Jia Qinglin (C), chairman of Chinese People's
Political Consultative Conference, Liu Qi, Party secretary of the Beijing
Municipal Committee (R) and acting Beijing Mayor Wang Qishan break the
ground for the construction of the National Stadium and National Swimming
Center December 24, 2003. The two facilities are built for the 2008
Beijing Olympics. Construction and logistics costs for the Games are
expected to total 40 billion yuan (US$4.8 billion) and companies from all
over the world are trying to get a piece of the action. [newsphoto]
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