The Athletes' Center is located between the Olympic Sub-Village and the land docking area, with a total floor area of 16,600 square meters, 3 floors above ground and 2 floors underground. Functions during the race include the international area of the Olympic sub-village and part of the competition area. The Athletes' Center will become a museum of the Olympic Sailing and a place for fitness and leisure after the event.
Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center is located in Qingdao's new eastern district of Fushan Bay, the original site of the Beihai Shipyard, adjacent to the Wusi Square and the East China Sea Road, the city's famous scenic spot, "Yandao Autumn Tide" is located in the base of the southeastern corner of the Yandao Island Hill, which is located in the mountains and the sea with beautiful scenery, the 29th Olympic Games and 13th Paralympic Games sailing competitions will be held in the 29th Olympic Games and 13 Paralympic Games in 2008, the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games will be held in the base. The 29th Olympic Games and 13th Paralympic Games will be held here in 2008.
Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center construction process closely around the "Green Olympics, the Olympic Games of science and technology, the humanistic Olympics" three major concepts, in accordance with the "sustainable development, full use of the post-competition and to leave the Olympic cultural heritage" principle, a high starting point for planning, It is planned from a high starting point, designed at a high level and constructed at a high standard. Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center adopts a series of new technology, which plays the role of demonstration platform. The Olympic Sailing Base also pays attention to the environmental landscape planning, through the three north-south axes, namely: West Axis - Ocean Culture Axis, Central Axis - Celebration Culture Axis, East Axis - Natural Culture Axis, forming an intentional "Chuan" character. The theme of the exhibition is "Happiness and Dance? The theme of "Hai Nai Bai Chuan" implies that Qingdao is opening its doors to the world with a broad mind. Qingdao Olympic Sailing flies the national flags of all countries, so there are as many national flags as there are countries participating in the Olympic Sailing Competition.
The 2008 Olympic Sailing schedule was originally planned to be 13 days, but the Qingdao Olympic Sailing Committee conducted several rounds of consultation, research and application, and finally added two days to the schedule, extending it to 15 days.
***Nine classes and 11 events, producing 11 gold medals, will be contested by 400 athletes from 65 countries and regions.
The Paralympic Sailing Championships will be held from Sept. 8 to 13.
***Three events, producing three gold medals, will be contested by 80 athletes from 30 countries and regions.
In the history of the Olympic Sailing Championships, the Chinese team has won two silver medals in 1992 and 2004, this local combat, naturally, to aim high. Just a few days ago, Yao Xinpei, the leader of the Chinese sailing and windsurfing team, vowed that "the Chinese sailing and windsurfing team's goal of realizing a 'zero breakthrough' in gold medals at the Qingdao Olympics will remain unchanged." In Yao Xinpei's view, the history of the Chinese delegation in the Olympic Games to bring back two silver medals for the women's windsurfing program will be the most promising Chinese team to win gold, other projects such as laser radial class, men's windsurfing and Yingling class has the strength of the impact of the medals.