ALTHOUGH the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games are still six years away, the city’s security departments have already started detailing security plans.

　Yesterday’s China Daily quoted sources with the Beijing Bureau of Public Security saying the bureau had invited 22 experts from disaster relief, meteorology, electricity, construction and other industries closely related to public security, to be members of a special expert pool.

　These experts will make suggestions and help evaluate security measures at every stage leading to the Games, the newspaper said.

　The bureau will also build a large-scale security inspection network supervising stadiums and places visitors are likely to congregate, according to police sources.

　Special anti-terrorist police troops are scheduled to be organized in the next few years. They will be the backbone of security forces and the first unit of its kind in China.

　Special helicopter landing pads near the main Olympic stadium to the north of the city are also under consideration.

　The bureau said that about 100,000 security force members would be needed, including 40,000 policemen, 27,500 armed police, 10,000 social security officers and 5,000 volunteers.

　Beijing will let tenders for an Olympic venue security system contract next month.(SD-Xinhua)