2008北京国际新闻中心是第29届奥运会期间北京市建设的接待世界各国和地区未获得国际奥委会注册证件的媒体记者的重要场所，是赛时北京市政府对外发布新闻的重要平台。中心将努力提供符合国际惯例的专业服务，使2008北京国际新闻中心成为服务于各国和地区媒体记者的“记者之家”。 中心设在北京中轴路二三环之间的歌华开元大酒店（原华北大酒店），距奥运主场馆2公里，公共交通便利。

基于媒体记者编采服务的需要，中心建有记者注册区、记者接待区、记者工作区、展览展示区、餐饮区和休闲娱乐区等。在奥运会期间，中心将定期召开新闻发布会，提供文字、图像、音像等多种形式的赛时信息和城市运行资讯，提供采访联络服务，并组织展览、演出、讲座等活动，传播“绿色奥运、科技奥运、人文奥运”的理念和“同一个世界、同一个梦想”主题口号，让记者朋友能共同感受、体验和分享北京奥运会的激情、欢乐、和谐、友谊与价值。

2008北京国际新闻中心将于2008年7月8日正式对中外记者开放。

2008 Beijing International Media Center is a major initiative by Beijing city government to assist many journalists coming from all over the world to cover the 2008 Olympic Games who do not hold IOC accreditation certificates.

The Media Center aims to serve as a vital platform for the latest news releases from Beijing city government. We will do our utmost to provide you with the professional services you need, in keeping with international practices. We will provide services for journalists from all the different countries and regions of the world, and we hope to create a community for everyone concerned.

2008 Beijing International Media Center is in the Ge Hua Kai Yuan Grand Hotel (formerly Hua Yuan North Grand Hotel), which is located between the Second and Third Ring Roads, 2 kilometers away from the main Olympic stadium. There is convenient public transport.

The Media Center offers services designed to meet the needs of those engaged in reporting and editing; there are sections dedicated to registration, work zones, exhibitions, restaurants, and entertainment areas. Throughout the whole period of the Olympic Games, the Media Center will hold frequent press conferences and offer plentiful information about the Games, as well as news about Beijing and events in the city. Materials will be provided in written formats, photos and video. We are also committed to offering internet services.

The Media Center will organize a series of exhibitions, performances, and lectures around the themes of the Olympic Games 2008, namely a “Green Olympics, high-Tech Olympics and People’s Olympics”, as well as the slogan “One World, One Dream”. We hope to give journalists the chance to enjoy themselves and the Games, and to share happiness, harmony, friendship and common values.

The Beijing International Media Center will open its doors to both domestic and foreign journalists on 8 July 2008.

2008北京国际新闻中心位于鼓楼外大街19号，英文名为The 2008 Beijing International Media Center，简称BIMC。于今天同时启动的，还有位于北辰西路的北京奥运会主新闻中心（The 2008 Main Press Center，简称MPC）。但这两个新闻中心的功能有所不同，前者是提供奥运会期间的非赛事新闻，而后者则为赛事新闻。