Chinese experts convened at the China Olympic Transportation Forum on Tuesday to find ways to ensure smooth traffic during the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

Experts in construction and transportation, including China's ex-vice minister of Construction Zhou Ganzhi and academician Shi Zhongheng, shared their opinions and concerns in tackling Beijing's transportation problems.

"Beijing does face the challenge of transport, which is the key to a successful Olympic Games," said Liu Jingmin, executive vice president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games (BOCOG).

"But it's also an opportunity and I believe this city's traffic conditions will be largely improved after the 2008 Games," he added.

The two-day forum would continue to discuss a wide range of issues from transportation system development to digital intelligent vehicle system and simulation.

The Beijing Municipal Transportation Committee is expected to give a report on the strategic transportation planning of the Beijing Olympics.

Government officials, who were present at the Athens Games, will also brief the forum on the situation there.

It's the second edition of such forum after the first was held in May.

(Xinhua News Agency December 8, 2004)