Liu Qi meets French Olympic Committee president
Updated: 2006-05-15 16:00
BEIJING -- President of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the
XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) Liu Qi met with President of the French Olympic Committee
Henri Serandour and his party in Beijing on Monday.
Liu Qi (right) presents a souvenir to Mr.
Henri Serandour a the end of the meeting. |
Extending his welcome to the visitors, Liu said the preparatory work for the
2008 Olympic Games goes smoothly.
BOCOG has received strong support from the International Olympic Committee
(IOC), the international sports federations (IFs) and the national and regional
Olympic committees (NOCs) for quite a long time and BOCOG wants to keep close
links with NOCs, Liu said.
Describing France as a country which has made a great contribution to the
international Olympic movement and has accumulated a wealth of experience in
preparing large sport events, Liu said BOCOG is keen to learn from and draw on
France's successful experiences.
"We hope that France will provide valuable advice for us to improve services
for athletes and we welcome people around the world, including the French youth,
to take part in various undertakings of the 2008 Games," Liu pointed out.
Thanking Liu for the meeting, Serandour said the French Olympic Committee
will strengthen cooperation with Beijing in the Olympic volunteer program,
television broadcasting and other areas and do everything in its capability to
help and support the 29th Olympiad.
Present at the meeting was BOCOG Executive Vice President and
Secretary-General Wang Wei.
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