Partner Cities of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
Hong Kong
Location: Hong Kong
Venue: Hong Kong Olympic Equestrian Venue (Shatin)
Competition: Equestrian
There are two venues for the Equestrian events of the 2008 Olympic Games:
ⅰ. The Jumping and Dressage events will take place at the Hong Kong Olympic Equestrian Venue (location: Shatin);
ⅱ. The Cross-Country test of the Eventing competition will take place at the Hong Kong Olympic Equestrian Venue (location: Beas River).
Qingdao
Location: City of Qingdao
Venue: Qingdao International Sailing Center
Competition: Sailing
The Qingdao International Sailing Center for the Games of the 29th Olympiad is located on the old site of the Beihai shipyard by Qingdao’s Fushan Bay in China’s Shangdong Province. It covers a total area of 45 hectares (450,000 sq.m.), two thirds of which will be utilised for the competitions.
Tianjin
Location: Tianjin
Venue: Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium
Competition: Football Preliminaries
Serving as one of the Football venues, the Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium covers 78,000 square meters, with a seating capacity of 60, 000. Designed by AXS SAWTO Inc. (Japan), the project fully reflects the three Olympic concepts — “Green Olympics,” “High-tech Olympics,” and “People’s Olympics.”
Shanghai
Location: Shanghai
Venue: Shanghai Stadium
Competition: Football Preliminary
Shanghai is situated in the middle of the east coastline and southern wing of the Yangtze River Delta. It is China’s major industrial and commercial centre. Shanghai has a population of over 13.5 million, ranking first in China in terms of population and population density. It is an important hub for land, marine and air transportation in China, with its ports ice-free all the year round.
Shenyang
Location: Shenyang
Venue: Shenyang Olympic Stadium
Competition: Football Preliminary
Seats: 60,000
Qinhuangdao
Location: Qinhuangdao, Hebei Province Venue: Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium
Competition: Football Preliminary
The Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium will serve as one of the Football venues during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The stadium lies inside the Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center on the Hebei Avenue.
The construction was started in May 2002 and completed on July 30, 2004. Covering 168,000 square meters, the Olympic-standard stadium has a seating capacity of 33,572, 0.2% of which is reserved for the disabled persons.
