"One World One Dream" is a profound manifestation of the core concepts of the Beijing Olympic Games. It reflects the values of harmony connoted in the concept of "People's Olympics", the core and soul of the three concepts -- "Green Olympics, High-tech Olympics and People's Olympics". While "Harmony of Man with Nature" and "Peace Enjoys Priority" are the philosophies and ideals of the Chinese people since ancient times in their pursuit of the harmony between Man and Nature and the harmony among people, building up a harmonious society and achieving harmonious development are the dream and aspirations of ours. It is our belief that peace and progress, harmonious development, living in amity, cooperation and mutual benefit, and enjoying a happy life are the common ideals of the people throughout the world.
"One World, One Dream" is simple in expressions, but profound in meaning. It is of China, and also of the world. It conveys the lofty ideal of the people in Beijing as well as in China to share the global community and civilization and to create a bright future hand in hand with the people from the rest of the world. It expresses the firm belief of a great nation, with a long history of 5,000 years and on its way towards modernization, that is committed to peaceful development, harmonious society and people's happiness. It voices the aspirations of 1.3 billion Chinese people to contribute to the establishment of a peaceful and bright world.
The English translation of the slogan is distinctive in sentence structure. The two "One"s are perfectly used in parallel, and the words "World" and "Dream" form a good match. The slogan is simple, meaningful, inspiring, and easy to remember, read and spread.
In Chinese, the word "tongyi", which means "the same", is used for the English word "One". It highlights the theme of "the whole Mankind lives in the same world and seeks for the same dream and ideal".
“同壹個世界 同壹個夢想”(One World One Dream)，集中體現了奧林匹克精神的實質和普遍價值觀——團結、友誼、進步、和諧、參與和夢想，表達了全世界在奧林匹克精神的感召下，追求人類美好未來的***同願望。盡管人類膚色不同、語言不同、種族不同，但我們***同分享奧林匹克的魅力與歡樂，***同追求著人類和平的理想，我們同屬壹個世界，我們擁有同樣的希望和夢想。
“同壹個世界 同壹個夢想”(One World One Dream)，深刻反映了北京奧運會的核心理念，體現了作為“綠色奧運、科技奧運、人文奧運”三大理念的核心和靈魂的人文奧運所蘊含的和諧的價值觀。建設和諧社會、實現和諧發展是我們的夢想和追求。“天人合壹”，“和為貴”是中國人民自古以來對人與自然，人與人和諧關系的理想與追求。我們相信，和平進步、和諧發展、和睦相處、合作***贏、和美生活是全世界的***同理想。
“同壹個世界 同壹個夢想”(One World One Dream)，文簡意深，既是中國的，也是世界的。口號表達了北京人民和中國人民與世界各國人民***有美好家園，同享文明成果，攜手***創未來的崇高理想；表達了壹個擁有五千年文明，正在大步走向現代化的偉大民族致力於和平發展，社會和諧，人民幸福的堅定信念；表達了13億中國人民為建立壹個和平而更美好的世界做出貢獻的心聲。
英文口號“One World One Dream”句法結構具有鮮明特色。兩個“One”形成優美的排比，“World”和“Dream”前後呼應，整句口號簡潔、響亮，寓意深遠，既易記上口，又便於傳播。
中文口號“同壹個世界 同壹個夢想”中將“One”用“同壹”表達，使“全人類同屬壹個世界，全人類***同追求美好夢想”的主題更加突出。