According to report, the IT and communications systems at the Beijing Olympic Games will cost around $400 million and will require the expertise of thousands of IT managers and engineers. Live testing has already started.

The Beijing Olympic Torch is of a curved surface form, with etching and anodizing being used during its production. it can keep burning for approximately 15 minutes in conditions where the flame is 25 to 30 centimetres high in a windless environment. The torch has been produced to withstand winds of up to 65 kilometres per hour and to stay alight in rain up to 50mm an hour. The flame can be identified and photographed in sunshine and areas of extreme brightness.

The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games will open after one year. The China Netcom (CNC) will be introduced in the National Integration independent research and development "Broadband, My World" Dial-client products, and will continue to provide free of charge to users online software green type.

(Xinhua) China's public health authorities have stepped up efforts to wipe out disease-carrying pests in Olympic cities before the Games next year.