It is known that the Olympic Games 2008 will be held in Beijing. All of the Chinese people feel proud of this event. It will affect the whole nation in many ways.First, this event will attract more foreign capital（外资, 外国资本） into China. Many foreign investment institutions（机构）and individuals are looking forward to this opportunity, hoping that they will make a profit investing in China. Take Sydney for example, the Olympics 2000 bring about 4 billion dollars’ worth of profit to the Cross National Product. China, as a nation with great potentialities（潜能,潜力）, ought to earn more. Second, with large numbers of tourists coming to this event, Chinese tourism and service industry will have an opportunity of blooming（繁盛）. To meet the need of foreign guests, China will have to put strength on basic construction and public projects such as traffic facilities and buildings, which, of course, will improve the living conditions of the Chinese people. Therefore, China should take this opportunity to display the fruits of the modernization construction, letting the world know about modern China, making friends with the outside world. In this sense, the benefit of the Olympics 2008 is ever-lasting.

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