3.6 million jobs were created in preparing for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Beijing Vice Mayor Liu Jingmin, who is also the executive president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games (BOCOG), said at least 600,000 jobs were created every year following the start of work in 2001.

The jobs ranged from management positions to unskilled labor in all facets of development including urban planning, construction, cleaning and greening of the environment, tourism, transportation and communications.

The region also recorded significant increase in gross domestic product (GDP) reaching 12.1% and RMB770 billion ($102.7 billion), a per capita figure at $6,300.