Olympic Village head appointed

Chen Zhili, vice-chairwoman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, was named head of the Olympic and Paralympic Village on Saturday.

Liu Yandong, vice-president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG), announced the appointment and the establishment of the work team for the village at their first work conference.

Du Deyin, Chen Jian, Yu Zaiqing, Lu Hao, Cheng Kai, Zang Aimin and Elsie Leung are the deputy heads of the village, Liu said.