The executive committee of the 2025 World Games Chengdu officially released the official mascots and slogans for the sports competition at a press conference in Beijing on Tuesday.
With the 12th edition of the games set to be held in Chengdu City on August 7, 2025, in southwest China's Sichuan Province -- famously home to most of the world's giant pandas -- organizers called for mascot designs that combine Chengdu's love of sports, its abundance of wildlife, and its rich cultural heritage.
The designs of Shubao and Jinzai, the mascots, are inspired by the giant panda and the golden snub-nosed monkey from Sichuan. The mascots were chosen to raise awareness about rare animals and biodiversity protection, organizers said.
The committee also revealed this year's slogan, "Boundless Sports, Countless Wonders" which they said implies the infinite possibilities of sportsmanship and aims to stimulate every athlete to challenge themselves and go beyond the limit.
"We have considered sporty flavor, Chengdu's unique style and international communication to select a widely representative and recognized slogan. The design of the mascots is inspired by rare animals and signature plants, intangible cultural heritage textiles and unearthed cultural relics with profound historical significance, which are delicately fused together," said Xu Xingguo, deputy mayor of Chengdu Municipal People's Government and executive vice president and secretary-general of the Executive Committee of Chengdu World Games.
Shubao, the giant panda mascot, features Chengdu's city flower, the hibiscus, in its inner ears, while Jinzai, the golden snub-nosed monkey mascot, has ears transformed from artifacts excavated from the Sanxingdui site.
Their attire, woven with Shu Brocade, one of China's four famous styles of floral woven fabric, depicts lucid waters and lush mountains, and the pattern embodies the Sun and Immortal Birds Gold Ornament, a symbol of China's cultural heritage.
Held every four years, the World Games offer a high-level platform for many non-Olympic sports. The Chengdu games will include drone sports, fin swimming, pool life-saving, and cheerleading, with 35 sports in total.
2025 World Games Chengdu unveils slogan, mascots
Chinese Premier Li Qiang held talks with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store in Beijing on Tuesday.
Noting that this year marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and Norway, Li said the relations between the two countries have maintained sound and steady development.
Li said Chinese President Xi Jinping's meeting with Store summed up the experience of China-Norway diplomatic relations over the past 70 years and made strategic plans for further deepening bilateral relations.
Standing at a new starting point, China is willing to work with Norway to implement the consensus of the leaders of the two countries, consolidate political mutual trust, adhere to mutual respect, equality, mutual benefit and win-win cooperation, strengthen exchanges at all levels and in various fields, elevate bilateral relations and practical cooperation to a new level, and make greater contributions to world peace and development, he said.
Li said China is ready to work with Norway to expand economic and trade cooperation, and further unleash potential for cooperation in trade and finance.
China welcomes Norway to increase investment in the Chinese market, and is willing to work with Norway to create a better business environment for each other's enterprises to come to invest and do business, he said.
Li said the two sides should deepen people-to-people exchanges and facilitate personnel exchanges.
China is ready to strengthen cooperation with Norway in the green transition of traditional industries and the cultivation of green emerging industries, and work with the country to consolidate international coordination, advance the implementation of the U.N. 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and build a community with a shared future for mankind, he said.
For his part, Store said Norway firmly adheres to the one-China policy, and is willing to be China's trustworthy partner.
Store said he hopes that the two countries will take the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relationship establishment as an opportunity to strengthen exchanges and dialogue at all levels, expand cooperation in trade, green economy, Arctic affairs, and climate change, deepen people-to-people exchanges, strengthen communication and coordination in multilateral affairs and jointly address global challenges.
Norway has always upheld fair trade, maintained multilateral trading system and supported China and the European Union in strengthening dialogue and cooperation.
After the talks, Li and Store signed a joint statement on establishing a green transition dialogue between the two countries, and witnessed the signing of bilateral cooperation documents. Prior to the talks, Li held a welcome ceremony for Store at the Great Hall of the People.
Chinese premier meets Norwegian PM in Beijing
Chinese premier meets Norwegian PM in Beijing
