President of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) Liu Qi met with President of the French Olympic Committee Henri Serandour and his party in Beijing on Monday.
Beijing will build a 50,000-strong civil patrol force by 2008 to bolster security ahead of the Olympic Games, a Chinese newspaper said on Friday.
Hong Kong sports head Timothy Fok called for more financial support from the government and the commercial sectors to pave the way for better performances from Hong Kong athletes at the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008.
The Beijing government has invested 200 million yuan (US$25 million) to organize professional security patrol teams for the 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing News reported Friday.
At a time when Beijing's Olympic mascots are endorsing everything, the Games' organizers have moved to reaffirm its commitment to grass-roots Olympic education.
Film director Zhang Yimou has insisted that his current projects will not affect his work on the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics.
Beijing Olympic organisers have launched a search for 50 men and women who know their faults from their aces and are prepared to face the wrath of the world's best tennis players in two year's time.
Work on a shooting range for the 2008 Beijing Olympics has been suspended after the discovery of imperial-era tombs on the site, newspapers and an antiquities official said Monday.
Beijing 2008, China's first TV series with an Olympic Games background will debut in August, reports Sohu Entertainment.
Beijing municipal authorities showed red light to cigarette selling at newsstands which are star-studded in the country's capital to ensure safety and curb fire risk, according to two regulations on tobacco retails which went into effect on Monday.
More than 2,100 workers have been kept busy building the National Stadium for the 2008 Beijing Olympics on International Labor Day on Monday.
Pridrive, run by former Benetton and BAR team boss David Richards, will enter Formula One in 2008 as a new 12th team on the starting grid.
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