北京奥组委执行副主席蒋效愚，在第三届世界华文传媒论坛上，做了《2008奥运·中国·北京》的主题发言。他透露，北京奥运会将按照量入为出、收支平衡、确保略有结余来安排预算，“预计1600万美元的盈余是有把握的”。

　　Beijing will spend less on staging the Olympic Games than Athens, according to Jiang Xiaoyu, executive vice-president of Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games.

　　The 2004 Olympics cost Athens 2.4 billion US dollars.

　　Jiang Xiaoyu made the remarks at a forum of International Chinese Media in Wuhan.

　　He said further that Beijing will continue to observe the principle of a “frugal Olympics” in organizing the 2008 Games.

　　Beijing has an original operating budget of 1.609 billion US dollars for the Games, and expects to earn 1.625 billion US dollars.