Director confident of opening success

Film director Zhang Yimou said yesterday he was very confident of a successful opening ceremony for the Beijing Olympics in August.

"The mass rehearsals for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games, with more than 10,000 people involved, are going well," Zhang said before attending the First Session of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), which started yesterday in the capital.