Title of the Campaign:
Overseas Chinese Overland Challenge（OCOC） South Africa
The 1st overseas Chinese overland challenge for the success of the Beijing Olympic and Peaceful of World
Initiator：
Botswana Chinese Community
Global Chinese Community
Organizer：
All Africa Association for Peaceful Reunification of China
Co-organizer：
South Africa Overseas Chinese Organizations
Culture, sports, tourism and investment sectors of Botswana and countries along the route
Supporter：
The State Council\'s Overseas Chinese Affairs Office
South African Government (Prospective Campaign Sponsor in South Africa:
The Chinese embassy in South Africa
Global Chinese Chamber of Commerce and organizations
Special Thanks To：
The 29th Olympic Games Organizing Committee


Media Support：
Major media participation:
Television: China Central Television, Phoenix TV, Guangdong TV, Chongqing TV, Tourism TV, and other influential provincial local TV, overseas Chinese television; national televisions of involved countries;
Prospective South African Media Sponsor
South African Television
Daily News
Print media: People\'s Daily Overseas Edition, China Youth Daily (to be determined), Southern Daily, Global Travel and provincial newspapers, South African Chinese newspapers; newspapers of involved countries;
Network Media: People’s network and Sohu Network, All African Association for Peaceful Reunification of China website
Broadcast media: Central People\'s Broadcasting Station, the Guangdong Provincial Radio, Beijing Traffic Radio; radio of involved countries;
Media support: television, newspaper and the Internet, broadcasting. Hundreds of media publicity for campaign coverage;

Origination of the Campaign:

On July 13, 2001, ushered in the news that Beijing won the host right of 2008 29th Olympic Games. We sincerely wish the Beijing Olympics success!
To enable all the peoples of the world to understand Beijing Olympic Games, to participate Olympic Games in Beijing, and to share moving that Beijing Olympics brought to everyone. Promote inter-cultural exchange, peace and
Development, adhere to the theme of \"peace, friendship, solidarity\". Advocate \"world community, sports Without Borders\" concept.

It will help to improve mutual understanding among the people of the countries along the route and promote tourism industry for them, at the same time, allow to understand business and investment environment and promote economic development. Therefore, eventually to achieve win-win cooperation.

Charitable cause is unshirkable social responsibility of every life on Earth. Even though China is still at the beginning of charitable cause time, possessing 5,000 years of civilization and charity philosophy of the Chinese people, being driven by rapid economic growth in the 21st century and great historic mission of national rejuvenation, China is playing an increasingly important role in charitable cause on the world arena.

Through the campaign, charitable donations will be carried out along against poverty, AIDS, orphans. These activities will disseminate Chinese people\'s understanding and the pursuit of charitable cause and the responsibility and obligation towards world peace, arousing peace and goodwill, justice and fairness, deepen the friendship between Chinese people and people of the other countries.

On this basis, Botswana overseas Chinese societies along with the global overseas Chinese associations jointly launched the OCOC campaign with a guideline of promoting friendship, peace, cooperation and development. This campaign is the first global overseas Chinese intercontinental 40,000 kilometers expedition crossing Africa, Europe and Asia.


Mode of the Campaign：

The content of OCOC Campaign is to tour the world by driving Chinese cars. The tour will start from the south latitude of 34 °(Cape of Good Hope)--the furthest southern point of the African continent, crossing the Tropic of Capricorn, the equator and the Tropic of Cancer, to the north latitude of 56 ° (Kansk); From the east longitude of 17 ° (Cape of Good Hope) to the east longitude of 128 ° (Harbin). The campaign will cover eight time zones and a distance of 40,000 km. This campaign is a friendship, peace, cooperation and development activity, and also the first intercontinental driving expedition, in Chinese history, formed mainly by overseas Chinese.


Significance of the Campaign：
Via campaign activities held in the countries and a variety of channels, The OCOC Campaign will publicize Beijing and the Olympic games to the national government officials, celebrities and to the people from the whole world. It will show the rise of the Chinese nation and will show the blessing from overseas Chinese to our motherland\'s success in hosting the Olympic Games.
Promote inter-cultural exchange, peace and development; adhere to the theme of \"peace, friendship, solidarity\". Advocate \"world community, sports Without Borders\" concept.
Activities undertaken will be a media to publicize involved countries\' investment environment, tourism resources, so that tourism industry and economic development of Botswana and these countries will be well promoted.；
Disseminate Chinese people\'s understanding and the pursuit of charitable cause and the responsibility and obligation towards world peace, arousing peace and goodwill, justice and fairness; deepen the friendship between
Chinese people and people of the other countries.
After successful completion of this campaign, subject to availability of funds, the organizing committee will establish several national OCOC Hope primary schools. And this action will bring more focus and concern on education and poverty issues.

Route of the Campaign：
The OCOC Campaign team will cross Africa, Asia and Europe on land, starting in Cape Town South Africa, passing Botswana, Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Sudan, Egypt, Greece, Macedonia, Yugoslavia, Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, White Russia and Russia and arrive the destination-Beijing, China.
The event, the entire fleet will drive through the Great Rift Valley of East Africa from south to north, along the Nile, arrive at the millennium ancient civilization of Egypt. After sails across the Mediterranean, the fleet will pass through the cradle of Western civilization -- Athens, the European Renaissance source-Italy and the beautiful Danube River, climb over the Alps and arrive in the heart of European culture -- Paris. Then the fleet will pass the European capital - Brussels, the Kingdom of tulip-Amsterdam, the industrial power country—Germany and the plateau of Eastern Europe and arrive in Moscow. Finally crossing the world\'s first Great Plains -- Siberian Plain, the fleet will then arrive the destination—Beijing before the opening day of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Campaign Route Map：










Campaign Schedule：
The total distance covered by the OCOC Campaign will be around 43,000 kilometers, and it will take 4 to 6 months to complete.
As to match the commencement of the Olympic Games in China, (opening --8th August, 2008 (Friday); closing – 24th August, 2008(Sunday), this campaign will be completed before April to June, 2008. The planed launch time of this campaign will be on 16th January 2008!

Participants:
Directly involved overseas Chinese’s residential countries are:
South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya, Greece, Macedonia, Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Serbia Montenegro, Belarus, Russia, the United States, Britain, Italy, France, Germany, Australia.The Chinese societies and local governments of above countries will take part in the OCOC campaign.

Activities:
Campaign Travel Commencement i.e. News Conference
Date: 16th Jan. 2008
Location: Cape Town, the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Theme: Appointment with 2008 Olympics-OCOC Campaign commencement i.e. news conference
Organizer: OCOC organizing Committee
Co-organizer: South Africa Chinese Society
Special Co-organizing Company: Cape Town China Hotel
Grand Activities (To be determined)

OCOC Campaign Triumph ceremony
Date: 16th May. 2008(Tentative)
Location: Tian An Men Square or Olympic Water cubic Natatorium, Beijing, China
Theme: OCOC Campaign Triumph ceremony
Organizer: OCOC organizing Committee
Co-organizer: China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese / Beijing Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese

OCOC Campaign Triumph celebration Party
Date: Evening, 16th May. 2008(Tentative)
Location: Beijing Great Hall of the People in China
Theme: OCOC Campaign Triumph celebration Party
Organizer: OCOC organizing Committee
Co-organizer: China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese / Beijing Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese
Supporting Unit: The 29th Olympic Games organizing committee
OCOC Campaign Triumph charity show (tentative)



Motorcade:
Motorcade Personnel: Pilot groups, medical groups, Pathfinder group, organization and coordination group, logistics support group, contact and communications group, technical machinery group, protection group, news groups, photograph group, translation group, organizing group and other groups
Note: Except news reporters, all these other groups will consist of participants.
Motorcade Vehicles: The motorcade will consist of 10 vehicles.

Preparation:
The campaign organizing committee considered that this event will cover an extremely long distance and time and will be extremely difficult. To ensure the smoothness of this campaign, the organizing committee adopted adequate preparation on safety, rescue, medication, publicity and so on. And there will be appointed individual to take respective responsibilities.

There will be specialized mechanical technicians to be responsible for maintenance services to ensure that vehicles and other equipment to be intact and perform properly.
There will be motorists explorers with rich intercontinental travel experience to ensure the campaign can be carried out properly and in order.
Will invite well-known medical doctor as the team leader for the campaign medical team to ensure that all participants’ good health and to complete the campaign smoothly.
/ In terms of publicity, the organizing committee will invite China Central Television and other influential local stations and print media to be the report this campaign.
In terms of the equipments, the organizing committee will prepare all-terrain, all-weather logistical rescue and support vehicles, and also a large number of portable communication equipment, satellite telephone and GPS systems, automobile spare parts, special tires, medical equipment, food and outdoor supplies, and so on.
Through the relevant departments under the State Council to contact the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and the reunification committee, the organizing committee will arrange guides, interpreters and specialists who are familiar with local conditions and customs to help on handling emergency ,
Visas of the participants will be arranged with the help of relevant departments through effective diplomatic channels for accessing convenience and effective help.

Campaign protections:
Safety: Safety is the most crucial part in this event. For safety, the organizing committee has done a lot of work and planning. The Chinese associations provided a lot of positive support. For traveling through some risky sections, the organizing committee has prepared many counterplans to ensure the success of the event.

For more details please visit the official website of this campaign：WWW.OCOC2008.COM



OCOC Organizing Committee
South Africa
6th Nov. 2007