From August 3 to 7: 120th International Olympic
Committee Session is to be held in Beijing.
August 6: The Olympic flame arrives in
Beijing.
17:00-21:30 of August 6: The first match, the women
football match is to be held at the Tianjin Olympic Center
Stadium.
17:00-21:30 of August 7: China's Olympic Football
Team makes its first appearance at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
at the Shanghai Stadium.
At 20: 00 of August 8: The Opening Ceremony of the
2008 Beijing Olympic Games is to be held at the National Stadium or
the "Bird's Nest".
The opening ceremony lasts for about three and a half hours. Zhang
Yimou, the general director of the opening ceremony, revealed that
the performance would demonstrate to the world China's splendid
culture of 5000 years, China's modern spirit, the Olympic spirit as
well as Chinese broad mindedness.
August 9: The first gold medal comes from the
shooting event or women's weightlifting.
19:00-22:40 of August 16: Men's 100 meter match
is to be held inside the "Bird's Nest".
August 17: Today is to produce 34 gold medals.
Table tennis is to produce its first gold medal.
9:00-11:58 AM of August 18: Men's 100 meter
Hurdles is to be held at the "Bird's Nest".
19:00-22:18 of August 21: Men's 100 meter Hurdles
finals is to be held at the "Bird's Nest".
20:00-22:10 of August 23: Women's volleyball finals is to
be held at the Capital Gymnasium.
13:30-18:20 and 13:00-17:20 of August 24: The last gold
medal arises from the men's handball, the men's marathon or the
men's water-polo.
20:00-23:00 of August 24: The Closing Ceremony
of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games is to be held at the National
Stadium or the "Bird's Nest".
(China.org.cn)