Chinese vice-premier meets with IOC president
BEIJING, China (Xinhua) — Chinese vice-premier Liu Yandong met on Friday with President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach in Beijing, the host city of the World Athletics Championships which opened here yesterday.
The vice-premier extended gratitude to the IOC and its full membership for the trust shown to China as the Chinese capital, Beijing, was awarded the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Kuala Lumpur in July.
Liu said China would be strictly in compliance with IOC rules, in particular following the guidance of the Olympic Agenda 2020 to present a fantastic, extraordinary and excellent Winter Olympics in the seven years to come.
Bach congratulated Beijing on winning the right to host the games, and expressed his confidence about the successful delivery of the games.
The 15th World Athletics Championships kicked off in the “Bird’s Nest” National Stadium and runs through to August 30. According to the organisers, about 1,900 athletes will compete here and most ofthe 570,000 tickets were sold.