In a park in central Beijing, a bust of International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach was unveiled in January. It was made in a similar style to two other busts already installed there of Bach's predecessors, Jacques Rogge and Juan Antonio Samaranch. Alongside these busts is another statue that was already in place, that of a seated Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of modern Olympic Games.
Together they symbolize the friendly relationship between China and the IOC.
