Bid Sign for the 2008 Olympic Games (20010528)Students of Beijing's No. 35 Middle School together hold a large sign banner of Beijing's bid for 208 Olympic Games at the square of Xidan, the most flourising shopping area of Beijing May 27, 2001. The sign was composed of 2,008 pieces of colorful cards on each of which words supporting Beijing's bid to hold the 2008 Olympic Games are written.  |  |
Taiwan Ethnic Art Group Sing for Beijing's Olympic Bid (20010518)Lin Qiumei, who was leading the delegation explained that is a tradition of the Amei hunters to tell their family about their hunting harvest through song. |  |
Taiwan Ethnic Art Group Sing for Beijing's Olympic Bid (20010518)A Taipei-based 24-member ethnic art delegation presented Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bid Committee (BOBICO) a one-meter high wooden statue, "Singing Hunter" on Friday morning to show their support for Beijing's bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games. The carving depicts an Amei ethnic hunter singing after a hunt. |  |
Beijing delegates meet Press in Lausanne (20010517)Liu Jingmin(2nd, left), vice mayor of Beijing and also vice managing chairman of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bid Committee, and Wang Wei(2nd, right), secretary-general of the committee, speak at a press confernece held in Lausanne City in Switzerland May 15, 2001. The delegation of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bid Committee held the conference as soon as it received the IOC's evaluation report. |  |
IOC Release Evaluation Report for Candidate Cities for 2008 Olympics(20010516)Hein Verbruggen, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Evaluation Commission for the 2008 Games, announced Tuesday in Lausanne that Beijing, Paris and Toronto are rated as having the ability to organize an excellent Olympic Games in 2008. |  |
China in Good Stead to Hold 2008 Olympics Games(20010515)To ensure Beijing complete successful in its 2008 Olympics bid, an 800-square-meter "Olympics-related high-tech products" exhibition hall has been setup in showing Beijing's ability to play host to the 2008 Olympic Games. Hi-tech products on display include the city's informationalization construction, intellectual traffic, online registration, inhouse automatic control system, mobile communication, digital high definition TV system, Olympics-related papers making and nano-materials. |  |
HK Citizens Support Beijing's Bid for Olympics (20010509)Hong Kong citizens sign their names on a banner in Hong Kong May 8, 2001 to express their support for Beijing's bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games. It is part of the activity with the theme "Organizations in Kowloon welcome President Jiang Zemin to arrive in Hong Kong and support for Beijing's bid to host Olympics" launched in Hong Kong. More than 2,000 people from 95 organizations take part in the activity, which also include performances of dragon-dance,lion-dance, traditional Chinese taiji boxes, etc. |  |
Protect Birds, Support Beijing's 2008 Olympics Bid(20010423)This year marks the 20th anniversary of "birds loving and protection week". State Forestry Administration and Beijing municipal government jointly sponsored an activity with the thematic topic of "Protect Birds, Support Beijing's 2008 Olympics Bid" on April 22 in Beijing Chaoyang Park. Picture shows visitors are setting free wild birds and doves to the blue sky. |  |
Song Performance Jointly Held by China and ROK for the Bid of 2008 Olympics(20010423)April 22 saw a song performance jointly held by China and the ROK to show support for Beijing's bid for 2008 Olympics in China Centenary Altar in Beijing. Picture shows a Korean singer is singing a song entitled "Enthusiasm". |  |
Haikou Backs Beijing's 2008 Olympic Bid(20010421)Two minority undergraduates from the Central University for Nationalities, with ethical costumes on, delivered a long cloth roll with some 11000 signatures from Haikou, Hannan Province to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bid Committee, to show their support for Beijing's bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games. |  |
