The preliminary schedule of 2005-BAO is as follows:
May 2 (Monday) arrival in morning, registration; opening ceremony at Beijing Planetarium, then go to Hancunhe, informal receiption in Hancunhe
May 3 (Tuesday) Theoretical round; lectures; social event
May 4 (Wednesday) practical round; physical exercise; observational round
May 5 (Thursday) rest, lectures, excursions
May 6 (Friday) closing ceremony in morning, departure of some teams in afternoon

Official languages of the Olympiad are Chinese, English and Russian. Problems has been prepared by the Organizing Committee in these three languages and the leaders were responsible to translate tasks to native languages of participants just before the rounds (three hours before).

Registration fees for 2005-BAO is Euro 150 for each participant, which covers the whole expenses (food, living, and local travels) for period from morning May 2 till morning May 6, and Euro 30 for each additional day.

The deadline for 2005-BAO application is March 31, 2005. Applicants should write down the following things on the application table: name, sex, birthday, nationality, identity (student, teacher, etc.), passport number; and inform us your required documents to help you to get the visa, for example invitation by express mail or fax. There will take about 1 week (from receiving those information to sending out the invitation) for us to issue the official invitation which should be used for visa application.

Detail information will be posted in the web site http://www.bjp.org.cn/bao2005/index.htm. Contact: Dr. Jin Zhu, Beijing Planetarium, No. 138 Xiwaidajie, Beijing 100044, P. R. China. Tel. +86-10-51583002, +86-13601369613. Fax: +86-10-68353003. E-mail: jinzhu@bjp.org.cn; std@bjp.org.cn; kimmy@bjp.org.cn; kouwen@bjp.org.cn.