Official website of 2008 Olympic Host News Agency launched
12/9/2007 17:19
Xinhua News Agency, the host news agency of the Beijing 2008 Olympic
Games, launched the official website for the Games (www.beijing2008.news.cn)
today. Xinhua, the largest news and information collecting and distribution
organization in China, was appointed last October by the International Olympic
Committee (IOC) the Host News Agency of the 2008 Olympics and entrusted to set
up the National Olympic Photographic Pool (NOPP). In line with the agreement,
the Host News Agency is obliged to give a comprehensive news and photographic
coverage of the Beijing Olympics for other Chinese media organizations, and the
NOPP obliged to give a comprehensive photographic coverage of the Olympics, in
particular of the host nation's athletes. The NOPP should make available to
the IOC and BOCOG, free of charge, every day during the Olympic Games, a full
edited sets each to the IOC and BOCOG representing the best pictures of the NOPP
production. The official website of the 2008 Olympics Host News Agency,
established and maintained by Xinhuanet, the online news service of Xinhua News
Agency, releases news about the 2008 Olympic Games around the clock. It provides
news service in three languages -- Chinese, English and French, and adopts an
all-media approach in its release of news, including text, photos, graphics,
audio, video and SMS. Vice president of Xinhua Ma Shengrong made a commitment
to fulfill the mission when signing the agreement with the IOC and BOCOG last
October. "It is our obligation to promote the Olympic Spirit around the globe
and ensure a comprehensive coverage of the Beijing Olympics, " said Ma. "As
Host News Agency, Xinhua would also like to promise to provide media
organizations from all over the world with assistance to the best of our
capacities," he added. Xinhua is a news agency with a global reach, providing
non-stop news service in seven languages -- Chinese, English, French, Spanish,
Russian, Arabic and Portuguese.
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