Beijing — An Olympic City in View 2006 （Photo Contest）

北京——镜头中的奥运之城2006摄影大赛
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Beijing, a historic capital, an advanced civilization

Beijing, an energetic international metropolis

Beijing, a flourishing Olympic city

 

Beijing is a product of an advanced civilization, a city with a history of more than 3,000 years, including 853 as a capital. Its invaluable legacy of social and political accomplishments, its art and architectural triumphs testify to its status as an important city in China and in the world in antiquity, a status to which it again aspires. Its collection of World Cultural Heritage Sites, including the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, the Temple of Heaven, the Peking Man Site and the Ming Tombs inspire pride in Beijing residents. But the city’s gardens, its simple hutong and siheyuan residences also provide an insight into the very soul of Beijing.

 

Life in Beijing, an energetic international metropolis, with its rapidly developing economy, large-scale urban construction and all-round environmental protection, is changing day by day. As the nation’s capital, an international city, a historical cultural city, Beijing is now focused on making itself a pleasant place in which to live and work.

 

Beijing eagerly looks forward to the 2008 Olympic Games. As a flourishing Olympic city, it has launched its Beijing Olympic emblem and slogan, and it has made great progress with its Olympic Marketing Plan. It has brought forth its loveable mascots, the five Friendlies and is soliciting Olympic theme songs. Beijing is filled with the spirit of Olympic sport. The expressed goal of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, to host “a high-level Olympic Games with distinguishing features,” is more than a promise. It is also a challenge for Beijing residents, and it is a profound guide for socio-economic development in the city. With the 2008 Olympic Games drawing ever nearer, the Olympic Games has entered its Beijing Period, and Beijing has become fully involved in the Olympic Movement.   

 

Whatever your concern with Beijing, its antiquity, its modernity, its Olympic moment, the city is a fount of innumerable sights and scenes worth the moments it takes to stop, focus and capture them for a visual record. So it’s no surprise that people who love Beijing seek every chance to take photos of it. In 2005, the first “Beijing–An Olympic City in View” Photo Contest, sponsored by the Beijing Tourism Administration, inspired thousands of photographers to make contributions to this record. Now comes the second edition of this exciting contest, which we hope will fully display Beijing’s charms as a historic capital, a modern metropolis and an Olympic city, while shedding light on Beijing’s residents’ enthusiasm and preparations for the 29th Olympic Games.

 

The whole world is invited to participate in the photo contest of “Beijing—An Olympic City in View” (2006). Let the photo shooting begin!

 

Photos capture moments in time.

Photos add to our historical record.

 

 

Aims 

 

The goal of the “Beijing—An Olympic City in View” (2006) Photo Contest is to fully explore and display Beijing’s charms as a historic capital, a modern metropolis and Olympic city and to showcase Beijing residents’ enthusiasm and preparations for the Beijing Olympic Games. The Photo Contest will serve as a bridge between Beijing and the world. 

 

Sponsor

 

Beijing Tourism Administration

 

 

Schedule

 

Time: June 2–October 31, 2006

Closing Date: October 31, 2006 (based on postmark or time of e-mail)

 

Content Requirements:

 

1     Olympic Beijing

       Beijing is steadfastly preparing for the 2008 Olympic Games. Olympic competition venues are under construction and on schedule. Beijing residents are studying English and other foreign languages to better assist visitors to the Games and to promote the spirit of the Olympic Games. Sports activities, from non-competitive exercising in new city parks to the highest level of professional activity in dynamic new stadiums, are growing in scope and scale. New sports grounds can easily be found throughout the city’s urban and rural areas. Signs of Olympic activity, its symbols and advertising, its licensed Olympic merchandise, are ubiquitous. These are just some of the activities symbolizing the new Beijing; these are the subjects that will inspire the photo contest’s judges the most.

 

2     Business Beijing

       Beijing is one of the most economically lively cities in China; it offers a highly optimized investment environment with the greatest economic potential in the country. Its CBD, Financial Street, Zhongguancun (China's Silicon Valley) and other development zones…also welcome the scrutiny of meticulous shutterbugs.

 

3     Life in the Capital City

       Beijing has a long history, and its people and their works serve as a rich basis for photographic activity. Life in Beijing is one of the subjects you can choose for your photos. The lives of Beijing residents reflect the soul of the culture.

 

4     Towards Internationalization

       International conferences, international competitions, international activities and internationalized urban facilities and services serve as components of Beijing’s approach to globalization. These are elements of Beijing’s unique charm and should be shown in your photos.

 

5.    Travel Resorts

       Beijing is rich in cultural sites and relics, which each year amaze and delight millions of overseas tourists. Tourist sites, tourists, various shopping places, high-class entertainment places, tea houses, restaurants, bars and night markets with special features are good choice for your focuses.

 

6.    Capital of Culture

       Beijing, as an important cultural centre of China, has hundreds of universities, libraries, museums, bookstores, cultural clubs, art museums and arts clubs. Your photos containing the above elements will help add to Beijing’s cultural vitality.

 

7.    Integration of the Ancient and Modern

       Beijing is an enjoyable fusion of the ancient and modern. In old Beijing, people lived in courtyard homes (siheyuan). In new Beijing, most people reside in towering apartment buildings surrounded by stores, plazas and recreational areas, especially in CBD where living arrangements are not exceeded anywhere in the world.

 

 

Format Requirements:

 

1)    Traditional pictures or digital, colour or black & white images, single picture(s) or images in a group (no more than four (4) pictures in one group); photos should be seven (7) inches in their greatest dimension or in the largest dimension possible (for the photographer) in the JPG digital-imaging format. Contestants may enter as many times as they want.

 

2)    Please frame slides or put them into slide holders. Include titles of works and the photographer’s name on the front of each slide frame or holder. The contents of a photo should match the information included in a contestant’s application form.

 

3)    The application form should be completely filled out before sending photos by post or e-mail. Please attach an application form (download from www.btmbeijing.com/olymbj/) to the photos. Photos without application forms will not be accepted.

 

4)    Contestants pay no fees, however, entries will not be returned.

 

5)    To guarantee the authenticity of photos and to ensure the fairness of the contest, only unaltered, original photos will be accepted.

 

6)    Photos that have been entered in other contests or that have been previously published will not be accepted.

 

7)    All the photos will be retained by the Beijing Foreign Cultural Exchanges Center and may be used in other activities organized by the same organizers in newspapers, magazines, or on banners. Photo credits will be given when photographs are used, but no fees will be paid.

 

8)    Photographers are responsible for obtaining necessary photo releases and to ensure the complete legality of photographs submitted. The organizers will not accept responsibility for infringements of rights of reputation, rights of images, personal or otherwise, or rights of authorship.   

 

9)    Entry into the contest includes an entrant's acceptance of the above-stated rules and regulations.

 

 

Methods of photo submission:

 

By post to: Beijing Foreign Cultural Exchanges Center

F.1, Building 10, Fahuananli Xiaoqu, Tiyuguan Lu, Chongwen District, Beijing 100061 China

By e-mail: photocontest@btmbeijing.com

Deliver personally or by message:

F.1, Building 10, Fahuananli Xiaoqu, Tiyuguan Lu, Chongwen District, Beijing

 

 

Awards:

 

Grand Prize: One winner: A round-trip ticket for two from your home to Beijing, plus five days accommodation in a five-star hotel along with a trophy and a Certificate of Award

First Prize: Two winners: A round-trip ticket from your home to Beijing plus five days accommodation in five-star hotel along with a trophy and a Certificate of Award

 

Second Prize: Five winners: Prizes valued at 3,000 yuan, along with a Certificate of Award

 

Third Prize: Eight winners: Prizes valued at 1,500 yuan, along with a Certificate of Award

 

Certificate of Excellence: Ten winners: Prizes valued at 800 yuan, along with a Certificate of Award

 

Consolation prize: 100 winners: Prizes valued at 100 yuan

 

Judges:

 

Five to seven people, tourism officials, tourism experts, Chinese photography experts or well-known Chinese photojournalists will serve as judges for the contest.

 

The organizer reserves the right to make final decisions about winners or other issues that might arise during the contest.

 

For further information, see:

http://www.btmbeijing.com/events/olymbj2006

Tel: +8610 6715 2377 / 6715 2379 / 6715 2382

Fax: +8610 6715 2381

E-mail: photocontest@btmbeijing.com

 

 

 “北京——镜头中的奥运之城”摄影大赛申请表    

Application Form for the “Beijing—An Olympic City in View” Photo Contest

 

请用正楷填写

Please type or print your answers in the spaces below.

 

姓/Family Name           名/Given Name

国家/Nationality           证件号码/Passport No.

邮寄地址（包括国家、邮政编码、省、市、街道、单元号码）/  Mailing Address (including apartment number, street, city, state or province, postal code, and country)

电话/Tel   传真/Fax       电子邮件/E-mail

参赛作品数量/Quantity of photos submitted

拍摄时间/地点/Shooting Time/Place

申请者签名      年     月     日   Applicant's signature                          Date

 

 

请在2006年10月31日之前填写此表并寄回:

Please send back the form before October 15, 2006 to:

北京市崇文区体育馆路法华南里小区10号楼  北京对外文化交流中心  邮编:100061

Beijing Foreign Cultural Exchanges Center, F.1, Building 10, Fahuananli Xiaoqu, Tiyuguan Lu, Chongwen District, Beijing 100061 China