Construction Location: Beijing Olympic Park (Olympio the Sport Park)

Site type: new competition venues Park

Structural types: thin-film structure, space steel frame structure

Building area: 79,532 m2

Building height: 31 m

Covers an area: 62,950 m2

Length, width, height: 177m (length) × 177m (width) x 31m (high)

Event function: swimming, diving, synchronized swimming

The number of seats: 4000 (permanent), 2000 (removable), 11000 Temporary seats

Start time: December 24, 2003

Time for Completion: January 28, 2008

Construction cost: about 1.02 billion (from all walks of life donated about 850 million yuan)

Owners of units: Beijing State-owned Assets Management Limited Liability Company

Design unit: built in the design of the Commonwealth, Australia's PTW Architects, ARUP Australia Pty Ltd design

Construction units: the construction of a Bureau of Construction and Development Co., Ltd.

Building referred to as: the Water Cube (Water Cube)

English name: the National Aquatics Centre, (the National Aquatics Center)