Just before the two-year countdown to the opening of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Liu Qi, president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) and secretary of Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, spoke extensively about the Beijing Olympic Games to journalists from major media organizations in China.
The 2008 Olympic Games was given another Chinese cultural symbol yesterday. as the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) released the Games' pictograms.
The Beijing Olympic Games organization committee released a set of symbols representing each of the sports for the 2008 Games on Monday, one day before its two-year countdown to the opening ceremonies.
Ungracious behaviors such as spitting and jumping queues became the top concern instead of pollution and traffic congestion among many Beijing residents with the Beijing Olympic Games only two years away.
Beijing's Olympics will not be shrouded in smog or choked by traffic jams, the city's top Games official promised yesterday.
With just two years remaining before the 2008 Olympic Games open in Beijing, the Chinese capital is getting closer to meeting the standards of an Olympic host, chief organizer said.
With new venues and facilities already completed and thousands of volunteers on standby, Beijing is ready for a rehearsal for the 2008 Olympic Games this month.
How will the Beijing Olympic Games impact on the capital's economy? Pan Fan, who is in charge of economic surveys in Beijing under the National Bureau of Statistics, has provided some clues in a recently published report, "Olympic Investment and Beijing Economic Development."
In ancient times, only emperors and members of their families had furniture made from red sandalwood.
Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee (BOCOG) Thursday signed letters of responsibility with its department chiefs to make them assume responsibility if anything involving corruption happens.
The Beijing-based Crystal Digital Technology Corporation has become the official graphic design services supplier for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge has put forward proposals aimed at reducing the use of performance-enhancing drugs in professional sports, VRT news reported Wednesday.