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| Beijing Capable of Hosting Olympic Games |
| China has made remarkable achievements in social, economic and cultural fields over the past 22 years since reform and opening up. With its GDP approaching US$1,000 billion in 1999, China's comprehensive national strength has been greatly enhanced. |
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| CPPCC Beijing Committee Supports Beijing's 2008 Olympic Bid |
| A resolution was made at the Forth Session of the Beijing Committee of the Ninth Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), which was closed on February 6 in Beijing, to support Beijing's 2008 Olympic bid. |
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| Beijing: Olympic Bid Helps Develop Human Rights |
| Beijing's bidding for the 2008 Olympic Games will not only boost urban development but also help further advance the human rights conditions of China, a senior bidding committee official said on Tuesday. |
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| China Seeks Adjustment in Olympic Sports Structure |
| Having collected an unprecedented overhaul of 28 golds in Sydney Olympics, China aims for breakthrough outside those sports they keep perennial dominance over. |
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| Chinese, Australian Children Join Hands Backing Beijing's Bid |
| On the afternoon of February 3, a group of children from China and Australia put on a performance at the gate of Sydney Opera House. Crowds of passersby and tourists were attracted to have a look, many of them waved China's Olympic bid flag, wishing Beijing's final success in its bid for hosting the 2008 Olympic Games. |
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| Beijing Invests Heavily in Pollution Control |
| Beijing, aspiring to build itself into an international metropolis, has invested nearly 30 billion-yuan in air pollution control since 1998. According to related sources, the air quality of Beijing has been greatly improved with remarkable success achieved in environmental protection. |
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| Poll: 94.9 percent of Beijing residents back Olympic bid |
| A Gallup poll shows that 94.9 percent of the Beijing residents support the Chinese capital's bid for the 2008 Olympic Games, the Beijing Olympic Bidding Committee announced in Beijing on Friday. |
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| 500,000 People to Join in Embroidering Olympic Flag |
| Some 500,000 people, representatives of the mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and overseas Chinese and foreign friends will take part in the activity-- "I Embroider the Five-Ring Flag for the Olympic Bid", which started January 19. |
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| Beijing Candidature File Submitted to IOC |
| At 10:00 a.m. January 17, the 596-page Candidature File of Beijing was finally submitted to IOC by the messengers headed by Wang Wei, secretary-general of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bid Committee (BOBICO). |
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| Tibetan People Wish for a Success in Beijing's Olympic Bid |
| A 100-meter-long hada which carries the fervent wishes of 2.5 million people of all nationalities from all walks of life in Tibet, has recently been passed along from the square in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa into villages, farmhouses, pastures and tents in Tibet. |
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| Beijing Official Set out to Deliver Bid Book to IOC |
| On the afternoon of January 16, delegation of Beijing Olympic Bid Committee Headed by Wang Wei, secretary-general of BOBICO, left for Lausanne to submit Candidature File of Beijing to IOC there to meet the January 17 deadline. |
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| Beijing not Making Unrealistic Commitments to 2008 Olympics, Official |
| Beijing will not rely on impractical commitments to win favor in their campaign for the 2008 Olympic Games, said a senior Beijing bidding committee official on Tuesday. |
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| Beijing Chose Four New Olympic Image Ambassadors |
| Jackie Chen, Deng Yaping, Gong Li, Yang Lan and Sang Lan have been appointed image ambassadors of Beijing in its 2008 Olympic bid. |
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| Legend Backs Beijing's Olympic Bid |
| The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bid Committee (BOBICO) January 11 received a donation of RMB12 million yuan (about US$1.5m) from Legend Group, one of the largest computer manufacturers in China. The donation is recognized as the largest sum of money BOBICO has received so far in backing Beijing's 2008 Olympic bid. |
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| Candidature File of Beijing to Be Submitted to IOC |
| The Candidature File of Beijing for 2008 Olympic bidding has been completed, said sources from Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bid Committee (BOBICO) January 10. On this 16th, Wang Wei, secretary-general of BOBICO will set out for Lausanne and submit it to the IOC Executive Board. |
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| Bank Boosts 2008 Bid with New Loan |
| China Development Bank plans to double the amount of money it has so far loaned to the Beijing municipal government by injecting 60 billion yuan (US$7.2 billion) into the city's coffers over the next five years. |
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| Climbers Mount Wall to Boost Bid |
| Ten thousand mountaineering enthusiasts including many foreigners chose to climb the world's most famous wall - the Great Wall - on the first day of the new millennium, to support Beijing's bid for the 2008 Olympics. |
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| Beijing City Pledges 'Unprecedented' Games |
| Leaders of the Beijing Olympics Bid Committee on Monday, January 1, promised to hold an Olympic Games "to be remembered forever" if Beijing wins its bid to host the 2008 summer sporting gala. |
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| Yearender: Rigorous Anti-doping Drive Ensures China's Clean Olympic Journey |
| A rigorous anti-doping campaign in 2000 kept Chinese fair and clean in the Sydney Olympic Games, where a string of drug scandals spoiled its success. |
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| Chaoyang District Get Mobilized for Green Olympics Bidding |
| Beijing's Chaoyang District held a meeting December 25, mobilizing the people into action for a Green Olympics Bidding project named "Green Community and Green Chaoyang". |
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