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The Candidature File of Beijing for 2008 Olympic bidding has been
completed, said sources from Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bid Committee
(BOBICO) January 10. On this 16th, Wang Wei, secretary-general of
BOBICO will set out for Lausanne and submit it to the IOC Executive
Board.
According to the procedures and rules of IOC, the five candidate
cities are required to present their Candidature File by January
17, 2001 set as the deadline for it.
The report for the bidding was printed and dressed up in Shenzhen
January 9 without fail. The file covers 18 theme topics with a total
of 596 pages. The first 17 parts feature on the characteristics
of Beijing and the country, legal aspects, custom and immigration
formalities, finance, environment protection, market development,
sports, general sports concept, Olympic Village, transportation,
security, technology, communication and media services, medical
and health services, paralympic Games and so on. The last part goes
to guarantees of 169 items including a letter signed by senior leaders
of Beijing municipal government, words of President Jiang Zemin
and Premier Zhu Rongji, and 28 credentials of acknowledgement from
international single sports organizations.
As reported, some 70 copies of the bilingual Candidature File (French
and English) are to be delivered first to the IOC administration.
After passing through the appraisal of experts, another 180 copies
at least will be dispatched to the following persons or organizations:
IOC members; honorary IOC members; each International Olympic Summer
Sports Federation; the Association of Summer Olympic Sports Federations
(ASOIF); the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC);
each of five NOC Continental Associations (ANOCA, PASO, OCA, EOC,
ONOC).
(People's Daily 01/11/01)
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