China pledges "clean" Olympic competition

China will ensure a completely "clean" competition from its athletes in the coming Olympic Games, said Cui Dalin, deputy director of the State General Administration of Sport, in Beijing Wednesday.

Political advisor Liu Jingmin, also vice mayor of Beijing and executive vice president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games, meets the press to answer questions related to the Olympic Games at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 12, 2008. [Xinhua Photo]

Beijing steps up preparations for Olympic Games

Beijing is gearing up preparations for the Summer Olympics in appointing a state-level agency to ensure security and roping off more than 280 km of road sexclusively for the Games.

China sets up state level security organization for Olympics

China has set up a state level headquarters to ensure the security of the forthcoming Olympics in Beijing, said a senior official of the Games' organizing committee on Wednesday.

China to provide hourly weather forecasts during Olympics

China's meteorological departments will provide weather forecasts on an hourly basis during the Beijing Olympic Games, Beijing Vice Mayor Liu Jingmin said on Wednesday.

Foreign participants in Olympics should observe Chinese laws

Participants in the coming Olympic Games, domestic and foreign, should abide by Chinese laws, said Beijing Vice Mayor Liu Jingmin in Beijing Wednesday. Beijing to rope off special lanes to ease Olympic traffic burden Beijing will rope off more than 280 kilometers of roads for special Olympic use to ease traffic burden during the Games in August, said a senior official of the Games' organizing committee on Wednesday. Zhang Yimou, general director of the Olympic opening and closing ceremonies, meets the press to answer questions related to the Olympic Games at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 12, 2008. [Xinhua Photo] Tight-lipped Olympic opening ceremony director reveals concerns, few details "I really cannot tell," Zhang Yimou repeated once again. The famed Chinese film director and Olympic Games opening and closing ceremonies general director remained tight-lipped on Wednesday, 149 days before the start of the sporting spectacular.