Making the Olympics more harmonious

BEIJING, Aug. 2 -- After two years of hard work and inspiration, composer Giorgio Moroder and his friend, Shanghainese pianist Kong Xiangdong, have completed the song "Forever Friends," their offering for the theme song of the 2008 Olympic Games.

Moroder, who composed the themes for the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games and the 1990 World Cup, will introduce the work at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday in a special Olympics program on CCTV.

Chinese singers Wang Feng and Sun Yue with Hong Kong artists Eason Chan and Yoey Yung will combine later to perform "Forever Friends" at the Beijing Olympics one-year countdown at Tian'anmen Square on Wednesday.

"You'll find typical Chinese elements in this song," said Kong who believes a successful Olympic song should be one that can be accepted and sung widely - like "Hand in Hand" the theme song of the 1988 Olympics.