Beijing organizers officially released a guiding document for the
2008 Olympics on Friday, one day before the first anniversary of
the city's successful bid for the 2008 Olympics.
The document, titled Beijing Olympics Action Plan, will
become the guideline for the city's preparations for the
Olympics.
It
covers five major areas including the overall strategic concept,
development of Olympic venues and related facilities, national
environment and infrastructure development, social environment
development, and strategic support.
The draft document, worked out by experts from different fields,
was issued in March to solicit opinions from the public.
It
drew great attention from all walks of life across the country, as
the organizers received up to 2,000 calls and more than 300 letters
from not only the host city, but also other parts of the country,
including HK, Macao, and Chinese Taipei.
Opinions on the document also came from the Beijing-based
commercial institutions of such countries as the United States,
Japan, Spain, Italy and Canada.
The statement said that the public has shown common concern about
those hard-to-handle issues closely related with people's
livelihood.
"Such as the prevention and control of air pollution and water
pollution, augmentation of greenery coverage in the city, lessening
of traffic jams, planning and construction of Olympic venues, and
improvement of urbanites' quality," said the statement.
To
the delight of the organizers, some people proved to be quite
professional and their advice had great feasibility.
"Their advice is also enclosed with detailed scenarios. Some even
offered their works of research or invention, which they said would
be free to the organizers if the organizing committee like," said
the statement.
In
addition, the responding public expressed great desire to get
involved in the preparations for the Olympics, inquiring about the
bidding process in course of the construction of Olympics venues,
how to offer donations or sponsorships, and how to use the Olympic
emblems.
Meanwhile, the public is also concerned about how the 2008 Games
could leave a unique legacy for both China and sports and how such
legacy could fully show China's national features.
With more than 50 amendments or supplementations made on the basis
of the public's opinions, the final version of the action plan is
more in accordance with Beijing's economic and social
circumstances, becoming more practicable and more of a guideline
document.
"The action plan is a vivid example of how the broad masses are
concerned about the Olympics, and how they wish to get involved in
and contribute to the Olympics," said the statement.
(Xinhua News
Agency July 12, 2002)