Beijing reiterates commitment to host corruption-free Olympic Games

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Beijing reiterates commitment to host corruption-free Olympic Games

Beijing organizers on Monday voiced their determination here on Wednesday to curb corruption in the construction of facilities for the 2008 Olympic Games.

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Beijing organizers on Monday voiced their determination here on Wednesday to curb corruption in the construction of facilities for the 2008 Olympic Games.

"Projects for the Beijing Olympics should be projects 'in the sunshine'," said Wang Jun, vice-minster of the State General Administration of Sports (SGAS).

Wang made the remarks at a meeting held here on Monday, underlining the importance of supervision and auditing to ensure the Beijing Games "clean".

Of 20 competition venues to be built for the 2008 Olympics, the SGAS will undertake the construction of the Beijing Shooting Rangeand Laoshan Cycling Velodrome, while the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympics (BOCOG) handles the rest.

Apart from the shooting and cycling venues, the foundation of which were laid last December, the SGAS will also build a total of33 training venues and renovate six existing ones.

All these projects are expected to cost 3.8 billion yuan (about460 million US dollars).

Wang said a supervision and audit office has been set up as a part of the drive to stage a corruption-free Olympic Games in 2008.

"Every aspect concerning the Olympic construction projects is subject to the monitoring of the supervision and audit office," said Wang.

The office has worked out relevant rules and regulations to prevent any possible corruption.

"Such matters as financing, procurement and tendering will be closely watched," said Chen Shuxian, head of the supervision and audit office.

And some other measures have been adopted to guard against unhealthy tendencies concerning the projects, Chen said. "All the major preparations will be made public on the Internet and the process of preparations will be transparent," he said.

A total of 35 venues will be used during the Beijing Olympics, including 30 in Beijing and five in other cities -- Qingdao, Qinhuangdao, Shenyang, Tianjin and Shanghai.

Beijing has promised to complete the construction of Olympic venues by the end of 2006.

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