The cost of the Beijing Olympiad may exceed $ 44 billion

Over $ 40 billion was worth the development of Beijing on the eve of the 2008 Olympics, while the total amount of Olympic costs may exceed $ 44 billion. This, according to RIA Novosti , said at a press conference by the official representative of the capital's government Liu Zhi.

According to the Beijing Government, the total cost of the 2008 Olympics, which promises to become the most expensive in history, consists of three parts.

“We will be able to find out the general numbers only after the end of the games,” the official noted. “From 2001 to 2008, the development of infrastructure, transport system, ecology was invested 280 billion yuan (about 40.9 billion dollars). This is investment in the development of Beijing infrastructure from 2001 to 2008, it would not be important or not, we should have developed peek for ours for ours. citizens ".

In addition to the development of the city, the total budget of the Beijing Olympiad includes the cost of operations conducted by the Organizing Committee of the Games, which today, according to official figures, has exceeded $ 2 billion, as well as the construction and reconstruction of facilities, which cost 13 billion Yuan (about 1.9 billion dollars).