Our emphasis will be on the new venues, and the basic structure of them as well as the Olympic village, media village and National Conference Center will be completed by this year.

The torch will also go to the top of Mount Everest as it is known in the west. This has never been done before.

The imbalanced development between cities and the countryside is the biggest obstacle on China's road to a harmonious society.

people's lives are freer and happier.

The 92 per cent similarity may mean nothing and does not prove the bat was the original host. Even if two viruses are more than 99 per cent similar to each other, we still cannot say that they have a host relationship.

They reflect the cultural diversity of China as a multi-ethnic country. They represent the enthusiasm and aspirations of our people.