About Beijing 2008 Olympics
Beijing was elected as the Host City for the Summer Olympic Games in 2008 on 13 July 2001 at the 112th IOC Session in Moscow. The Beijing Summer Games will be held from Aug 8th to Aug 24th 2008. We have tried to provide some useful information about Beijing 2008, news, photos, the Olympic site and other information about China.
About Olympic Games
The Olympic Game have always brought people together in peace to respect universal moral principles.The upcoming Games will feature athletes from all over the world and help promote the Olympic spirit. Read more
Olympic Mascots
The Olympic mascot, like many things in Chinese culture combine to express a message on different levels. The mascot is called the Fuwa and the Chinese name of the five symbols combine to form the words "Welcome to Beijing"- "Beijing Huan Ying NIN" in Chinese. Read More
Olympic Venues
Beijing will provide 37 competition venues and 59 training venues where 28 different kinds of sporting events can take place at the 2008 Olympic Games. Among the competition venues, 32 will be located in Beijing and six in other cities, including a sailing center in Qingdao , football venues in the cities of Tianjin, Shenyang, Shanghai and Qinhuangdao and equestrian Venues in Hong Kong.
