International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge arrived in Beijing on Saturday morning to start a three-day visit to the host city of the 2008 Olympic Games.

Rogge, who is on his third visit to the Chinese capital, arrived at the Capital International Airport at 7:40 a.m. (Beijing time) aboard flight AF128.

Beijing vice mayor Liu Jingmin held a brief welcome ceremony at the airport.

Rogge is scheduled to pay an inspection tour of some venues for the 2008 Games Saturday afternoon and hold talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao.

The IOC chief will open the debriefing of the Athens Olympics on Sunday. The debriefing also serves as the official transfer of knowledge meeting between Athens organizers and their Beijing counterparts.

(Xinhua News Agency October 30, 2004)