The Olympics and the United Nations share similar values and it's hoped the Beijing games will contribute to world peace, Beijing Olympic committee chief Liu Qi said.
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan gave the thumbs-up to the design and construction of the Beijing Olympic venues when he toured the National Stadium in the company of Liu Qi, president of Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) on Tuesday morning.
Driver Liu Dong bought a two-bedroom flat on the northern suburb of Tianjin two years ago with 250,000 yuan (US$ 31,250) and sold it 400,000 yuan(US$ 50,000) last week.
A glance from the window of any of Beijing's towering skyscrapers is enough to ascertain the biggest problem facing the city in the run-up to the 2008 Olympics -- smog.
The Chinese capital of Beijing will buy 84 new subway trains and update 60 old ones in a subway line by May 2008, according to a purchase contract signed here on Monday.
The equestrian governing body, FEI, confirmed the allocation for the three disciplines which will be held in Hong Kong.
Australia is planning to send a record team of almost 500 athletes to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) announced on Saturday.
The 2006 World Broadcaster Meeting for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games will be held in Beijing 9 to 11 August 2006, the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) announced on May 18.
The Paralympic Games Department of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) released information on the 13th Paralympiad on the eve of the 16th National Day of Assisting Disabled Persons (the third Sunday of May).
The 1st World Press Briefing for Beijing 2008 Olympic Games will be held in Beijing 25-29 September 2006, the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) announced today.
Beijing organizers say athletes and accredited officials will be offered free international travel and accommodation at the 2008 Paralympic Games.
Beijing will build 110 star hotels to cope with the demand for accommodation during the 2008 Olympic Games.