Some 50,000 citizens flocked into Chaoyang Park in the eastern Beijing on Saturday to kick off the annual campaign promoting English-learning.
The Coordination Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad -- Beijing 2008 -- will open the sixth plenary session in Beijing on May 16.
The volunteer program for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games is open to all people in the world and the Games organizers welcome those institutions and individuals who wish to become volunteers to take part in the program, BOCOG Executive Vice President Li Binghua said.
President of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) Liu Qi met with President of the French Olympic Committee Henri Serandour and his party in Beijing on Monday.
The International Olympic Truce Foundation decided in Lausanne on Friday that the 2007 Olympic Truce conference will be held at ancient Olympia, Greece's semi-official news agency ANA-MPA said.
Hong Kong sports head Timothy Fok called for more financial support from the government and the commercial sectors to pave the way for better performances from Hong Kong athletes at the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008.
The Beijing government has invested 200 million yuan (US$25 million) to organize professional security patrol teams for the 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing News reported Friday.
Work on a shooting range for the 2008 Beijing Olympics has been suspended after the discovery of imperial-era tombs on the site, newspapers and an antiquities official said Monday.
Beijing 2008, China's first TV series with an Olympic Games background will debut in August, reports Sohu Entertainment.
The Coordination Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad -- Beijing 2008 -- held the sixth plenary session in Beijing on May 16th.
Beijing municipal authorities showed red light to cigarette selling at newsstands which are star-studded in the country's capital to ensure safety and curb fire risk, according to two regulations on tobacco retails which went into effect on Monday.
OSAKA: Olympic champion Liu Xiang of China stormed to take the men's 110-metre hurdles title at the Osaka Grand Prix on Saturday.