Are China's Olympic gold medals solid gold?

The gold medals of the Chinese Olympic Games are gold inlaid.

Beijing 2008 Olympic medals are gold inlaid, silver inlaid and bronze inlaid.

The Beijing 2008 Olympic medals are 70 millimeters in diameter and 6 millimeters thick.

On the front of the medal is the pattern prescribed by the IOC - the Greek Goddess of Victory standing with her wings and the Panathinaiko Arena in Greece.

The back of the medal is inlaid with jade jades in the shape of the ancient Chinese dragon pattern, and the Beijing Olympic emblem is engraved on the metal graphic in the center of the back.

The hook of the medal has evolved from a traditional Chinese jade double-dragon bushy juan.

The idea of the medals is taken from the ancient Chinese jade jewel with a dragon pattern, which is made of a combination of "gold" and "jade" materials that symbolize nobility and virtue. It embodies the value and honor of the Chinese people since ancient times, which is "jade" than "virtue".

Expanded Information

The combination of jade and metal will be made by a special process, which will ensure that the jade will not fall off, and will meet the needs of wearing and displaying.

The designers added a kind of damping material in the middle of the jade ring, and the liquid damping material was poured into the gap between the jade and the metal and then cured, so that the jade and the metal were "tightly sealed" and played a role in damping the vibration.

The medals and the process of "gold and jade" before "jade" are completed at the Shanghai Mint of the China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation, which is located in Shanghai's Putuo District.

China Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd. and Henan Yuguang Gold & Lead Group Co. completed the smelting and refining of these raw materials for the production of gold, silver and bronze medals for the Beijing Olympics.

In June 2008, the Shanghai Mint will complete the final production of the medals and officially deliver them to the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee.

Baidu Encyclopedia - Olympic medals

Baidu Encyclopedia - 2008 Beijing Olympics

Baidu Encyclopedia - Gold and Jade ( style used in the design of the medals for the Beijing Olympics)