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Chinese President Hu Jintao today said that the Beijing Olympic Games have achieved the goal of promoting the spirit of solidarity, friendship and peace.
"The success of the Beijing Olympic Games is attributable to the concerted efforts of the Chinese people and people from the rest of the world," Hu said at a luncheon he hosted for foreign leaders and international dignitaries, including Nepal's new Prime Minister Prachanda, who will attend the Games' closing ceremony later tonight.
"The glory goes to the Olympic family, to athletes who have competed hard, to volunteers from different parts of the world and to friends across the world who have been involved in the Games," Hu said in a toast at the banquet, held in the Diaoyutai State guest-house in west Beijing.
Describing the past 16 days as "a wonderful and exciting time together," the Chinese leader said that the hosting of the Beijing Olympics will give a boost to further develop sports in China, promote more extensive exchanges between his country and the International Olympic Family and further enhance friendship between the Chinese people and the people in other countries.
The Beijing Olympic Games have become "a grand event of international sports competition and cultural exchanges" witnessed and joined by people of the whole world, the Chinese President said.
"Since the opening of the Beijing Games, friends from all parts of the world have come together in the Chinese capital to experience the charm of the International Olympic Movement," he noted.
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