APEC venue opens its doors

New facilities at Yanqi Lake begin trial operation

Conference venues and other facilities that hosted the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting at Yanqi Lake will open on Monday for a trial operation to businesses, with scores of companies rushing to book their tickets.

"In the coming months until the end of 2014, we have already arranged 15 events in the conference venues, hotels and other buildings on Yanqi Island," said Zhang Junxiang, vice-president of Beijing Enterprises International Conference Metropolis Real-Estate, the operator of the facilities in Huairou district, Beijing.