BOCOG holds 67th EB session
(BOCOG)
Updated: 2006-06-12 10:20
The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG)
convened its 67th Executive Board session here on Thursday.
The Beijing Organizing
Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) convened its 67th
Executive Board session in June 8, 2006. [BOCOG]
| High-Tech Olympics, one of the three concepts
of the 2008 Games, was highlighted at the meeting which debriefed a report on
the practice of the concept.
The concept serves as a key guarantee for a high-level Olympics with
distinguishing features and an important pillar of carrying out the Green
Olympics and People's Olympics, the other two Olympic concepts.
According to the meeting, the organizers of the Olympic Games will adopt a
scientific view in an effort to integrate scientific resources to meet the needs
of the impending Olympics.
Along with the Olympics comes the opportunity for scientific innovation and
the spread of scientific knowledge among the general public. Through the
High-Tech Olympics, the Games will become a platform to enhance scientific and
industrial development and bring benefit to the society.
Noting that major progress in High-Tech Olympics has been achieved, the
meeting called for increasing awareness of the importance of the High-Tech
Olympics concept. In the process of building an innovative nation and an
innovative city, people need take the opportunity provided by the Olympic Games
to increase the independent innovative capability with an aim to create a series
of intellectual properties.
The meeting encouraged the use of high and new technologies in the
construction of Olympic venues, security, information service, opening and
closing ceremonies, ticketing, environmental protection and other areas.
The meeting also urged new system and measures to support middle- and
small-sized enterprises in their innovation activities, mobilize in maximum
their positive factors, encourage them to put their technical achievements into
Olympic projects.
The meeting stressed the need to strengthen publicity of High-Tech Olympics,
especially featuring its concept and connotation, so that a favorable condition
for High-Tech Olympics can be created.
BOCOG President Liu Qi, who is also member of the Political Bureau of the
Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and secretary of the
Beijing Municipal CPC Committee, presided over the meeting. State Councilor and
BOCOG First Vice-President Chen Zhili attended the
meeting.
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