A work team will be set up this year to prepare for the torch relay.

people’s lives are freer and happier.

The slogan of the Beijing Games One World, One Dream will also be the theme of the torch relay. Through the torch relay, we hope to promote the Olympic spirit of peace, friendship and progress...

This relay will give expression to our slogan one world one dream.

The torch will also go to the top of Mount Everest as it is known in the west. This has never been done before.

Our fundamental strategy is to manage state affairs according to law, and we should pay great attention to lawmaking to ensure a high-level Olympic Games with distinguishing features.

The objective of my visit is to learn from the experience of the Turin Games and we have learnt a lot.

For billions of TV viewers around the world, the opening ceremony is also the ‘first impression’ that the Olympic Games have to offer.

We expect to leave an excellent impression on the athletes and guests from all over the world and billions of TV audiences by staging a fantastic opening ceremony of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

They reflect the cultural diversity of China as a multiethnic country,

Our emphasis will be on the new venues, and the basic structure of them as well as the Olympic village, media village and National Conference Center will be completed by this year.

The current report only raises a hypothesis that the bats might be the source of the virus,

We will unveil the final route in 2007.

The imbalanced development between cities and the countryside is the biggest obstacle on China’s road to a harmonious society.

The 92 per cent similarity may mean nothing and does not prove the bat was the original host. Even if two viruses are more than 99 per cent similar to each other, we still cannot...

Having successfully held the Olympic Games twice, London has rich experience in this field.

The opening ceremony is a crucial part of the Olympic Games. The success of a high-level Olympic Games with distinguishing features depends on the level of the opening ceremony. The 1.3 billion Chinese people are...

About 70 Chinese cities and 28 cities outside China will be covered along the route for the Beijing Games’ torch relay.