Cheaper rooms provided for guests

Olympic guests checking into Beijing hotels for the 2008 Games will pay much less for their rooms than participants at Athens in 2004.

2007 World Conference on Doping in Sport

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) would like to announce its upcoming World Conference on Doping in Sport to be held in Madrid, Spain from 15-17 November 2007. The conference will be organized with the assistance of the Spanish Government's High Council for Sport

Tu meets Spanish ambassador on Prince's visit

Tu Mingde, Assistant President of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) met with Spanish ambassador to China Jose Petro Sebastian de Erice on Thursday.

Ji Lin to head Beijing construction

Beijing vice-mayor Ji Lin has been appointed as head of construction for the 2008 Olympics in place of Liu Zhihua, who was sacked last weekend

Beijing officials inspired on tour of Olympic venues

"Construction on Beijing's key projects and Olympic venues are inspiring," Secretary of the Beijing Municipal CPC Committee and President of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) Liu Qi said Wednesday Morning.

Beijing hotel prices during Games to rise 1.5 times

The prices of a hotel room in Beijing during the 2008 Olympic Games are expected to rise by only one and half times, much lower than hotels in other cites that have hosted the games, according to Beijing Modern Business Times.

Qingdao gears up for sailing regatta

Construction of the Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center has been progressing smoothly with the works related to the 2006 international regatta expected to be completed by the end of this month, the center said on Thursday

Domino attracts Beijing college students

Twenty teams from Beijing's higher learning institutions ended their fierce domino competitions over the weekend, featuring youngsters' passion and talent in the run-up to the 2008 Olympic Games.

IOC considering baseball's re-entry

Ecological passage built for Games

Two years from now, the Olympic Forest Park that covers a land of 680 hectares will spring up in the north of Beijing city.

Sacked official not affect Olympics

The sacking of an allegedly corrupt Beijing vice mayor who was in charge of overseeing construction projects for the 2008 Olympics will not affect the Games, organizers have said.

Weather service for Games will be 'timely, accurate'

Chinese meteorological authorities promised on Monday, June 12, a timely and accurate weather forecast service for the Beijing 2008 Olympics.