sister cities and invite Chamber leaders and government officials based on the good relationship with local Chamber of Commerce and its associations. China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Qingdao Sub-council has targeted the guests from The 8th China (Qingdao) International Boat Show 2010 and Shanghai Boat Show and sent more than 200 invitations, and over 50 guests have showed interests to come. Qingdao Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese and Qingdao City Construction and Investment Group joined the visiting team to America organized by Qingdao Municipal Government, and paid a visit to the Miami Government and Chamber and sailing associations. President of Miami Overseas Friendship Association has accepted the invitation. Qingdao Administration Center of Sailing Sports intensified their efforts to invite continental, national, municipal sailing associations and World Class Committees of ISAF, and expanded the invitation scope by attending Shanghai Boat Show. Up till now, IOC, ISAF and FIMITIC(International Federation of Persons with Physical Disability)tentatively confirmed that a senior official would be dispatched to attend the opening ceremony and deliver a speech. Representatives of international and national sailing organizations, 2008 Olympic Sailing Regatta gold medal winners, organizing committees of famous international and traditional sailing festivals and events, domestic coastal cities and HK and Macau autonomous regions, total 28 teams confirmed their participation with another 74 still under further communication. To invite domestic guests, deputy secretary general Li Ming will lead a team to pay an official visit to some cities and invite their government officials.

    Up till now, all the organs of our city have sent 176 invitations to the mayors of Olympic hosting cities, representatives from the International Olympic Committee, the international sailing organizations, some national sailing organizations, celebrated sailing professionals and experts, and gold medal winners of 2008 Olympic Sailing Regatta, among which 33 invitations have been tentatively confirmed, and 16 are likely to be accepted and need to be further finalized and 86 are still under communication.

 

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