Olympic Sailing Competition Forum started from March 10th. Officers of 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition engineering department came to Forum to communicate with citizens on March 11th.

    Summary of the chat as follows:

    Q: What act will be kicked off for green environmental-protection of the city? A: To hold a ‘Green Olympics’, we have set out certain guides such as ‘Green Olympic Hotel Guide’, ‘Green Olympic Sailboat Purchase Guide’, etc. In addition, Qingdao government has strengthened environmental protection management including anti-air/water pollution, anti-construction site dust pollution, etc.

    Q: How about the subsequent use of the well-built venues? A: Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center will hold certain International sailing competitions after 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition. It also will be an AAAAA-Grade Tour Scenic Spot open for tourists from all over the world. Besides, a sailing training base and some public places for entertainment will be built in.

    Q: Is there any reconstruction project after Olympic Sailing Competition? A: A certain refit will be taken for the Olympic Sailing Center transition to be a public place.

    Q: Will the Olympic Sailing Center open to public right after the Olympics or few months later? A: After 29th Olympic Games and the 13th Paralympic Games, Olympic Sailing Center will open to public after a short term of renovation.

    A: I wonder how much we spent to build up the Olympic Sailing Center and all of these infrastructures? Q: 3.28 billion RMB is invested in the Olympic Sailing Center, which combined of 1.78 billion RMB on Beihai Dockyard relocation and preparatory work expense, 1.5 billion on project construction expense. All expense by market-oriented operation, no official finance input.

    A: What can we find from the venues with theme of "Green Olympics, High-tech Olympics and People's Olympics"? Q：The construction for Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center defers to the Olympics themes of "Green Olympics, High-tech Olympics and People's Olympics", which is also applied in combination with solar energy, wind energy, ocean energy and some other renewable energy sources. Many hi-tech resources are also be input. Besides, lots of historic figures human oriented design are also decorated in the constructing process.

    A: Besides the venue construction, I wanna know what activity embody the theme “Green”? Q: We held a series of activities such as ‘Green Olympic painting/sculpture competition’, ‘Clean community--Trash classification Contest’, etc. which gained across-the-board support. We sincerely hope that all the citizens will join in to uphold this spirit of ‘Green Olympics’ which can be a cultural Olympic heritary.