Special report:   2008 Olympic Games 

    RIGA, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Estonian Deputy Parliamentary Speaker Kristiina Ojuland said Monday that hosting the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games will further boost China's development and make it a more open and prosperous country, according to reports reaching here from the Estonian capital Tallinn.

    Hosting the Olympics will showcase China to the whole world, which the Chinese deserve to be proud of, Ojuland said while meeting with a visiting Chinese delegation headed by Chen Haosu, president of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries.

    She pointed out that Estonia maintains a cordial relationship with China, with more and more Estonian entrepreneurs wishing to cooperate with China in recent years. Ojuland also welcomed Chinese entrepreneurs to invest in her country.

    For his part, Chen said China will continue to stick to its reform and opening-up policy, and is ready to develop friendly cooperative relations with Estonia on different levels in various fields.

    Also on Monday, the Chinese delegation met Estonian Olympic Committee President Mart Siimann who expressed his opposition to linking sports with politics.

    Estonia will send its largest ever sports delegation to the Beijing Games and is confident of achieving good results in disciplines where it enjoys an advantage, Siimann said.