On the afternoon of December 16, Beijing time, the 39th General Assembly of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) was held in Muscat, Oman. The Chairman of the OCA, Prince Ahmed presided over the meeting, and the Chairman of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach sent a video speech. The Organizing Committee of the Shantou 2021 3rd Asian Youth Games participated in the meeting online, presented the latest situation of the preparatory work to the conference, and showed the preparation process of the Shantou Asian Youth Games and the cityscape of Shantou through promotional videos. The OCA fully affirmed the preliminary results achieved in the preparations for the Shantou Asian Youth Games.
The Organizing Committee of the 3rd Asian Youth Games was established in our city on November 21. The Organizing Committee has compiled the "Master Plan for the 3rd Asian Youth Games" and "Overall Schedule", and sorted out 62 milestone tasks and 315 overall progress tasks in accordance with the four stages of planning, preparation, operation and summary. Recently, the host city contract and market development transfer agreement have been successfully signed. The first registration for the competition will be launched on November 22, and the second registration for the competition will be launched in January 2021. A meeting of heads of delegation will be held in April next year. At present, 22 venue construction projects are progressing in an orderly manner according to the timing nodes and will be fully completed before the end of June next year. In addition, the emblem, theme slogan, and mascot of the 3rd Asian Youth Games have been released a few days ago, continuing to enhance the social attention of the Asian Youth Games and the attractiveness of Shantou.
Source:Shantou Daily, Dec 17, 2020
第三届亚青会组委会向亚奥理事会第39届全体大会陈述筹备工作
北京时间12月16日下午，亚奥理事会第39届全体大会在阿曼马斯喀特举行，亚奥理事会主席艾哈迈德亲王主持会议，国际奥委会主席托马斯·巴赫发来视频致辞。汕头2021年第三届亚洲青年运动会组委会以线上形式参加会议，向大会陈述筹备工作最新情况，并通过宣传片展示汕头亚青会筹办进程和城市形象面貌。亚奥理事会充分肯定了汕头亚青会筹备工作取得的阶段性成果。
第三届亚洲青年运动会组织委员会于11月21日在我市成立。组委会编制了《第三届亚青会总体规划》和《总体进度表》，按照规划、准备、运行、总结四个阶段，梳理出62项里程碑任务和315项总体进度任务。近日，主办城市合同和市场开发让渡协议已顺利签署。11月22日启动第一次竞赛报名，计划2021年1月启动第二次竞赛报名，明年4月召开代表团团长大会。目前22个场馆建设项目正按照时序节点有序推进，明年6月底前将全面完成。此外，第三届亚青会的会徽、主题口号、吉祥物日前已发布，持续提升亚青会社会关注度和汕头城市吸引力。
来源：汕头日报2020-12-17