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Praises Improvement of Beijing's Environment |
BEIJING, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Beijing's
efforts to improve its environment have
won the praise of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)
working group
who wound up a three-day visit to the host city of the 2008
Olympic Games.
"We've been already informed during the evaluation stage
that there is a very
impressive budget of 12.6 billion US dollars to improve that
(the
environment)," Hein Verbruggen, head of the IOC working
group, told a press
conference at the end of the tour on Friday. Beijing promised
to make vast investments to improve the environment during
its bid for the 2008 Olympiad. "That's a very impressive
program," said Verbruggen, who was also chairman of IOC
Coordination Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games. "The
objective of that program is an overall improvement of
Beijing's environment and an improvement of quality of life."
Since July 2001 when the Chinese capital city was awarded
the right to host the Games, the municipal government has taken
concrete measures to improve the environment. The
efforts have begun to pay off as people in Beijing can see more
and more blue skies and breathe much fresher air.
Verbruggen, who was on his third visit to Beijing, said he was
much impressed with the improvement of the city's
environment. "We can conclude as we have our environmental
specialist with us that this program is very much on track
with already considerable improvements that can be noticed."
he said. The IOC team, made up of members of the IOC
Coordination Committee and experts in a variety of fields such
as traffic, environment, finance, security and marketing,
held discussions with the Beijing Organizing Committee for the
2008 Olympic Games (BOCOG) and paid visits to the
Olympic Green and Wukesong Sports and Cultural Complex during
their visit.
( from: http://www. news.xinhuanet.com
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