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The huge logistics demands of Beijing's Olympic Games have been estimated in a study by Professor Zhang Wenyuan of Beijing Jiaotong University. 

According to the study, BOCOG estimates that the Beijing Games will attract a total of 200,000 athletes, journalists, officials and delegates from 200 countries.  Of this number, athletes are expected to number 20,000. The Games will require more than 1.2 million items of sports instrumentation and equipment.

The study estimates that Games-specific logistics demand will top 1.25 billion yuan (US$151 million), with Games-time requirements in Beijing generally adding 490 million yuan (US$59 million) to the bill.

Key figures in the study indicate that 71.3 percent of demand is expected to be in catering and retail. Garbage disposal alone is expected to have a value of 1.08 billion yuan (US$130 million).