Synonyms The 11th National Games generally refers to the 11th National Games of the People’s Republic of China 
Preparation process
The 11th National Games posters (5)
February 11, 2004, Shandong Province established a leading group for bidding for the 11th National Games.On October 15, 2004, the Shandong Provincial Government formally submitted a bid report to the State Sports General Administration.
In early December 2004, the State Sports General Administration formed an inspection team to conduct a comprehensive inspection of the sports facilities and preparatory work in Shandong Province.
On February 25, 2005, the General Office of the State Council replied to the State Sports General Administration, agreeing to Shandong Province to host the 2009 11th National Games.
On July 19, 2005, the Shandong Provincial Preparatory Committee of the 11th National Games was established.
On August 18, 2005, the first meeting of the Shandong Provincial Preparatory Committee for the Eleventh National Games was held, marking the official start of Shandong Province’s work on hosting the Eleventh National Games.
On October 23, 2005, at the closing ceremony of the Tenth National Games, the then governor of Shandong Province Han Yuqun took over the National Games flag from Liu Peng, director of the State Sports General Administration, marking the National Games. The baton of Shandong was officially handed over to the people of Shandong.
On May 28, 2006, the Jinan Olympic Sports Center officially started construction, marking the full start of the construction of the 11th National Games venues.
On October 26, 2006, the inaugural meeting of the 11th National Games Organizing Committee and the opening ceremony of the 11th National Games Organizing Committee were held in Jinan Shandong Building.
On June 27, 2007, the main body of the Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium officially capped.
On July 3, 2007, the second meeting of the organizing committee was held in Jinan to deploy tasks for the next phase and adjust and enrich the staff of the organizing committee.
On October 10, 2007, the official website of the 11th National Games was officially opened.
On October 11, 2007, the celebration of the second anniversary of the countdown to the 11th National Games was held at the same time in the 17th Central Plaza of Shandong Province.
On November 18, 2007, the emblem of the 11th National Games "Harmonious China, Vigorous Shandong" was announced.
On October 11, 2008, the countdown to the first anniversary of the 11th National Games was held in Jinan Quancheng Square. At the same time, volunteer recruitment was officially launched.
On October 14, 2008, the mascot of the 11th National Games "Taishan Boy" and the theme slogan "Harmonious China, National Games for All" were officially announced.
On October 15, 2008, the third meeting of the 11th National Games Organizing Committee was held in Jinan. The adjustment opinions of the relevant personnel of the organizing committee and the list of main members of the competition committee of each project were announced and summarized The preparations for the first stage of the 11th National Games have made arrangements for the next step.
On December 18, 2008, the 11th National Games medal "Xuanbao" was officially unveiled in Beijing.
On December 23, 2008, the creative team of the creative team for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 11th National Games reported to the main leaders of Shandong Province and the State Sports General Administration on the creation of the plan.
On January 2, 2009, the first gold medal of the 11th National Games was awarded in the women's short-track speed skating all-around competition in the 11th National Games.
On March 30, 2009, the Shandong Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government held a meeting to welcome all athletes.
On April 28, 2009, the torch "Ruyi" of the 11th National Games was officially announced in Jinan.
From October 16th to 28th, 2009, the 11th National Games of the People’s Republic of China was successfully held in Shandong Province.
Cultural Symbols
Emblem
On November 18, 2007, the emblem of the 11th National Games was unveiled in Jinan. The emblem was collectively created by Sun Dagang, associate professor of Shandong University of Arts and Crafts, and named after "Harmonious China, Vigorous Shandong". It consists of 11 "competitive human figures" as the main constituent elements. The overall structural creativity comes from the character "Hua" in Xiaozhuan; the modeling language is used for reference The traditional Chinese auspicious decoration "Four Pleasant People" is interspersed with each other, blended with each other, and coexist in harmony, which embodies the spirit of "Harmonious China, National Games" of the Eleventh National Games; "Sports human figure" is used as the main form to embody " The characteristics of the era of people-oriented; the overall graphic creativity of the emblem also incorporates the concept of the traditional Chinese pattern "concentric knot", implying that the National Games will be a "united, harmonious and complete" sports event.
Slogan
Eleventh National Games slogan (2 photos)
From March 17, 2008, the 11th National Games Organizing Committee formally solicited theme slogans from the society.On October 14, 2008, the slogan of the 11th National Games was announced at the "Happy Qilu, Auspicious China" gala, and it was confirmed as "Harmonious China Everybody's Games".
The mascot
[Main entry: Taishan boy]
From November 7, 2007, the 11th National Games Organizing Committee officially opened to the public Solicit mascot design proposals. On October 14, 2008, the mascot of the 11th National Games "Taishan Boy" was announced at the "Happy Qilu, Auspicious China" art evening. The main image is Taishan stone as the core, the traditional and modern elements are integrated, the auspicious patterns and the facial features are cleverly interspersed, the stone and the limbs are flexibly combined, the shape is unique, simple and generous, forming a vibrant, lively, heroic, and energetic cartoon Image. The mascot combined with the legend of Mount Tai's “Stone Dangdang” gives the anthropomorphic Taishan stone a richer auspicious meaning. It is an exchange between history and natural culture and contemporary visual art, full of good blessings for harmony and completion, improvement and development.
Medals
Xuanbao (2 photos)
On December 18, 2008, the medal "Xuanbao" of the 11th National Games was held in Beijing State Sports General Administration Appeared at the press conference. "Xuan" is derived from the word "Xuan" in the "Jade Xuanji" pattern used in the medal design; "Treasure" is derived from the word "bao" of sapphire inlaid on the medal, which means that athletes have achieved fruitful results through tenacious hard work. In the pattern design, the typical artifacts of Shandong Dawenkou culture, "Jade Xuanji" and "moire" are ingeniously integrated. The front of the medal is inlaid with eight "China Blue" sapphires from Changle, Shandong. Part of the structure is hollowed out. The lanyard can be hung directly through the hollow part. The whole set of medals is beautifully designed and has distinctive Chinese traditional cultural characteristics.Meeting Song
[Main Entry: Wonderful Together]
"Wonderful Together"
Lyric: Qu Bo Qu: Bian Sings: Wei Wei, Lei Yan
Lyrics:
The auspicious holy fire is lit up,
Passionate and refreshing records.
The Yellow River waved its golden ribbon to sunrise the East China Sea to win medals.
Climb Mount Taishan and look at the world,
The experience is still higher than that day,
Gather strength and exceed expectations,
Prosperity world Cheers together.
There are friends who come from afar to make a wonderful together,
We are happy and happy that the mountains and the sea dance together.
There are friends who come from afar to make a wonderful together,
Harmonious China is with youth.
Be with youth.
Theme Song
The theme song of the opening ceremony is "Love and Love", composed by Chen Tao, Ding Yu, and singing by Sun Nan, Chen Huilin, Zhang Huimei, and Gu Zhuowen. Sun Nan, Joey Yung, Leehom Wang and others sang again in the 2010 CCTV Spring Festival Evening and won the "My Favorite Spring Festival Gala" award.
The theme song of the closing ceremony is "Starry Sky", written by Wang Lei, arranged by Luo Junlin, and sung by Liao Changyong and Cao Fujia.
The torch and its relay
The torch
The torch "Ruyi" (4 photos)
April 28, 2009, the torch of the 11th National Games" "Ruyi" was announced in Jinan. The torch is supplied by Zhongshan Vantage Gas Appliance Co., Ltd., with a total length of 69 cm and a net weight of about 1 kg. It has an external shell, headwear, internal combustion system, fuel control valve, fuel bottle and other components. The top of the torch is shaped like a Ruyi, the shell is made of gold and silver as the main color, the handle part is all golden yellow, and the upper part of the silver background is matched with a golden willow leaf pattern and dark gray Ruyi stripes. On the top of the front of the torch is the emblem of the 11th National Games, and on both sides of the emblem are two light and elegant willow leaves, which are decorated with Han Dynasty patterns. The vent pattern draws on the decorative features of the blue and white porcelain of the Yuan Dynasty. It is composed of four ruyi patterns, which resemble a blooming lotus, which means "East Lotus and West Willow". feature.The torch relay
On July 31, 2009, the Organizing Committee of the 11th National Games announced the name of the torch as "Guotai Minan"; , Zuhai singing); the theme slogan of the torch relay is "Bless the motherland and share the national games", which aims to express the good wishes of the people of all ethnic groups across the country to celebrate the 60th birthday of the motherland and wish the motherland prosperous and prosperous, reflecting the festive atmosphere of sharing the National Games; The torch relay is named "Sinopec" Cup, and the full name is "Sinopec Cup Torch Relay of the 11th Games of the People's Republic of China".
The torch relay (2 photos)
On August 1, 2009, the torch of the 11th National Games was successfully collected by the Beijing Olympic gold medalists Juan Juan and Wang Feng on the top of Mount Tai.On August 16, 2009, the ignition and starting ceremony of the torch relay was held in the square outside the East Gate of the Great Hall of the People. Wu Bangguo lit the main torch and the torch relay officially started.
National transmission route: Beijing→Tianjin→Shijiazhuang→Shenyang→Changchun→Harbin→Hohhot→Taiyuan→Xi’an→Yinchuan→Lanzhou→Xining→Urumqi→Lhasa→Kunming→Chengdu→Chongqing→Guiyang→Nanning→Changsha →Wuhan→Zhengzhou→Hefei→Nanchang→Guangzhou→Haikou→Macau→Hong Kong→Fuzhou→Hangzhou→Shanghai→Nanjing→Qingdao.
Shandong transfer route: Qingdao (September 19) → Weihai (September 20) → Yantai (September 21) → Weifang (September 22) → Rizhao (September 23) → Linyi (September 24) → Zaozhuang (September 25) → Jining (September 26) → Heze (September 27) → Liaocheng (October 8) → Dezhou (October 9) → Binzhou (October 10) → Dongying (October 11) → Zibo (October 12) → Laiwu (October 13) → Taian (October 14) → Jinan (October 15).
Opening and Closing Ceremony
Opening Ceremony
The opening ceremony of the 11th National Games of the People’s Republic of China began at 20:00 on October 16, 2009 and lasted for 130 minutes. . The national flag, conference flag, referees, and athletes entered the stadium one after another, and the national flag was raised to play the national anthem. At 20:50, Hu Jintao announced the opening of the Games. Jiang Yikang, secretary of the Shandong Provincial Party Committee, and Liu Peng, director of the State Sports General Administration, delivered speeches successively. Raise the National Games flag and play the 11th National Games anthem. The athletes and referees take the oath.
Subsequently, a large-scale theatrical performance "Harmonious and Prosperous Qilu Qing" was performed, which was composed of three chapters: "Qilu Soul", "Harmonious Wind", and "Ode to the Motherland". A huge bowl-shaped projection screen was unfolded in the field, which showed different patterns with the program, which became a highlight. "Qilu Soul" depicts the natural scenery, history and culture, and the new look of the times in Qilu; "Harmony Wind" interprets the health and happiness brought to people by mass sports, and interprets the theme of "Harmonious China, National Games for All"; "Ode to the Motherland" "Blessings for the 60th birthday of New China.
At 21:57, the main torch lighting ceremony began. The torch of the National Games ignited the ruyi-shaped main torch tower on the north side of the stadium through 10,000 fireworks in the hands of 5,000 young people. Four singers from the Mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan sang the theme song "Love each other" for the opening ceremony of the 11th National Games. The opening ceremony is over.
Closing Ceremony
Closing Ceremony (4 photos)
At 20 o'clock on October 28, 2009, the closing ceremony of the 11th People’s Republic of China Games began. Play the national anthem, announce the results of the competition, announce various commendation decisions, and present awards to award-winning individuals, delegations and volunteer representatives. The State Sports General Administration presented souvenirs to Shandong Province. Jiang Daming, then Governor of Shandong Province, and Liu Peng, Director of the State Sports General Administration delivered closing remarks successively. At 20:40, Wen Jiabao announced the closure of the 11th National Games of the People's Republic of China.Subsequently, a theatrical performance of the closing ceremony with the theme of "Brilliant Memories" was held. The chief director Ma Rong included three chapters: the first chapter "Spring Water", including "Spring Water", "Four Seasons", "Winter Love Songs" and "Spring Songs and dances such as "The Wind in the Lotus Willow", "Autumn Fairy Tale", performed by Jin Haixin and Zu Hai; the second chapter "Runway", including "Running", "Rhythm", "Jumping", "Burning", "Boiling" Other dance and martial arts performances, performers include university students, children’s dance troupes, ballet troupes, art school students, etc.; The third chapter "Starry Sky", the theme song "Starry Sky" is sung by Liao Changyong and Cao Fujia. The main torch was extinguished and the flag lowered. Shandong handed over the National Games flag to Liaoning, the host of the next National Games, and the closing ceremony ended.
Competition events
There are 33 major events, 43 sub-items, and 362 sub-items in the 11th National Games, including 28 summer Olympic events and 4 events. Winter events and martial arts events. Compared with the 2005 Tenth National Games, 1 major event (freestyle skiing) and 5 minor events (freestyle skiing men's individual, women's individual, women's water polo event, soccer men's under 16 years old group and women's under 18 years old) have been added. Group).
Among all the 362 events in the 11th National Games, the marathon men’s and women’s events were held in Beijing. There were 4 events in speed skating and 2 events in freestyle skiing. Held in Shenyang and Changchun, the remaining 354 small events were held in 17 divisions in Shandong Province. Among them, there are 212 small events held in Jinan, 48 in Qingdao, 40 in Rizhao, 28 in Binzhou, 8 in Zaozhuang, 7 in Heze, 5 in Weihai, 3 in Yantai and 3 in Dezhou; Zibo, Dongying, Weifang, Jining, Tai'an , Laiwu, Linyi, Liaocheng 8 divisions only hold group matches or matches after the fourth place, no gold medals will be produced.
Competition schedule
The first stage
The ice and snow events of the Eleventh National Games were held from January to April 2009, accounting for 4.4% of all minor events.
The second stage
Because the time of some of the summer events’ world championships or important international events conflicts with or is close to the time of the 11th National Games, the General Administration of Sport of China has determined that these events The competition is scheduled to be held before the opening ceremony, with a total of 15 events and 80