Special Report: 17th CPC National Congress
BEIJING, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- The newly built swimming
venue for Beijing Olympics was financed by overseas Chinese, a senior official
with the organizing committee said Friday.
Liu Jingmin, executive vice president of the Beijing
Organizing Committee of the 2008 Olympic Games (BOCOG), said at a press briefing
that 830 million yuan (110.7 million U.S. dollars) of investment has arrived for
the construction of the glittering National Aquatics Center, nicknamed Water
Cubic.
Liu said the organizing committee hoped to further
cooperate with overseas Chinese in the preparation of the Games.
According to Liu, there are roughly 60 million
overseas Chinese around the world, who he said could do more for the Games that
is scheduled to open on Aug. 8, 2008.
