The Beijing Olympic Cultural Festival will feature many activities with Beijing residents most welcomed to participate in, the organizing committee of the Beijing Olympic Games (BOCOG) said in Beijing on Monday.

The three-week Festival, the fifth and the last one before next year's Games, will kick off on June 23, when BOCOG starts the selection process for Beijing Olympics torchbearers.

There will be the "Olympic Rhythms" open air concert lasting from June 24 to July 14 with more than 300 pop stars making their appearances, singing Olympic songs with their fans.

International Forum for Beijing Olympics will take place, for the fourth year running, on June 24 and 25 while 2007 Beijing Cultural Forum is held to discuss how to deliver a "People's Olympics" on June 28 and July 12.

The 100 or so activities also include Beijing International Sports Film Week, a series of exhibitions by people with a disability as well as "Fitness for All" Sports Festival.

The Olympic Cultural Festival will be launched at Beijing Shijingshan International Sculpture Park and end at China Millennium Monument on July 15.
 
(Xinhua News Agency June 18, 2007)