The Xiamen Olympic Museum, located on the southeast coast of China, is one of the 12 members of the International Olympic Museum Network and a non-profitable international organisation approved by the IOC and the Chinese Olympic Committee (COC).

It is the first Museum in China that is entitled "Olympic" and it displays rich collections of Olympic relics with the purpose of promoting Olympic cultures and spirits.

The Xiamen Olympic Museum (pictured) was planned, designed and founded by Wu, a world-renowned architecture expert, who also helped create and build Milton Keynes in the UK.

To celebrate the milestones, a special event for the 65-year-old English-educated Taiwanese was held at the Xiamen Olympic Museum and attended by about 200 people.

"It is obviously a very special day for me and I am very happy," said Wu.

"I can say that with the creation of this private museum, I have achieved one of the most important goals of my life.

"During my 24 years as an IOC member, I have had the chance to be involved in some of the most historical sporting moments such as the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

"I have learned and grown both personally and professionally under the Presidency of the Marquis Juan Antonio Samaranch.

"We faced some difficult times but I am proud of the way we surpassed them.

"Then came Dr Jacques Rogge in 2001 and he has already left an important legacy to the Olympic Movement with the Youth Olympic Games.

"I would like to thank him for the kind anniversary message he sent me."

Since 1988, when he was first elected as an IOC member, Wu took part in the Coordination Commissions for the Nagano 1998 Winter Olympics and the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics and is currently on the Coordination Commission for the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics.

He became President of AIBA in 2006 where he reformed the sport from its previously corrupt ways and one of his biggest achievements was spearheading that campaign that saw women's boxing confirmed as an Olympic sport in 2009.

"In 2006 I was elected AIBA President and we immediately started to reform the institution to bring a new vision to the sport of boxing," said Wu, who is considered as a candidate to take over from Rogge as IOC President.

"Today we can speak of a new AIBA.

"Of this we can be proud."

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