Does BOCOG want a new logo, along with a mascot for the 2008 Games?
The experience of cities which have hosted Games shows that their organizing committee needed a logo for many reasons ?to protect its own rights and interests, for example. This year, BOCOG will begin collecting designs for its own logo, anthem and mascot for the 2008 event. Anyone interested in the Beijing Games, and who supports the city, is welcome to contribute. To facilitate marketing, the committee will make public the final designs of the logo, anthem and mascot before the end of 2002. Selection of the logo and mascot will be the most important job for our Information and Publicity Department in 2002. Can you update our readers on the construction of competition sites? This will be in four phases. The first phase began in August last year, and will end during this coming June when plans for construction will be finalized … in effect, the construction sites location decided. Meanwhile, BOCOG will work out various policies for (construction) bid invitation and tendering, and the
