(BEIJING, March 20) -- The Organizers of the Beijing Olympic Games are reminding the interested institutions and individuals that the deadline for design proposals for the medals of the 2008 Games is March 26.

   Since the campaign of solicitation started on January 11, it has attracted wide attention from the public, the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) said today.

   Designers are advised that their works should highlight the themes of "glory and dream" and "faster, higher and stronger", and be the material vehicles to disseminate the Olympic ideals and the concepts of the Beijing Games and to showcase China's arts, designs and scientific and technological development. They should become the unique legacy of the Beijing Games.

   For detailed information on the design requirements, please download forms for proposals and related documents from BOCOG website -- www.beijing2008.cn.

   According to organizers, eight works from the designers will be selected, with each awarded 20,000 yuan (above 2,500 US dollars).