SOCIETY

Open to Tourists Beijing's Olympic venues will open to tourists during the weeklong National Day holiday beginning October 1, an official said on August 27. The venues, including the National Stadium and the National Aquatics Center, will be open to the public as they appeared during the Games, and an aquatic amuse- ment park project will begin operation in the National Aquatics Center at the end of the year, said Vice Mayor of Beijing Chen Gang.