The Beijing Paralympic Mascot(s) is (are) to be launched on the occasion of the two-year countdown to the 2008 Paralympic Games.

From Sept. 4th to Oct. 15th, the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG), along with Beijing 2008 Partner China Mobile, will organize a six-week contest on the knowledge of the Beijing Paralympics in an effort to promote the awareness of and public participation in the Paralympic Movement.

Local residents can participate by sending short text messages and may win souvenirs made of Paralympic Mascot(s).

(CRI September 4, 2006)