Liu Qi, mayor of Beijing, said November 30 that Beijing will live-cast the grand event via both TV and Internet should it win the bidding of 2008 Olympic Games.

Liu, also chairman of Beijing Olympic Bid Committee (BOBC), made these remarks during his meeting with Kerry Stokes, the executive chairman of Australian "Channel Seven", which participated in the TV broadcasting of the 27th Sydney Olympic Games.

Beijing is now making all-out efforts to build up a broad-band network system in a move to provide the 2008 Olympics with cutting-edge technologies in this area. People in every corner of the world may enjoy the Olympics online, Liu said.

The "Channel Seven" delegates, who arrived in Beijing November 28, have discussed with BOBC the design and TV broadcasting of Olympics news center. They also visited CCTV and Beijing TV stations.

??People's Daily 12/01/2000??