David Beckham takes part in a training session with students at Nanjing Olympic Center in Nanjing Air VaporMax Laceless UK , east China's Jiangsu Province on June 18, 2013. (XinhuaYang Lei)
BEIJING, April 24 (Xinhua) -- China is becoming the most favorite country for world top clubs and stars to visit with the country's economy expanding and sports fans spiralling.


Former NBA star Tracy McGrady is taking part in a commercial activity in Beijing on Thursday. The former Raptors and Rockets player enjoys popularity in China for being a teammate of Chinese center Yao Ming in Houston.


McGrady also played in Chinese basketball league CBA for a season in Qingdao, Shandong province.


English soccer icon David Beckham is one of the most frequent foreign visitor to China in recent years, mainly for commercial promotions. Beckham has been named the ambassador of China's youngsters soccer program last year.


China is attractive to European top soccer clubs and also NBA league. It's confirmed that Real Madrid Air VaporMax Off White UK , AC Milan and Inter Milan will visit China this summer to attend international Champions Cup China games in July.


The Milan derby will be staged in Shenzhen on July 25. In 2011, AC Milan and Inter Milan played the Italian Super Cup game in Beijing's Bird's Nest, China National Stadium. The match turned out quite profitable for both clubs and organizer as fans flocked to the packed stadium.


Inter Milan will play against Real Madrid in Guangzhou on July 27. Two days later, Real Madrid will have a match in Shanghai playing AC Milan.


NBA China games are an usual arrangement in recent years as part of the sports promotion in China, where has the largest overseas fan base for NBA.




TOKYO， Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- The Tokyo metropolitan government is to reconsider the construction of three venues for the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics after receiving a report from a review panel on Thursday that showed costs for organizing the games might exceed 3 trillion yen (29.47 billion U.S. dollars).


The panel was set up by newly-elected Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike last month to assess the costs of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics， in an effort to fulfill her campaign promise to keep the costs for Tokyo residents "at an appropriate level."


The panel report suggested that with costs possibly exceeding