About The City

In the past few years when I went to the Beijing city, constructions were going on all the time, it was a dusty city.

Construction of all 2008 Summer Olympics venues is expected to be completed in 2007. Over 300,000 people have been evicted from their homes thus far in Beijing, China, due to construction in preparation for the 2008 Olympics. Beijing Police placed more than 200 people under house arrest before they could petition city leaders about the evictions. The government intends to invest in thirty-seven new gymnasiums and stadiums as well as fifty-nine training centers. Its largest architectural pieces are the Beijing National Stadium, National Gymnasium, Olympic Aquatic Park, Convention Center, Olympic Village and Wukesong Cultural and Sports Center. US$2.1 billion or RMB¥17.4 billion in corporate bids and tenders are expected to fund almost 85 percent of the construction budget for the six main venues. Investments are expected from corporations seeking ownership rights after the 2008 Summer Olympics. Some venues will be owned and governed by the State General Administration of Sports which will use them after the Olympics as facilities for all future national sports teams. It was announced on July 8, 2005 that the Equestrian events were to be held in Hong Kong because of "uncertainties of equine diseases and major difficulties in establishing a disease-free zone".

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