At first, the budget proposed by Beijing Olympic bid committee was $6543.8+625 million. Subsequently, in 2003, the President of the Coordination Committee of the International Olympic Committee, Verbruggen, said that this figure was adjusted to $654.38+07 billion.
In August, 2005, Yu Zaiqing, vice chairman of BOCOG, said that the total budget of the Beijing Olympic Games was US$ 2.3 billion, and this US$ 2.3 billion would not depend on state funding, mainly from the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and the remaining US$ 654.38 billion would be mainly raised by the Organizing Committee through the planning and ticket sales of the partners, sponsors and suppliers of the 2008 Olympic Games Organizing Committee.
In fact, Beijing's investment in this sports event has long been measured.
The book Economic Research of Beijing Olympic Games published in 2003 revealed that according to the financial budget of Beijing's Olympic bid report and the data of Beijing's Tenth Five-Year Plan, the total investment of the Olympic Games will reach 280 billion yuan, including 654.38+080 billion yuan for urban infrastructure construction: 90 billion yuan will be used to build subways, light rails, expressway and airports. 45 billion yuan for environmental governance; 30 billion yuan for information construction; The remaining 654.38+0.5 billion yuan was used for the construction and renovation of living facilities such as water, electricity and heat. This book is edited by Liu Qi, secretary of Beijing Municipal Party Committee.
As the Olympic Games approaches, these figures are not static. Deputy Director Yu Environmental Activities Department has revealed that in the Beijing Olympic Games investment budget plan, the investment funds for environmental governance have been adjusted from 45 billion yuan to 57 billion yuan.
Construction pressure
Beijing has been emphasizing the concept of "frugal Olympics". Beijing has made appropriate adjustments to the construction plan of Olympic venues. The National Stadium "Bird's Nest", which once invested the most, was slimmed down, and the cost was reduced from 3.89 billion yuan to 2.3 billion yuan. The steel consumption of the National Aquatics Center "Water Cube" has also decreased from the initial 4,900 tons to 4,300 tons.
However, budget pressure still plagues contractors. Due to the fixed budget and rising material costs, some Olympic venue construction enterprises may face a shortage of funds.
Due to the high cost of ETFE (ethylene tetrafluoroethylene polymer) membrane used in the water cube, Sun Hongzhuang, the project manager of the construction and development company of China Construction First Bureau, said in an interview not long ago that the cost control pressure of the water cube with the original cost of 654.38 billion yuan increased.
In 2008, Xu Bo, deputy commander and office director of the engineering construction headquarters, said in June 5438+ 10 that the actual expenditure of some venue construction enterprises may be higher than the bidding expectation. However, they have confidence in the performance of contractors, and are also strengthening the cost control of government investment.
Relevant persons from the 2008 Engineering Construction Headquarters Office told this reporter yesterday that they will control the construction cost of Olympic venues in strict accordance with the investment budget.
According to the plan, the construction of all competition venues and related facilities for this year's Beijing Olympic Games will be completed before the end of the year to ensure the holding of 23 test events.
International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge also said that he was not worried about the financial problems of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. He believes that the operation of the Beijing Olympic Games will be 100% profitable, at least to ensure a balance of payments.
Regarding Beijing's investment in urban infrastructure, Rogge believes that the decision should be made by the China government and the people of China, and the people of China will benefit from it in the coming decades. And these themselves are a difficult thing to calculate clearly.