Qingdao Sets up Sailing Sub-committee for 2008 Olympics

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Qingdao Sets up Sailing Sub-committee for 2008 Olympics

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The northern Chinese port city of Qingdao, which will host sailing events during the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008, set up a sub-committee on Wednesday of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympics (BOCOG).

The sub-committee, BOCOG's first sport committee to be established, will be in charge of all preparatory work concerning the 2008 Games' sailing competition.

Qingdao mayor Xia Geng said the founding of the sub-committee marked the official kick-off of the city's preparations for the 2008 Games. "We will endeavor to meet the International Olympic Committee's requirements of staging sailing events, and contributeto hosting of a best-ever Olympic Games," said Xia, also presidentof BOCOG's sailing sub-committee.

The sub-committee consists of 15 departments, including those for media and communications, sport, personnel training, engineering and environmental protection.

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