(BEIJING, Feb. 28) -- BOCOG Culture and Ceremonies Department organized a symposium on the design of Olympic medals here today.

   Over 30 people from various design institutes attended the discussion. The symposium is to bring the designers a better understanding of the Olympic culture, the concepts of the Beijing Olympic, and its image and visual system.

   The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) launched a campaign to solicit design proposals for the medals of the 2008 Games on January 11, 2006.

   The campaign, sponsored by BHP Billiton, the diversified minerals and medals sponsor of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games, will end on March 26, 2006.