日前，一本記錄第29屆奧運會籌辦工作進程的刊物《北京2008》正式創刊。《北京2008》為16開的彩頁雜志，目前已有中英文、中法文兩個版本，每期發行約兩萬冊，發行對象為奧林匹克大家庭成員、境外媒體等。該雜志的內容豐富、文字生動、編排獨特、制作精美，既展現了中國傳統文化特色，又具有國際水準。2006年，《北京2008》雜志為季刊，2007年、2008年將由季刊改為雙月刊、月刊。

The first periodical recording the progress being made in Beijing's preparations for the Olympic Games - Beijing 2008 - was officially issued in Beijing recently. The magazine consists of 16 pages with an issue of approximately 20,000 volumes. The color-printed magazine carries articles in Chinese-English and Chinese-French bi-linguistic versions. Targeting the International Olympic Committee (IOC), National/Regional Olympic Committees, International Sports Federations (IFs), members of the Olympic Family, and overseas media, the first issue of the publication shed light on Beijing's eleventh five-year plan, and glanced at the Olympic preparation progress. The journal, currently a quarterly, will be issued more regularly and next year it is expected to be a bi-monthly while in 2008 it will be a monthly. President of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) Liu Qi and IOC President Rogge Jacques have sent their congratulations to its first issue.