The night before the World Cup Finals between France and Italy, the Beijing Football Association, the YingZheng Science Company, and the Presidential Plaza Hotel came together at the hotel's Four Seasons Roof Garden to celebrate the event "Watching the World Cup, Envisioning the 2008 Olympics in Beijing". The invited guests included Shi Wanchun, China's first male soccer team player; Liu Ailing, China's first female soccer team player; and Gao Feng.