A laborer checks the newly installed chairs at the tribune inside the construction site of the National Olympic Stadium, also known as the "Bird's Nest", in Beijing November 9. The main stadium for next year's Beijing Olympic Games, the US$400 million "bird's nest", will open to the public for the first time in April to host a test event.

A general view of the construction site inside the National Olympic Stadium.

A worker walks on steel frames inside the construction site of the National Olympic Stadium.

(China Daily November 12, 2007)