A cultural festival aimed at promoting the 2008 Beijing Olympics kickstarts at the China Millennium Monument in Beiing September 21, 2003. The 10-day festival - First Olymic Cultural Festival for 2008 Olympics - features exhibitions, symposiums, concerts and other public events. The Olympic Cultural Festival will be held annually in the following five years before the 2008 Olympics. [newsphoto]

Liu Qi (C), president of the Beijing's Olympic Organizing Committee looks on as children sign on the Olympic emblem.

Liu Qi (R) and acting Beijing Mayor Wang Qishan (C) look at children's drawings.

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