SHENZHEN had chosen “Start Here” as the catchphrase of the 2011 Universiade, according to a conference at the Citizens’ Center on Thursday. It is a combination of two contributions. One was “We start here” by He Zhi’an, a Guangzhou resident, and the other was “Let’s start here” by Tan Xiaohui, a student from Nanchang […]

Cai Yingbo SHENZHEN will launch the 1,000-day countdown of the Universiade starting Saturday at the Citizens’ Center to mark the sports event. The 26th Summer Universiade will be officially held in Shenzhen from Aug. 12 to 23 in 2011, according to a decision made by the Executive Committee of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) […]

The final 10 candidates for the Shenzhen 2011 Universiade mascot. 1. Shumaren; 2. Youzai; 3. Xiaoyou; 4. Youyou; 5. Huanleshizhe; 6. Lanlan; 7. Niuniu; 8. Youbaobao; 9. Qingtian & Yangguang; 10. Peipei. The organizing committee of the Shenzhen 2011 Universiade announced the final 10 candidates to be the Games?mascot Friday on its Web site following […]

    Newman Huo     TO make the 2011 Summer Universiade “the most exciting, spectacular and influential games in Universiade’s history,” the Executive Board of the Organizing Committee for the Shenzhen 26th Summer Universiade plans to add 11 optional sports.     Huang Guoqiang, vice secretary general of the Shenzhen Municipal Government and executive vice director of the executive office […]

Cai Yingbo AN exhibition named Germany & China Boulevard, a part of “Germany and China- moving ahead together” event, the most wide-ranging event series ever initiated by Germany abroad, will run from Nov. 7 to 15 at the Guangzhou Tianhe Sports Center, showing Germany’s urban planning experience and plans for the future. Following the theme […]

    (L-R) Feng Xinyue of Yantian Foreign Language Primary School, Lan Jiao of Shenzhen Experimental School and Wang Routing of Shenzhen Foreign Languages School hold their awards after winning their titles at the English contest “A Date with Universiade” in Shenzhen on Saturday.  

SHENZHEN, host of the 2011 Universiade, will officially unveil the 1,000-day countdown to the games next month. A ceremony to mark the countdown will be held in the latter half of November, the organizing committee said at a preparatory meeting Monday, without specifying the exact date. A series of celebrations will follow in the next […]

   Shenzhen’s successful bid for the 26th Summer Universiade has inspired a great sense of pride in every citizen. In the coming citywide speech contest entitled “A Date with Universiade,” Shenzhen’s primary and middle school students will express their pride, enthusiasm and anticipation for the event to be held in 2011. The Shenzhen Daily, one of […]

  GEORGE E. KILLIAN, president of the International University Sport Federation (FISU), highly praised Shenzhen for its efforts to promote and prepare for the 2011 Universiade during his visit to the city’s exhibition in Beijing on Thursday. “It means a lot to hold such an exhibition during the Olympic Games because the world begins to […]

Newman Huo, Liu Beibei CHINA Southern Power Grid Co. Ltd. (CSPG) became a strategic partner of the Shenzhen 26th Summer Universiade as the two sides signed an agreement at the Wuzhou Guest House yesterday. The company will take charge of building all power grids for the Shenzhen Universiade Sports Center in Longgang District and guarantee […]