"I hope next year"s Beijing Paralympics will promote Beijing all over the world as a city accessible to the physically challenged," said Zhao Chanluan, President of the Beijing Disabled Persons" Federation. China"s capital is fast becoming accessible to the disabled, and the Paralympics have played a large part in that.The Games have provided a catalyst for the city to build facilities and introduce regula-tions for future construction, which will allow disabled people to more fully partic-ipate in Beijing"s social life.