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Transcript: Innovation — China: Olympics Welcome

  1. Montage of Scenes of an Olympic gymnast vaulting, ping-pong players playing ping-pong, a group of people exercising, the Chinese flag waving high in Beijing, the Olympic flag waving, and a car passing a structure.

    Music In
    Liu Zhihong (voiceover):
    It was really great news when Beijing won the opportunities, and I think...
  2. Interior – Stadium – Day. Medium Shot – Liu Zhihong

    Liu Zhihong (continued):
    the whole city was very excited.
  3. Montage of Scenes of Chinese citizens dancing, tossing balloons, and children posing in front of the camera.

    Maggie Wang (voiceover):
    I am proud to...
  4. Exterior – Beijing – Day. Close Shot – Maggie Wang.

    Maggie Wang (continued):
    be a part of the Olympic Games in Beijing.
  5. Montage of Scenes of a giant mural displaying a runner on a racetrack, standing over the word "Beijing", the Olympic rings displayed prominently on an arena, and Chinese citizens browsing in a marketplace.

    Maggie Wang (voiceover):
    This is the first time for Chinese to welcome, uh, the athlete and the audience from all of the world.
  6. Montage of Shots of cooks preparing food and patrons sampling the food.

    Gloria Shen (voiceover):
    I think it's very good...
  7. Interior – Room – Day.

    Gloria Shen (continued):
    time and a good opportunity...
  8. Exterior – Beijing – Day. Long Shot – A bicyclist on his bicycle on the street. Camera pans left as he rides left.

    Gloria Shen (voiceover) (continued):
    to show people what is...
  9. Point of View from Statue, High Angle Distant Shot – Beijing Cityscape.

    Gloria Shen (voiceover) (continued):
    China.
  10. Long Shot – Wall. Pedestrians partially in from right. Camera tilts down as the pedestrians walk left along the wall.

  11. Interior – Engineering Building. Montage of Shots of engineers gathered around a table talking, working at computers, discussing concepts in front of video screens, and a teacher instructing students.

    Paul Corkery (voiceover):
    One thing we did here in Beijing is we put a technical team on the ground that consisted of both foreign engineers and local engineers. So we...
  12. Interior – Room. Medium Shot – Paul Corkery.

    Paul Corkery (continued):
    had the right blend of engineers to get the most talented team.
  13. Exterior – Beijing.

    Lu Yan:
    My friends call me saying, what are you doing? And I saying, I'm working on Olympics.
  14. Montage of Scenes of pedestrians passing a sign that reads "2008", and a gymnast training on parallel bars.

    Lu Yan (voiceover):
    And they all say, what? Olympics? You mean really the, the Olympics?
  15. Exterior – Stadium – Day. Medium Full Shot – three women.

    Lu Yan (voiceover):
    I said, yes.
  16. Montage of Scenes in Beijing, a fountain spouting water around the emblem of the Olympic rings, pedestrians passing a subway station.

    Matt Liu (voiceover):
    When I was a child, I couldn't imagine that I was here now. But today I am very...
  17. Exterior – Stadium – Day. Extreme Close Shot – Matt Liu.

    Matt Liu (continued):
    proud of to be- be a member of the Olympic team in GE.
  18. Interior – Office – Day. Medium Close Shot – Song Hai

    Song Hai:
    It's like, uh, dream comes true.
  19. Black.

    Music Out