Chinese actress Fan Bingbing shoots an Olympic promotional video in a suburb of Beijing, in this photo published on Thursday, April 17, 2008. [Photo: ent.sina.com.cn]

CCTV has invited Chinese mainland actress Fan Bingbing to shoot an Olympic-themed promotional video in the suburbs of Beijing.

Playing an equestrian in the short film, Fan must cooperate with her peculiar partner, a steed horse, the only animal that is eligible take part in the international games.

Apart from Fan Bingbing, many other celebrities from across the Straits will take part into the publicity activity, including Chinese mainland actor Huang Xiaoming, Hong Kong pop singer Gigi Leung, and Taiwan singer and actress Pace Wu. They will play athletes competing in 28 different athletic projects in Beijing Olympic Games.

The video series was directed by Taiwan director Lin Jinhe.