'Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Night' gala held in Rome

The "Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Night" gala was held on Monday in Rome. Over a hundred guests from Italian political, cultural, and business circles attended the event, including Riccardo Sessa, who served as Italian ambassador to China during the Beijing Olympics, and Patrizia Prestipino, representative of the Sports Commission of the Italian Chamber of Deputies.

Sessa said in his speech in 2008 he personally witnessed the grand occasion of China hosting the Olympic Games and was touched by the Chinese people's concerted efforts. Athletes from all over the world have also achieved great success in Beijing, he added, saying the Olympic spirit is international friendship, brotherhood and sisterhood, but it is also competition and breakthrough. This ancient Olympic spirit, he said, will be passed on in Beijing.