|
LIFE> Special Coverage
![]() |
|
30 Reasons to watch the Games
(China Daily)
Updated: 2008-07-08 15:08 18. Highest spending The cost of the Beijing Games will dwarf the previous Olympics in Greece with total investment likely to reach $43 billion. Venues, estimated to have cost about $1.8 billion to build, will be utilized as public sport and entertainment complexes afterwards.
Beijing also spent $16 billion in the past decade reducing smog, while additional infrastructure, such as the world's largest airport terminal, T3, an advanced railway station and new subway systems required vast expenditure. 19. Largest transport expansion Beijing's first subway linking Fuxingmen and Beijing Railway Station was initially built for military use, but today, 1.5 million passengers ride the 2-yuan subway each day.
The existing subway network spans 155 km and has 93 stations. Three new lines will open shortly before the Games, to transport visitors to and from the new airport terminal and between the Bird's Nest and downtown, and construction of more lines will continue following them. At least six others are already under construction, with an aim to stretch the network to more than 561 km and 420 stations. 20. Highest number of mascots - five Multiple Olympic mascots are not uncommon, but for the first time more than three figures will share Summer Olympic mascot duty when the five Fuwa take center stage. Featuring four of China's most popular animals - the fish, the panda, the Tibetan antelope and the swallow - and the Olympic flame, the mascots' names are "Beibei," "Jingjing," "Huanhuan," "Yingying" and "Nini," which together reads in Chinese as "Beijing welcomes you". |
都昌县| 巴里| 丰县| 巴青县| 交口县| 邹城市| 左权县| 德保县| 伊宁县| 卓尼县| 莲花县| 康平县| 家居| 湄潭县| 仁化县| 德惠市| 诸暨市| 文成县| 彰化县| 邵东县| 汨罗市| 樟树市| 巧家县| 连云港市| 湾仔区| 庆安县| 扶沟县| 大姚县| 铁岭市| 民权县| 博白县| 华宁县| 合阳县| 巴林右旗| 泰宁县| 徐州市| 常熟市| 大理市| 盱眙县| 东源县| 凤阳县|