What are the benefits for Beijing to host the Olympic Games?
Through the experiences of the host cities of previous Olympic Games proved that the city greatly accelerated its modernization drive and brought about benefits to other areas of the country. The benefits in Beijing will be in several areas. First of all, large-scale urban development projects will speed up Beijing’s pace to become a modernized metropolis. In order to host 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing is renovating existing sports venues and building many new ones in order to meet the standards of Olympic Games. Meanwhile, it will also start construction and renovation projects of city’s airport, railway station, roads, telecommunication systems, news center, Olympic village and supplementary facilities. These projects will push infrastructure construction in the city to a new level. Secondly, the bid for hosting the Olympics will make Beijing a more beautiful city. As Beijing steps up efforts to protect the ecological environment, the Olympic bid will push the city to integrate sustain
