Beijing to host World Olympic Collectors' Fair in June

具有浓缩奥林匹克历史、彰显体育特色、促进东西方体育交流等独到魅力的国际体坛文化盛会--世界奥林匹克收藏博览会，在连续举办了十二届之后，今年六月将首次在中国开幕。届时，来自五大洲的奥林匹克收藏爱好者和体育集邮钱币纪念品厂家、商家将携带见证百年奥运发展历史时期的各种纪念品云集盛会。

The posters

The 13th World Olympic Collectors' Fair will be held for the first time in Beijing, the host of the Olympic Games in 2008, according to a press conference on Tuesday.

The collectors all over the world are expected to take the opportunity to exchange, buy, sell or complete their collections of pins, mascots¹, torches, medals, stamps, posters, postcards or any other items carrying the Olympic rings.

Co-sponsored by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG), the Chinese Olympic Committee and the State Post Bureau, the fair will run from June 22 to 28, 2007. Juan Antonio Samaranch, the IOC Honorary President and Chairman of the Olympic Philately, Numismatics and Memorabilia Commission will attend the fair's opening ceremony.

Preparations for the event are under way. An invitation letter autographed by Samaranch has been sent to collectors and related companies across the world. BOCOG has decided² to include the publicity³ of the event into the fifth Beijing Olympic Cultural Festival.

In line with the IOC suggestion, the Chinese Sport Stamps Collectors' Association will hold a stamps' exhibition to select the finest stamps for the fair. A large-scale exhibition entitled "The Olympics and China" will also be held during the fair to display ancient Chinese sports, sport-themed Chinese artworks and the items reflecting China's participation⁴ in the Olympic Movement.

Vocabulary:

mascots：吉祥物

co-sponsored：联合主办

in line with：依据、按照、符合