Security forces in the city are all geared up for the 2010 Asian Games, scheduled to kick off on Nov 12.
Guangdong police forces kick off a series of emergency drills in Guangzhou and Dongwuan, co-host cities of the 16th Asian Games, set for Nov 11 to 27, South China's Guangdong province, July 28, 2010.
Guangdong province will kick off its week at Shanghai 2010 Expo on Wednesday, aiming to help tourists know more about the southern province, which is about to host the Asian Games in its capital, Guangzhou, in November.
Residents in Guangzhou's busiest area, whose apartments face the Haixinsha Island in the Pearl River, will have to temporarily leave their homes during the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2010 Asian Games to be held in the city in November.
The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the country's largest bank, said Thursday its 400 branches nationwide have helped organizer of the 16th Asian Games sell nearly 18,000 tickets so far.
Enterprises in Guangdong's provincial capital that fail to fulfill their environmental upgrade by October 20 will be ordered to either cut or completely shut down operations for the duration of the 16th Asian Games in November.
“Air Hostess for Guangzhou Asian Games”,the largest-scale recruitment in China’s civil aviation history, has attracted over 10,000 girls from all parts of China to apply for 1000 jobs. Winners have to get through elimination rounds of interviews, a written examination, a physical check-up and other competitions.
A religious service center will be opened to offer a place of worship for foreign participants of different faiths during the upcoming 16th Asian Games, sources with the Games' organizing committee said.
Organizers of the 16th Asian Games announced the torch relay route and the torch design for the 2010 Games this November.
GUANGZHOU: Authorities in this southern city are facing a tough job to ensure better air quality during the upcoming Asian Games, as the event comes at a time of year that has been "relatively bad" for air quality in the city's history.