Beijing to Learn from Australia for Olympics: Mayor

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Beijing to Learn from Australia for Olympics: Mayor

In preparing for the 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing would cooperate widely with Australia and learn from its Olympic experiences, said Beijing Mayor Liu Qi.

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In preparing for the 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing would cooperate widely with Australia and learn from its Olympic experiences, said Beijing Mayor Liu Qi.

Liu made the remarks here on Wednesday during a meeting with Australian Prime Minister John Howard, who arrived here on Tuesdayfor a three-day working visit to China.

The mayor said China and Australia, as well as Beijing and Canberra, continued to cooperate well. Their friendship would be boosted by the prime minister's visit.

Beijing is intensifying environmental protection work and targeting cleaner sources of urban energy, and hopes to cooperate more with Australia in both areas.

Liu described the 2000 Olympiad in Sydney as a success, saying that Beijing hoped to learn from Sydney's experiences.

He expressed the belief that through hosting the Olympic Games,the city would become more beautiful and its economy would expand.

Howard said Australia was willing to share its experiences withChina and that he had found many changes in Beijing.

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