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The International Olympics Committee made Beijing's dream of hosting the 2008 Games a reality - and gave a boost to many business leaders around the world.
 Today, when some 100 former athletes and associated luminaries gathered in Moscow, the IOC picked Beijing over Paris, Toronto, Istanbul, Turkey, and Osaka, Japan. Experts say markets may jump - especially for those companies associated with China or the Olympics, or both.
That's because a Beijing Olympics is expected to have a major influence on the country's economic development over the coming years, as well as the many companies trying to tap its attractive market of 1.3 billion consumers.
U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs says it estimates a Beijing Olympics would boost China's gross domestic product by 0.3 percent per year from 2002 to 2008.
"Hosting the 2008 Olympic Games would bring long-term permanent benefits to China," Goldman Sachs economist Fred Hu said.
The first Chinese Olympics in history is expected to prompt the country to embark on a huge infrastructure spending spree.
Things that need to be done include constructing sports facilities, housing, roads, airport terminals, transit railways and telecom infrastructure and launching projects to reduce industrial pollution.
Such an effort will cost billion, according to a recent report by Credit Lyonnais Securities Asia.
Stock market watchers say many speculators are snapping up any stock with "Beijing" in its name in hopes of profiting from a the expected spending boom.
The IOC's big sponsors, like Coca-Cola, Eastman Kodak and McDonald's, also stand to gain from a Beijing Olympics.
Prior to the announcement, some economists had cautioned against speculation.
Joe Zhang, China analyst at UBS Warburg in Hong Kong, told Reuters that "a lot of hot air" was causing stocks to rise.
Jun Ma, economist with Deutsche Bank in Hong Kong, also warned that not all stocks associated with Beijing would be profitable. "Benefits may be distributed very unevenly," he told Reuters.
(Agencies)
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國際奧委會讓北京圓了主辦2008年奧運會的夢想，同時更為全球無數大公司提供了商機。
今天，100名曾經的運動健將和體育明星齊聚莫斯科，目睹了國際奧委會選擇了北京--而不是巴黎、多倫多、土耳其的伊斯坦布爾和日本的大阪--作為2008年奧運會主辦者的一幕。專家看好股市，對那些跟中國或奧運有關或跟二者都有關聯的公司尤其如此。
這是因為除了眾多公司正在打開這個擁有13億人口的誘人市場的因素外，北京籌辦奧運預期將對中國未來幾年間的經濟發展產生重大影響。
 美國谷德曼薩赫投資銀行稱北京主辦2008年奧運預計將拉動中國2002-2008年間的國內生產總值平均每年多增長0.3 %。
這家銀行的經濟學家弗雷德-胡說，舉辦2008年奧運會將給中國帶來長期的永久性利益。
奧運首次在中國舉辦，中國將掀起一場大規模的基礎設施建設及投資的熱潮。
必須開工建設的項目包括體育場館，住房，道路，機場候機樓，地鐵和電信設施和減輕工業污染的工程。
根據里昂信貸銀行亞洲證券部最近發表的一項報告，所有這些項目將耗資近二百億美元。
據股票市場觀察家講，許多投機者正瘋狂搶購北京概念股，希望籍此從預期的投資熱潮中受益。
可口可樂、柯達和麥當勞這些國際奧委會的大贊助也一定會在北京奧運中獲益。
不過在宣布北京申辦成功之前，有些經濟學家已對一些投機行為發出了警告。
任職于瑞銀華寶香港分部的中國分析員張喬對路透社說有"不少鼓吹成分"在驅動股市上揚。
德意志銀行香港分部的經濟學家馬軍也警告說，并非所有跟北京有關的股票都會贏利。他說："不同的股票收益狀況可能會非常不均衡。"
（中國日報網站譯）
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Updated: 2001-07-18 01:00
