Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), visits the office of Xinhua News Agency at the Main Press Center (MPC) in Beijing, China, August 14, 2008. Peng Shujie (1st right), deputy editor-in-chief of Xinhua News Agency, briefs Rogge on Xinhua's coverage of the Olympic Games.  (Xinhuanet Photo)

Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), visits the office of Xinhua News Agency at the Main Press Center (MPC) in Beijing, China, August 14, 2008. (Xinhuanet Photo)

    President of the International Olympic Committee Jacques Rogge visited Xinhua News Agency's newsroom at the Main Press Center (MPC) of the Beijing Games on Thursday.

    Rogge praised Xinhua and its website for the Olympic coverage. "Look at the website of Xinhua, you see the latest news, you see the gold medals, you can see all the excitement of the Olympic Games."

    The IOC president said he was deeply impressed with Xinhua's Olympic coverage in terms of quantity as well as diversity, and expressed thanks for Xinhua's efforts.

    On behalf of Xinhua's management, deputy editor-in-chief Peng Shujie thanked Rogge for his support and promised quality press services for worldwide media during their Games coverage.

    The IOC appointed Xinhua as the host news agency and the national Olympic photo pool of the Beijing Olympic Games in 2006.

    Xinhua has sent a 284-strong team to cover the Games. Its 610-square-meter newsroom on the second floor of the MPC provides text, photo, video and audio, mobile text message and website coverage of the Games mainly in Chinese and English.

    As China's state news agency, Xinhua broadcasts 24 hours a day in seven languages including Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish, Arabic and Portugal.