Guangzhou Asian Games Mascot Launch 28-04-2008

The official Mascot of the 16TH Asian Games to be held in Guangzhou in November 2010 was officially launched in a glittering function held in Guangzhou on 28TH of April 2008 at 8 pm.

The Mascot a ram with 4 children was launched with fanfare was jointly launched by H.E. Mr. Huang Hua Hua, governor of Guangdong province and executive president of GAGOC, Mr. Yu Zaiqing, Vice Minister of General Administration of Sport China, Vice President of COC and Vice President of OCA, Mr. Husain Al-Musallam, Director General OCA and Mr. Zhu Xiaodan, Standing Committee Member of CPC Guangdong provincial committee and vice president of GAGOC.

The Mascot is named "Le Yangyang". H.H. Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, President of OCA sent out a special Televised message to GAGOC and people of Guangzhou during the occasion and expressed OCA’s total support for the Games.

The Highlight of the Ceremony was the cultural show presented by the school and small retrospective drama presented by three generations of a family whose grandfather had seen china participate in Tehran Asian Games in 1974, father had seen the 1990 Beijing Asian Games and their daughter would be participating in the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games.