Games experience can aid city-building ideas

It is universally recognized that holding an Olympic Games can greatly step up the modernization process of the host city. Over the past seven years since it won the qualification for the hosting of the 29th Summer Olympics, Beijing has made a big stride forward in its transformation into an international metropolis. Some media reports have even called its infrastructure development over the past seven years as the most marvelous city reconstruction in China's modern and contemporary history.

The great changes the ancient Chinese capital has experienced have been embodied not only in the scale and speed of its facility construction and reinforcement, but more particularly, in its city development concept.

To hold a high-level Olympics Games, Beijing should, in accordance with the requirements of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), make all-round efforts to improve its city management, infrastructure, sport venue construction and environmental protection to fulfill its numerous commitments made to the IOC. It is expected that such kinds of all-round improvements will certainly result in the upgrading of the long-held city concepts of social life, its administrative functions, development layout and architectural style. This should appeal to not only top decision-makers but also to ordinary people.