Assistant Undersecretary of Ministry of Culture and Information for Foreign Information Dr. Abdulaziz bin Salamah, the head of the delegation of the ministry, who arrived in Beijing yesterday, pointed out that the Kingdom's cultural and artistic participation in the activities of Beijing Olympics comes as part of its participation with various countries in the world to publicize the Kingdom's development, economic, cultural, civilized, educational and industrial growth along with its distinguished and civilized heritage. In line with the directives of Minister of Culture and Information Iyad bin Amin Madani, the Kingdom has sought to highlight its role on such occasions and it published a book in Chinese language titled Issues from Saudi Arabia that will be distributed to visitors, he said. He noted that the activities will continue for ten days in China including a book fair, cultural exhibitions at the National Library of China, participation of folk groups and distribution of booklets on Saudi Arabia and its role at Islamic, Arab and global arenas to achieve peace and amity in the world
