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China National Convention Center

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Type
  
Mixed use

Management
  
CNCC

Structural engineer
  
Arup

Address
  
Chaoyang, China, 100101

Floors
  
8

Architectural style
  
Postmodern Architecture

Architecture firm
  
RMJM

Location
  
Beijing

Floor count
  
8 2 below ground

Main contractor
  
Beijing North Star

Opened
  
2008

Floor area
  
27 ha

Phone
  
+86 10 8437 2008

China National Convention Center

Similar
  
Olympic Green, Beijing National Stadium, Beijing National Indoor St, Beijing National Aquatics, Capital Indoor Stadium

China national convention center


The China National Convention Center, previously known as the Olympic Green Convention Center (simplified Chinese: 国家会议中心; traditional Chinese: 國家會議中心; pinyin: Guójiā Huìyì Zhōngxīn) is a convention center located in the Olympic Green in Beijing. It was designed by RMJM and was originally used for the 2008 Summer Olympics and Paralympics. It covers an area of 270,000 square metres. It was one of the four principal buildings of the Olympic Green.

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The convention center served as the competition spot for the fencing, and the shooting and fencing parts of the modern pentathlon events in the 2008 Summer Olympics and the boccia and wheelchair fencing events at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. The International Broadcast Centre was located in this venue.

China national convention center 11 4 2014


Transportation

The nearest subway station is Olympic Green (exit E) on line 8

References

China National Convention Center Wikipedia