Spanish sailors return to port after training. Thirty-four teams are now in Qingdao for 15 days to familiarize themselves with the course for the Olympic sailing competition in August. Ju Chuanjiang

    More than 50 new technological achievements are ready for use in Qingdao's Olympic sailing competition in August.

    "These technology achievements cover weather reporting, intelligent transportation, application of wind power and food safety, as well as sanitation and medical treatment," an official from the Olympic Sailing Committee (Qingdao) of Beijing Organizing Committee of the Games told China Daily.

    China's first vehicle-borne Doppler radar will be used in the coming Olympic sailing competition to provide highly accurate information on wind speed and direction of the sea surface.

    "This is the first time this technology will be used (in a sailing event)," said the official. "Only a few countries - for example the United States, Germany and France - have Doppler radar."

    Twenty-five new technologies have been used in construction of the Olympic Village and the Athletes Center of the Qingdao International Sailing Center, including solar water heating and solar street lights.

    Construction of the village and the athletes center have now passed examinations by experts in new technology applications.

    According to the experts, technologies used at the Qingdao center lead the nation and can efficiently serve the 2008 Olympic sailing competition.

    For the first time in China, a remote medical center and international clinic will have expert knowledge available from 35 hospitals nationwide using video links.

    Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Shanghai Huashan Hospital and China PLA General Hospital will collaborate and provide medical services for using video conferences.