Opening Ceremony of the 11th National Games of the People's Republic of China
The Opening Ceremony of the 11th National Games of the People's Republic of China was held on October 16, 2009 in the Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium, also known as Xiliu. It was attended by Chinese President Hu Jintao and IOC President Jacques Rogge.
Sequence of events
- Shandong Governor Jiang Daming presides over the ceremony.
- Entry of the Chinese national flag, flag of the National Games of the People's Republic of China and flag of the 11th National Games of the People's Republic of China into the stadium.
- Entry of representatives of the 46 participating delegates.
- Raising of the Chinese national flag, to the Chinese national anthem, March of the Volunteers.
- Welcoming remarks by CPC Shandong Committee Secretaries, Jiang Yikang.
- Speech by the director of the 11th National Games Organizing Committee and the State General Administration of Sport Secretary, Liu Peng.
- Chinese President Hu Jintao announced the opening of the National Games.
- Fireworks display.
- Raising of the flag of the National Games of the People's Republic of China and the flag of the 11th National Games of the People's Republic of China, to the anthem of the 11th National Games of the People's Republic of China.
- Athletes Oath.
- Judges Oath.
- Wei Wei and Lei Yan sing the 11 Games theme song "Gong Yuan Jing Cai" (共圆精彩, roughly translated as "Truly Spectacular").
- Artist performance
- Lighting of the cauldron
- Opening ceremony theme song
- "Xiang Qin Xiang Ai" (相亲相爱, literally: "Love Each Other") sung by Sun Nan, Kelly Chen, Germano Guilherme and A-mei
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