Beijing offers seven bids for Olympic stadiums, gymnasiums

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 ◆ Beijing offers seven bids for Olympic stadiums, gymnasiums

Seven stadiums and gymnasiums for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games are inviting bid from all over the world, the Beijing Municipal Planning Commission (BMPC) said here on Oct.25.

The seven are the National Sports Stadium (the main stadium), the National Swimming Center, the Conference Center, the National Gymnasium, the Olympic Village, the Aquatic Olympic Park and the Beijing Predial Racecourse.

According to the BMPC, bidders should be those corporations that are legally registered and independently responsible for their actions as the whole procedures followed the Chinese relevant bidding law as well as the rules of the International Olympic Committee.

It was reported that a multi-billion-dollar program was under way to build 14 new stadiums and gymnasiums as a total of 37 ones will be settled for the Olympics, and all the constructions must be completed by the end of 2006.