Beijing Works out Comprehensive Plan for 2008 Olympic Games

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Beijing Works out Comprehensive Plan for 2008 Olympic Games

Keeping to its commitment to staging a best ever Olympics, Beijing organisers has come up with a comprehensive and systematic plan to guide the preparation work for the 2008 Games. The plan reconfirmed the city's pledge to deliver "Green Games, High-tech Games and People's Games" about six years later.

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A comprehensive plan come up to guide work for Olympics

Keeping to its commitment to staging a best ever Olympics, Beijing organizers has come up with a comprehensive and systematic plan to guide the preparation work for the 2008 Games.

The plan, which was released to the public on Wednesday, reconfirmed the city's pledge to deliver "Green Games, High-tech Games and People's Games" about six years later.

According to the plan, Beijing will put on an environmental-friendly Games, featuring most advanced science and technology, showcasing the time-honored Chinese culture and providing the best stage for Olympians to perform their best.

Under the themes, Beijing organizers have mapped out their objectives and detailed steps to be taken in a wide range of fields, which cover environmental protection, traffic, Olympic venues construction, telecommunication, culture, security and legal protection.

"We shall convert our commitments to the IOC and the international community into specific efforts and make sure they will be honored," Liu Qi, President of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of XXIX Olympiad(BOCOG), said at today's press conference.

Environmental protection: a major concern for Beijing's Games

In regard to the environmental protection, one of the world's major concerns for Beijing's Games, Beijing said that they have or will put in place a series of measures including the extensive adoption of clean energy, implementation of more rigorous emission standards, water pollution control and great efforts in forestation and preventing sand storms.

The environment-friendly concept will be also extensively embodied in the construction of Olympic stadiums and gymnasiums.

"Environmental protection is the premier condition for planning and building the Olympic venues," according to the plan.

Construction and post-Games utilization both taken into account

Beijing also emphasize in the plan that the venues construction should take into account the post-Games utilization and follow the principle of frugality while meeting the requirements by the Olympic Games.

"Of those sports facilities to be constructed, the National Gymnasium will take into account the post-Games usage as the National Circus Center, and the National Swimming Center will be used after the Games partly as a water park for local residents," said Liu Jingmin, the BOCOG executive vice president.

In terms of the city's transport system, the Plan set the goal of developing easy, swift and safe transportation system through such projects as building or extension of light-rails and subways along with expansion of airport.

Liu Qi, also Beijing Mayor, added that great efforts will be also made to develop telecommunication infrastructure, boost cultural development, improve public security and fitness of the people, and enhance the legal awareness among the ordinary.

Three Phases in Preparation for the 2008 Olympics

The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the 29th Olympiad (BOCOG) has planned three stages in their preparatory work for the 2008 Summer Olympics.

During the first phase, organizers will also get prepared for building Olympic venues and facilities, improve environment and urban infrastructure and start the operation of Olympic marketing.

From July 2003 to June 2006 is the Development Phase, a period for construction. By the end of June 2006, construction of all the Olympic venues and other related facilities should have been completed.

The last one is Pre-Games Operation Phase, which begins in July 2006 and ends right ahead of the opening ceremony. All venues should be tested to ensure that they meet the Olympic Games' standards.

Sources from Official Website New Beijing Great Olympics

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