A model of the National Swimming Center, a major venue for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The Sino-Australian joint plan beat out all others in the international design competition last month. With investment of 830 million yuan (US$100 million), the center's construction is scheduled to begin by the end of this year and should be completed by 2006. [newsphoto.com.cn]

A model of the National Swimming Center, a major venue for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. [newsphoto.com.cn]

The signing ceremony for the Natinoal Swimming Centre between the designers and the State-owned Assets Management Company at the Beijing Hotel, in Beijing, July 29, 2003. [newsphoto.com.cn]

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