Strebelle ceremony: finally some of the pictures!

See here the gallery where you will find from the Chinese side, among others:
– Beijing’s vice mayor Mr. Chen Gang
– Beijing Municipal Urban Planning Commission, director Ms. Huang Yan
– Chaoyang District vice mayor Mr. Dai Jilou
– Beijing Foreign Affairs Office, vice director Mr. Liu Yang
And from the Belgian side:
– Belgian foreign minister Karel De Gucht
– Belgian ambassador Bernard Pierre and Mrs. Karin Pierre
– Olivier Strebelle, the artist
– François Narmon, president of the asbl Strebelle in Beijing
– Jean-Luc Dehaene, former Belgian prime minister and board member of the asbl
– Alain Rens and his wife, board member of the asbl
and of course Sun Bin and myself.


During the ceremony the focal point stone and the wall stone were represented by life-sized pictures. The stones, the biggest one being 27 ton, will be put into place after the Olympics. Visitors will climb a small hill to reach the focal point stone; there will be a sign on the top of the stone where to put the camera to have the exact focal spot.
The area around the statues will be remodeled so the ground level will be increased to hide the foundations and to make a garden with pathways so visitors can stroll around the statues.
The wall stone will have all names carved as seen on the picture.
Our company name: Beijing Global Strategy Consulting Co., Ltd.

2 thoughts on “Strebelle ceremony: finally some of the pictures!

  1. the upgrade to the latest WordPress version allows me to use the full features of two plugins called nextgen gallery & imagerotator, also used extensively on the Beijing Rotary website

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