Letter from the Editor of the Beijing Fact File, 2004

"Hello, Hi, G'day, Hola, Ciao, Ni Hao..."

Welcome to the 2004 Beijing Fact File, a compendium of current facts and statistics compiled from the most up-to-date sources for use by today's busy global professionals and distributed around the world.

Information sources used in the publication include the People's Government of Beijing Municipality; the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics and Beijing Statistical Yearbook 2004; the Beijing Official Guide 2004; Map of Beijing 2004; the Beijing environment protection and water affairs bureaus; the ministries of construction, science and technology, and communications of the People's Republic of China and BOCOG. Thanks to all concerned.

We hope 2004 continues to be an eventful and prosperous year for all users of The Fact File.

Editor

August 2004