The Handover Ceremony of demonstrative new energy vehicles for the Beijing Olympics was held in Beijing on the morning of July 11, 2008.

The ceremony was attended by Mr. LIU Qi, President of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games and member of the Politburo of the CPC Central Committee, and Mr. WAN Gang, Head of the Leading Group on Hi-tech Olympics Action Plan (2008) and Minister of Science and Technology. The officials were also first passengers of the Olympic electric buses. Some 400 participants were present, coming from MOST, departments of the Beijing municipal government, the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee, related research institutes, automakers, and local governments. Mme. YANG Lan was the MC of the event.