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Olympic venue construction progressing smoothly:official
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-09-20 15:22
Beijing Olympic organizers said on Tuesday that venue construction for the
2008 Games is progressing smoothly.
An aerial view of the Beijing
2008 Olympic Games venues in this undated file photo. Games
organizers said on Tuseday that venue construction for the Games
is under way smoothly. [photocome] |
"Construction work is running on schedule," Jin Yan, director of Beijing 2008
Project Construction Headquarter Office, told a news briefing.
A total of 37 competition venues are needed for the 2008 Olympics with 31
planned in Beijing. Of the 11 venues to be built from scratch in the Chinese
capital, ten are already under construction, while the last one, the gymnasium
of the Beijing University of Science and Technology, is due to be built next
month.
Beijing has promised to get all Olympic venues ready by the end of 2007 so
that test events can be held before the start of the Games.
Energy-saving technologies and environmental-friendly materials are being
used in these Olympic projects in line with the concepts of "Green Olympics" and
"High-tech Olympics", said Jin.
When asked about the total investment in Olympic projects, Jin said he cannot
tell for sure about the total sum "because we are calculating the budget for
some venues and related facilities".
According to Jin, however, the National Stadium, which will host the opening
and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Olympics, costs 3.13 billion yuan (about 386
million US dollars), and the National Swimming Center, known as the "Water
Cube", 1.02 billion yuan (125 million US dollars).
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