Original title: News in depth | Why did economists win awards at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games
Source: Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and State Supervision Commission website
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and State Supervision Commission website Yu Lu
At the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics on July 23, the familiar Nobel Peace Prize winner, Bangladesh banker and economist Professor Muhammad Yunus, received a new identity: Olympic Laurel (Olympic Laurel) winner. Although Yunus himself failed to accept the award on the spot, he expressed his joy of winning through a video connection in his hometown of Dhaka, and sent his blessings to the contestants.
Yunus is the second person to receive this honor. On August 5, 2016, at the opening ceremony of the 31st Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the first Olympic Laureate was awarded to Kenyan long-distance runner Kip Keno, who has won the Olympic champion twice but has long since retired.
An award with the word “Olympics” was awarded to a former professional athlete and a banker who was not an athlete nor engaged in professional sports. People can not help but be curious about this award.
“The Olympic Laureate Award is one of the reform measures proposed by the International Olympic Committee in Article 26 of the “2020 Olympic Agenda” and the latest award.” Ru Xiuying, a professor at the Olympic Research Center of the Capital Institute of Physical Education, told reporters that the Olympic Laureate began The 2016 Rio Olympics is awarded at the opening ceremony of each Summer Olympics to recognize people who have made outstanding contributions to education, culture, development and peace through sports.
Keno, who won the first “Olympic Laureate”, is such a person. After retiring from the military, he and his wife opened a “children’s home” in Kenya to adopt orphans from their hometown, provided them with housing and subsidized their education. Later, he actively advocated the establishment of sports schools and sports training centers, hoping to promote world harmony through sports.
As everyone knows, Yunus, now 81, has spent most of his life devoted to helping the poor and disadvantaged groups through financial means and promoting social justice, so he is known as the “poor banker.”
In fact, Yunus is also quite successful in the field of sports. Yunus Sports Hub, founded by him, has a social network active in more than 100 countries and regions around the world. It helps international organizations implement social enterprises (aim to solve social problems and improve public welfare, rather than Companies seeking to maximize their own profits) and sports plans have created a model for solving social problems with the power of sports. He has also worked closely with the International Olympic Committee on a number of projects, including the educational elements of the IOC Youth Leadership Program, “Imagine” Peace Youth Camp, Athlete 365 Business Accelerator, etc. It aims to help athletes achieve professional transformation and become entrepreneurs who contribute to society.
“Education is the original intention of the pioneers of the modern Olympic movement represented by Coubertin to revive the Olympic Games. The last Olympic Laureate Award was awarded to Keno, who spared no effort in education. Education is regarded as the foundation of his life; and the award of the award to Yunus in this Olympic Games reflects the respect and recognition of the IOC for the noble people who practice the Olympic movement to promote social progress and safeguard world peace.” Ru Xiuying said.
“Yunus’ promotion of social enterprises in the sports world is in line with his philosophy as a’poor banker’. They all hope that through a system design that respects human nature, they can give full play to market mechanisms and change the world with enthusiasm and humanistic care. “Luo Yu, a researcher at the National Institute of Development and Strategy, Renmin University of China, said that Yunus’ achievements and experience also remind us that for the development of sports, we must encourage the use of market means, but we should pay more attention to social responsibility in the process of commercialization. , From the perspective of promoting national fitness and improving the well-being of the people, improve the supply of infrastructure, and promote the fair distribution and sharing of sports resources.
As Yunus said, the Olympic Games and sports have the most appealing power in the world. Shi Ruiying, a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Financial Strategy of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, believes that the promulgation of the Olympic Laureate has once again witnessed the important contribution of sports to the promotion of world development and human well-being. During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, efforts should be made to improve the national fitness public service system, coordinate the construction of national fitness facilities, encourage the integrated development of sports and related industries, and enrich the supply of sports industry. Taking the Beijing Winter Olympics as an opportunity, further promote the construction of a sports power. , To satisfy the people’s yearning for a better life and promote the all-round development of people.
On March 13, 2021, the International Olympic Committee unanimously adopted the “Olympic 2020+5 Agenda”, which mentioned that the new crown epidemic has completely changed the world. This world can no longer be like before. We must do for this new world. Get ready. Under the background of profound changes in global society, finance, economy and politics, I hope that the deeds of Keno and Yunus can inspire and inspire more people of insight, unite and gather more strength, and build us together through sports A better world.
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