Italy unveils official Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic posters

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Italy on Wednesday unveiled the Official Iconic Posters for the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games at Triennale Milano, launching a bold visual campaign that blends art, culture, and sport ahead of the global event.   The two posters are created by Italian artists Olimpia Zagnoli and Carolina Altavilla. According to the organizing committee, the designs reference Milan's urban setting and Cortina d'Ampezzo's alpine landscape and are intended to link competition with community.   The unveiling ceremony, organized by the Milano Cortina 2026 Organizing Committee in collaboration with Triennale Milano, was held with the participation of the International Olympic Committee and International Paralympic Committee. The initiative forms part of the Cultural Olympiad, which aims to connect sport and art.

Zagnoli's poster for the Olympic Winter Games, titled "Visione Olimpica" (Olympic Vision), uses bold colors and geometric forms to masterfully blend Milan's urban energy with Cortina's natural landscape. This design vividly expresses the open and inclusive spirit of the Olympic Games.

Altavilla's Paralympic poster, "Untitled," is a tribute to inclusion and community in sports. It showcases the athletes' determination and power while conveying a powerful message of "We participate as a community," emphasizing unity, support, and belonging.   The Iconic Posters continue an Olympic tradition of turning each edition's message into a visual legacy. They reinforce the role of art in shaping the cultural dimension of the Games.   The posters will be distributed by OneArt and made available for purchase at Triennale Milano's bookshop and the official Olympic Shop.   As the Milano Cortina 2026 Games approach, the new posters stand as symbols linking Italy's artistic heritage with the values of the Olympic and Paralympic movements -- unity, excellence, and friendship.

Italy unveils official Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic posters

China has remained the world's largest online retail market for a 13th consecutive year, with its digital consumption exceeding 23.8 trillion yuan (about 3.39 trillion U.S. dollars), official data shows.

The figure was released at a national e-commerce work conference held from Tuesday to Wednesday.

The conference said that China's e-commerce sector has achieved solid gains in high-quality development over the past five years, emerging as a new source of momentum to foster new quality productive forces and playing an important role in advancing the country's new development paradigm.

Despite rising external uncertainties, China has continued to expand its win-win cooperation, increasing the number of Silk Road e-commerce cooperation partner countries to 36.

E-commerce has become a major engine for job creation and industrial upgrading. Employment in the sector has surpassed 78 million, and express delivery volumes have seen an average annual growth of nearly 20 percent over the past five years.

Software and information services linked to cloud computing and big data have also expanded rapidly.

The conference outlined the Ministry of Commerce's e-commerce policy priorities for 2026, including strengthening innovation-driven growth, improving the country's development environment, and expanding international cooperation.

China remains world's largest online retail market for 13th straight year