We gathered in Qingdao in August2018 to attend, as representatives, the“High-Level Dialogue on the10th Anniversary of the2008 Qingdao Olympic Sailing Competition”. With the theme of“Olympics Adding Charm to the City”, we held heated discussions on such topics as Olympic culture inheritance, Olympic heritage utilization, sailing sports development and city brand building, charting the present and prospect of the Olympic city. We have reached the following consensus as a result.
— Carry forward the Olympic culture and inherit the Olympic spirit. As a global exchange and interaction platform for economy, science and technology, culture, education and health, the Olympic Games is an important carrier for the host city to show their national and regional cultures to the world. This Dialogue has attracted a host of well-known guests from different international organizations, Olympic cities and organizing committees. We will strengthen exchanges and cooperation among all parties and share fruits in an effort to promote the Olympic culture and inherit the Olympic spirit.
— Build the city brand to enhance Qingdao’s international popularity and reputation. In recent years, Chinese sailing sports has yielded substantial results as sailing has developed rapidly around the world towards a promising future. All parties believe it is necessary to strengthen the interaction with the International Olympic Committee, the World Sailing Federation and international sailing organizations. As an Olympic city, Qingdao takes sailing as the carrier, becomes the well-known“Sailing City”, and strives to achieve the development goal of making the city“more vibrant, fashionable and attractive”.
— Create favorable environment for sailing development, and introduce and hold more internationally known events. With focus on the long-term sustainable development of sailing sports, multiple measures need to be taken in terms of sailing industry development policy, terminal infrastructure, popularization of sailing among teenagers and the general public. Introduce international high-end sailing events, create our own brand of sailing event with extensive international influence, take sailing and other marine leisure sports as the carrier, make sailing a fashion, and let the Olympic achievements benefit the city development.
— Promote exchanges and cooperation among different cities, competitions, organizations and clubs. The“High-Level Dialogue on the10th Anniversary of the2008 Qingdao Olympic Sailing Competition” proves to be an international high-end exchange platform for in-depth discussions on Olympic cultural heritage, Olympic heritage utilization, sailing sports development, and city brand building, etc. All representatives believe it is necessary to support each other to hold sailing events and international exchange activities, actively sign cooperation agreements on sailing in professional fields, take this as a starting point, co-build a communication platform, and make contributions to the development of the world's sailing sports.
We congratulate on the complete success of the“High-Level Dialogue on the10th Anniversary of the2008 Qingdao Olympic Sailing Competition”. We propose to summarize the outcomes of the Dialogue, share Olympic cities’ experience, and keep a close connection and cooperation with each other to turn into reality the vision of"Olympics Adding Charm to the City and Bringing Happiness to the Citizens".