Youth Civilization Train Olympic Cultural Tour Four Cities Open Olympic Trains

　　In order to carry forward the Olympic spirit, spread Chinese culture, carry out in-depth activities of "welcoming the Olympic Games, stressing civilization and cultivating new styles", let more China people know and participate in the Olympic Games, jointly create the atmosphere of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, and practice the concept of "mass participation" in the Beijing Olympic Games, the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee advocated and supported the "National Youth Civilization" train cultural tour jointly sponsored by the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League and the Ministry of Railways.

　　The "National Youth Civilization Train Olympic Cultural Tour" activity is based on the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. During October 2007-December 2008, four "National Youth Civilization Train" routes, which are destined for Beijing and radiate to China, are used as the carriers of various Olympic cultural theme activities, fully demonstrating the splendid Olympic cultural history and exciting Chinese Olympic dream.

　　While actively promoting the Olympic culture and inheriting the Olympic spirit, it will show the new achievements of railway construction in contemporary China and the spirit of railway youth.

　　These four "Olympic Train" routes all use new air-conditioned trains, and their crew members are all excellent teams awarded the "National Youth Civilization", with good service standards and glorious traditions. Through careful arrangement, there is a strong Olympic atmosphere inside and outside the train, from the heroic performance of Chinese athletes to the sleepless night of successful Olympic bid, from the long-standing Olympic history to the interesting Olympic knowledge, and even the classic figures in the history of modern Olympic movement, all of which will be presented on these four lines of Olympic trains. The "National Youth Civilization Train Olympic Cultural Tour" will be fully built into a modern Olympic landscape galloping on the land of China, fully embodying "China style", "humanistic style", "times style" and "mass participation", so that the Olympic culture and Olympic spirit will sail in all directions with the train and blend with the splendid Chinese culture.

　　The "National Youth Civilization" activity is a cross-century youth civilization project implemented by the Communist Youth League to meet the requirements of socialist market economy construction and serve the overall situation of the whole party and the whole country. Its purpose is to guide the broad masses of professional youth to carry forward good professional ethics and create first-class work performance. This cultural tour of the Olympic Games will serve as a window to show the spiritual outlook of China youth, especially railway youth, and be closely combined with the activity of "welcoming the Olympic Games, stressing civilization and building a new style" widely carried out among young people at present, so as to fully display the elegant demeanor of contemporary China youth. Inspired by the spirit of "National Youth Civilization", the young workers of guangtong-dali railway system actively responded to the call, devoted themselves to the publicity and service activities of the Olympic cultural journey with full enthusiasm, provided high-quality services with the train of "National Youth Civilization" as the window, actively spread Olympic knowledge, and further promoted the upsurge of the majority of young people participating in various activities of the Beijing Olympic Games.

　　At the ceremony, Zhao Dongming, Minister of Cultural Activities Department of BOCOG, and Cao Dongxin, Director of the Central Network Film and Television Center of the Communist Youth League, jointly unveiled the "Olympic Cultural Journey of the National Youth Civilization Train", and Tong Lijun, Deputy Director of the Political Department of the Ministry of Railways, officially launched the Olympic Train button. The unimpeded representative of the "National Youth Civilization" train took over the signboard of the "National Youth Civilization Train Olympic Cultural Tour" from Tong Lijun, and solemnly vowed to continue to carry forward the glorious tradition of "Youth Civilization" with practical actions, practice the goal of quality service, and publicize and popularize the concept of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Cao Dongxin, director of the Central Network Film and Television Center of the Communist Youth League, awarded the "National Youth Civilization Train Olympic Cultural Tour" to young volunteer representatives.

　　Olympic Train Youth Volunteer Service Team ",volunteer representatives also took the oath at the scene, adhered to the spirit of volunteer service of dedication, friendship, mutual assistance and progress, fulfilled the commitment of staff service, served the Beijing Olympic Games with practical actions, publicized Chinese culture and spread the Olympic spirit.

　　It is reported that the "Olympic trains" from Beijing to Guangzhou, Beijing to Shanghai, Beijing to Changsha and Beijing to Xi ‘an will start one after another in the near future, and a series of publicity activities related to them will also be launched later.

Editor: Xu Guimei