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Choice of Rubber Duck’s home in Beijing remains mystery

(People's Daily Online)    15:05, August 08, 2013
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Dutch conceptual artist, Rubber Duck's "papa" Florentijin Hofman shows the present from Beijing Design Week (BJDW) organizer in press meeting in Beijing, June 22, 2013. (People's Daily Online/Chen Lidan)

In which park can we have a close look at the real Rubber Duck in Beijing? The event organizer said on Thursday that duck admirers have to wait for a little while.

Some reports, based on the information released by Quanjude, Chinese catering enterprise known for Peking Roast Duck, said Beijing’s Summer Palace has been picked to show the giant yellow duck. The event organizer Beijing Design Week (BJDW) told People’s Daily Online that they haven’t announced the site yet but will announce soon.

As a great gift from Amsterdam, guest city of Beijing Design Week (BJDW), Dutch artist Florentijin Hofman’s Rubber Duck will make its Beijing debut on September 16. BJDW said the yellow duck to be shown in Beijing will be taller than the one showcased in Hong Kong.

The reports saying the Summer Palace will host the duck have triggered mixed reaction among Chinese web users, many of whom worry they could not get a free access to the duck like what Hong Kong’s people did.

BJDW said the environment and safety, rather than making money, are the top criteria to choose the exhibition site. The Summer Palace, Beihai Park, Yuyuantan Park and Shichahai Lake are on the candidate list.

About 8 million locals and visitors had flocked to Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong to view the giant yellow duck. The popularity of Hofman’s duck catalyzed an array of duck knockoffs in China. BJDW said they have made anti-piracy measures for the duck and a series of rubber duck derivatives will come to the market following the advent of Rubber Duck.

(Editor:ChenLidan、Wang Jinxue)

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