Yesterday, the International Olympic Committee and Beijing Organizing Committee held a press conference the main press center informed the operation of the Olympic Games.glue stick At the meeting, the Beijing Olympic Games spokesman Wang Wei denied the spread of the Internet lead to say the Olympic medals.
At the meeting, asked the media, the Internet rumors Jin Xiang Yu the Beijing Olympic Games medals in addition to gold rather than the outside part of the gold, and medals will contain harmful lead.
"I wanted to write (this) blog who is (are) a joke,glue gun this is not true." Beijing Olympic spokesman Wang Wei said, gold itself is not pure gold, but silver medals from the 6 grams of gold plated into. In addition, this blog mentioned that the medal is the largest manufacturer of gold exporters hundred percent gold company in Wuhan, in fact, there is no such company. Beijing Olympic medals and processing enterprises is the China Banknote Printing and Minting Company Limited under the Shanghai Mint.
In addition, Wang said all the Olympic medals metal raw materials produced by Australian company BHP, refined gold (Information, Quote), copper and gold from the copper mine in Chile ESCONDIDA. Gold silver bronze medal in the ore from Australia CANNINGTON from ore smelting, bronze raw copper electrolytic copper from Chile SPENCE.
To ensure that the choice of mineral production to the requirements of the Olympic medals, Wang said after smelting in China, all the metal materials in the manufacture of medals were passed before the gold and silver products by the State Quality Inspection Center of professional testing to show that the gold content reached 99.9%.
At the meeting, Wang Wei said in answer to a reporter's question, the Olympic Park in the central area of the Civilization Office of tickets to the main by the community responsible for the payment, the community has organized a number of spectators to the Olympic Park. If people come to think of the Olympic Park, you can apply in the community Civilization Office, tickets are free. If a foreigner, you can apply for travel or in the restaurant. Currently, the Beijing Organizing Committee votes that the restaurant is relatively small, the restaurant has just increased the amount of votes.
He said the authorities concerned the flow of the entire Olympic Park has an estimate, especially now that track and field competition begins, it is probably what traffic, this area is controlled by the parties concerned.
He also said that the Olympic Games do not have tickets for sale, have all been sold. Currently, only some emergency tickets, which with the usual practice is the same as the amount of the contingency vote about 2% of the total number of votes, it spread to every corner of the stadium. If a place such as a corner block, accidents, these votes are used to solve this problem urgently, these votes must be retained.
The same day, in answer to a reporter's question, the International Olympic Committee press officer Ji Saila said the Coordination Committee of the two meetings interval of 8 days, 15 after the convening of the next meeting scheduled for 23, which is unprecedented. Ji Saila said that the International Olympic Committee is now fully reflect the success of the Beijing Olympic Games was very reassuring.