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China Attends World Conference on Doping

Posted November 16, 2007 at 10:10 AM by Jamal Walker

Section: Beijing 2008, Doping

A Chinese delegation is in Madrid to attend the third World Conference on Doping.

Led by Duan Shijie, vice-minister of the General Administration of Sport, the delegation is comprised of officials from the aforesaid administration, the China Anti-doping Agency, the Chinese Olympic Committee, the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) and the China Disabled Persons’ Federation.

According to Duan, he will speak at Friday’s session on China’s anti-doping efforts and the measures to be taken during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

During the three-day meeting, China will join other countries in discussing the revision of the existing World Anti-Doping Code which came into force in 2004, and will exchange views on the technological, educational and financial aspects of the fight against doping and on the role of athletes in this campaign.

About 1,500 delegates representing governments, sports organizations, anti-doping agencies, athletes, observers and media are studying new measures against the plague.

Via: Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG)

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