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Beijing

Coordinates: 39°54′50″N 116°23′30″E

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"Peking" redirects here. For other uses, see Beijing (disambiguation) and Peking (disambiguation). Beijing, sometimes romanized as Peking,[5] is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world. The population as of 2013 was 21,150,000.[6] The metropolis, located in northern China, is governed as a direct-controlled municipality under the national government, with 14 urban

Beijing 北京市 Municipality Beijing Municipality

and suburban districts and two rural counties.[7] Beijing Municipality is surrounded by Hebei Province with the exception of neighboring Tianjin Municipality to the southeast.[8] Beijing is the second largest Chinese city by urban population after Shanghai and is the nation's political, cultural, and educational center.[9] It is home to the headquarters of most of China's largest state-owned companies, and is a major hub for the national highway, expressway, railway, and high-speed rail networks. The Beijing Capital International Airport is the second busiest in the world by passenger traffic. The city's history dates back three millennia. As the last of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China, Beijing has been the political center of the country for much of the past eight centuries.[10] The city is renowned for its opulent palaces, temples, parks and gardens, tombs, walls and gates,[11] and its art treasures and universities have made it a center of culture and art in China.[11] Encyclopædia Britannica notes that "few cities in the world have served for so long as the political headquarters and cultural centre of an area as immense as China."[12]

Contents

Clockwise from top: Tiananmen, Temple of Heaven, National Center for the Performing Arts, and Beijing National Stadium

Location of Beijing M unicipality within China

Coordinates: 39°54′50″N 116°23′30″E

1 Etymology

Country

People's Republic of China

2 History

Divisions [1] - County-level - Townshiplevel

16 districts, 2 counties 289 towns and villages

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2.3 Ming Dynasty

Government

2.4 Qing Dynasty

• Type • Party Secretary • Mayor • Congress Chairman • Conference Chairman

2.5 Republican era 2.6 People's Republic 3 Geography 3.1 Climate 3.2 Air quality 3.2.1 Readings 3.3 Dust storms 4 Politics and government 4.1 Administrative divisions 4.1.1 Towns 4.1.2 Neighbourhoods 4.2 Judiciary and procuracy 4.3 Diplomatic missions 5 Economy 6 Demographics 7 Culture 7.1 Places of interest 7.2 Architecture 8 Media

Municipality Guo Jinlong (Politburo member) Wang Anshun Du Deyin Ji Lin

Area[2] • Municipality

16,410.54 km2 (6,336.14 sq mi)

• Urban

1,368.32 km2 (528.31 sq mi)

• Rural

15,042.22 km2 (5,807.83 sq mi)

Elevation

43.5 m (142.7 ft)

Population (2013)[3] 21,150,000 • Municipality 1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi) • Density • Ranks in China

Population: 26th; Density: 4th

Major ethnic groups 96% • Han 2% • Manchu 2% • Hui 0.3% • Mongol

8.1 Television and radio

Time zone

China Standard (UTC+8)

8.2 Press

Postal code Area code(s)

100000–102629 10

GDP[4]

2013

- Total

CNY 1.95 trillion US$ 318.107 billion (13th) CNY 94,235 US$ 15,373 (2nd) 7.7% 0.891 (2nd)—very high 京A, C, E, F, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q 京B (taxis) 京G, Y (outside urban area) 京O (police and authorities) 京V (in red color) (military headquarters, central government)

9 Sports 9.1 Events 9.2 Venues 9.3 Clubs 10 Transportation 10.1 Rail and high-speed rail 10.2 Roads and expressways 10.3 Air

- Per capita - Growth HDI (2008) License plate prefixes

10.4 Public transit 10.5 Taxi 10.6 Bicycles 11 Education 12 Nature and wildlife http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing

City trees

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Pagoda tree (Sophora japonica) China rose (Rosa chinensis) Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)

13 See also 14 Notes and references

City flowers

15 Further reading 16 External links

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Etymology See also: Names of Beijing

Beijing Chinese name Chinese

北京

Over the past 3,000 years, the city of Beijing has had numerous other names. The name Beijing, which means "Northern Capital" (from the Chinese characters 北 for north and 京 for capital), was applied to the city in 1403 during the Ming Dynasty to distinguish the city from

Hanyu Pinyin

Běijīng [Listen]

Postal Map

Peking

Literal meaning

Northern capital

Nanjing (the "Southern Capital").[13] The English spelling is based on the pinyin romanization of the two characters as they are pronounced in Standard Mandarin. An older English spelling, Peking, is the Postal Map Romanization of the same two characters as they are pronounced in Chinese dialects spoken in the southern port towns first

Transcriptions

visited by European traders and missionaries.[14] Those dialects preserve the Middle Chinese pronunciation of 京 as kjaeng,[15] prior to a phonetic shift in the northern

Hakka Romanization

Pet-kîn Mandarin

Hanyu Pinyin

Běijīng [Listen]

Wade–Giles

Pei3ching1 Pei3-ching1

dialects to the modern pronunciation.[16] The single Chinese character abbreviation for Beijing is 京, which appears on automobile license plates in the city. The official Latin alphabet abbreviation for Beijing is "BJ".[17]

History

The earliest traces of human habitation in the Beijing municipality were found in the caves of Dragon Bone Hill near the village of Zhoukoudian in Fangshan District, where Peking Man lived. Homo erectus fossils from the caves date to 230,000 to 250,000 years ago. Paleolithic homo sapiens also lived there more recently, about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing

)

Min Hokkien POJ

Pak-kiaⁿ

Min-dong BUC

Báe̤ k-gĭng Wu

Romanization

Main article: History of Beijing

Early history

[peɪ ͡ tɕiŋ˥] (

IPA

poh入cin平 Cantonese

Jyutping

bak1ging1

IPA

[pɐk˥kɪŋ˥] English IPA of Beijing name

English IPA of Beijing

/beɪˈdʒɪŋ/

English IPA of Peking name English IPA of Peking

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27,000 years ago.[18] Archaeologists have found neolithic settlements throughout the municipality, including in Wangfujing, located in downtown Beijing. The first walled city in Beijing was Ji, a city-state from the 11th to 7th century BC. Within modern Beijing, Ji was located south of the present Beijing West Railway Station.[19] This settlement was later conquered by the state of Yan and made its capital under the name Yanjing.[20] The museum at Zhoukoudian

Early Imperial China

After the First Emperor unified China, Beijing became a prefectural capital for the region.[1] During the Three Kingdoms period, it was held by Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao before falling to Cao Cao's Wei Kingdom. The AD 3rd-century Western Jin demoted the town, placing the prefectural seat in neighboring Zhuozhou. During the Sixteen Kingdoms period when northern China was conquered and divided by the Wu Hu, Beijing, as Jicheng was briefly the capital of the Xianbei Former Yan Kingdom. After China was reunified during the Sui Dynasty, Beijing, known as Zhuojun, became the northern terminus of the Grand Canal. Under the Tang Dynasty, Beijing as Fanyang, served as a military frontier command center. During the An-Shi Rebellion and again amidst the turmoil of the late Tang, local military commanders founded their own short-lived Yan Dynasties and called the city Yanjing, or the "Yan Capital." In 938, after the fall of the Tang, the Later Jin ceded the entire northern frontier to the Khitan Liao Dynasty, which renamed the city, Nanjing, or the "Southern Capital", one of four secondary capitals to complement its "Supreme Capital", Shangjing (modern Baarin Left Banner in Inner Mongolia). Some of the oldest surviving structures in Beijing date to the Liao period, including the Tianning Pagoda.

The Tianning Pagoda, built around 1120.

The Liao fell to the Jurchen Jin dynasty in 1122, which gave the city to the Song Dynasty and then retook it in 1125 during its conquest of northern China. In 1153, the Jin made Beijing their "Central Capital", called Zhongdu.[1] The city was besieged by Genghis Khan's invading Mongolian army in 1213 and razed to the ground two years later.[21] Two generations later, Kublai Khan ordered the construction of Dadu (or Daidu to the Mongols, commonly known as Khanbaliq), a new capital for his Yuan dynasty to be located adjacent to the Jin ruins. The construction took from 1264 to 1293,[1][21][22] but greatly enhanced the status of a city on the northern fringe of China proper. The city was centered on the Drum Tower slightly to the north of modern Beijing and stretched from the presentday Chang'an Avenue to the Line 10 subway. Remnants of the Yuan packed earth wall still stand and are known as the Tucheng.[23]

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In 1368, soon after declaring the new Hongwu era of the Ming Dynasty, the rebel leader Zhu Yuanzhang sent an army to Khanbaliq and burnt it to the ground.[24] Since the Yuan continued to occupy Shangdu and Mongolia, however, a new town was established to supply the military garrisons in the area.[25] This was called Beiping[26] and under the Hongwu Emperor's feudal policies it was given to Zhu Di, one of his sons, who was created "Prince of Yan".

Detail from a 1682 Italian map displaying the region of "Peking" and the capital city of "Peking or Shuntian" (Xuntieu).

The early death of Zhu Yuanzhang's heir led to a succession struggle on his death, one that ended with the victory of Zhu Di and the declaration of the new Yongle era. Since his harsh treatment of the Ming capital Yingtian (Nanjing) alienated many there, he established his fief as a new co-capital. The city of Beiping

became Shuntian[27] – now Beijing in 1403.[13] The construction of the new imperial residence, the Forbidden City, took from 1406 to 1420;[21] this period was also responsible for several other of the modern city's

One of the corner towers of the Forbidden City.

major attractions, such as the Temple of Heaven[28] and Tian'anmen (although the square facing it was not cleared until 1651[29]). On 28 October 1420, Beijing is officially designated the capital of the Ming Dynasty on the same year that the Forbidden City is completed.[30] Beijing became the empire's primary capital (Jingshi) and Yingtian – now called Nanjing – lost much of its importance. (A 1425 order by Zhu Di's son, the Hongxi Emperor, to return the capital to Nanjing was never carried out: he died, probably of a heart attack, the next month. He was buried, like almost every Ming emperor to follow him, in an elaborate necropolis to Beijing's north.) By the 15th century, Beijing had essentially taken its current shape. The Ming city wall continued to serve until modern times, when it was pulled down and the 2nd Ring Road was built in its place.[31] It is generally believed that Beijing was the largest city in the world for most of the 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries.[32] The first known church was constructed by Catholics in 1652 at the former site of Matteo Ricci's chapel; the modern Nantang Cathedral was later built upon the same site.[33] The capture of Beijing by Li Zicheng's peasant army in 1644 ended the dynasty, but he and his Shun court abandoned the city without a fight when the Manchu army of Prince Dorgon arrived 40 days later.

Qing Dynasty Dorgon established the Qing Dynasty as a direct successor of the Ming (delegitimizing Li Zicheng and his followers)[34] and Beijing became China's sole capital.[35] The Qing emperors made some modifications to the Imperial residence but, in large part, the Ming buildings and the general layout remained unchanged. Facilities for Manchu worship were introduced, but the Qing also continued the traditional state rituals. Signage was bilingual or Chinese. This early Qing Beijing later formed the setting for the classic Chinese novel Dream of the Red Chamber. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing

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During the Second Opium War, Anglo-French forces captured the city, looting and burning the Old Summer Palace in 1860. Under the Convention of Peking ending that war, Western powers for the first time secured the right to establish permanent diplomatic presences within the city. In 1900, the attempt by the "Boxers" to eradicate this presence, as well as Chinese Christian converts, led to Beijing's reoccupation by foreign powers.[36] During the fighting, several important structures were destroyed, including the Hanlin Academy and the (new) Summer Palace.

Republican era The fomenters of the Xinhai Revolution of 1911 sought to replace Qing rule with a republic and leaders like Sun Yat-sen originally intended to return the capital to Nanjing. After the Qing general Yuan Shikai forced the abdication of the last Qing emperor and A postcard displaying one of the ensured the success of the Summer Palace, c. 1900. revolution, the revolutionaries accepted him as president of the new Republic of China. Yuan maintained his capital at Beijing and quickly consolidated power, declaring himself emperor in 1915. His death less than a year later[37] left China under the control of the warlords commanding the regional armies. The most powerful factions fought frequent wars – the Zhili-Anhui War and the First and Second Zhili-Fengtian War – to take control of the capital. Following the success Map of Beijing, 1914. of the Nationalists' Northern Expedition, the capital was formally removed to Nanjing in 1928. On 28 June the same year, Beijing's name was returned to Beiping (written at the time as "Peiping").[9][38] During the Second Sino-Japanese War,[9] Beiping fell to Japan on 29 July 1937[39] and was made the seat of the Provisional Government of the Republic of China, a puppet state that ruled the ethnic-Chinese portions of Japanese-occupied northern China.[40] This government was later merged into the larger Wang Jingwei government based in Nanjing.[41]

People's Republic In the final phases of the Chinese Civil War, the People's Liberation Army seized control of the city peacefully on 31 January 1949 in the course of the Pingjin Campaign. On 1 October that year, Mao Zedong announced the creation of the People's Republic of China from atop Tian'anmen. He restored the name of the city, as the new capital, to Beijing,[42] a decision that had been reached by the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference just a few days earlier. In the 1950s, the city began to expand beyond the old walled city and its surrounding neighborhoods, with heavy industries in the west and residential neighborhoods in the north. Many areas of the Beijing city wall were torn down in the 1960s to make way for the construction of the Beijing Subway and the 2nd Ring Road. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing

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During the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976, the Red Guard movement began in Beijing and the city's government fell victim to one of the first purges. By the fall of 1966, all city schools were shut down and over a million Red Guards from across the country gathered in Beijing for eight rallies in Tian'anmen Square with Mao.[43] In April 1976, a large public gathering of Beijing residents against the Gang of Four and the Cultural Revolution in Tiananmen Square was forcefully suppressed. In October 1976, the Gang was arrested in Zhongnanhai and the Cultural Revolution came to an end. In December 1978, the Third Plenum of the 11th Party Congress in Beijing under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping reversed the verdicts against victims of the Cultural Revolution and instituted the "policy of reform and opening up."

Mao Zedong proclaiming the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949

Since the early 1980s, the urban area of Beijing has expanded greatly with the completion of the 2nd Ring Road in 1981 and the subsequent addition of the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th Ring Roads.[44][45] According to one 2005 newspaper report, the size of newly developed Beijing was one-and-a-half times larger than before.[46] Wangfujing and Xidan have developed into flourishing shopping districts,[47] while Zhongguancun has become a major center of electronics in China.[48] In recent years, the expansion of Beijing has also brought to the forefront some problems of urbanization, such as heavy traffic, poor air quality, the loss of historic neighborhoods, and a significant influx of migrants from less-developed

A scene from the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.

areas of the country.[49] Beijing has also been the location of many significant events in recent Chinese history, principally the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989[50] and the 2008 Summer Olympics. This city was awarded to host the 2015 World Championships in Athletics.[51]

Geography Main article: Geography of Beijing Peking filmed in 1937

Beijing is situated at the northern tip of the roughly triangular North China Plain, which opens to the south and east of the city. Mountains to the north, northwest and west shield the city and northern China's agricultural heartland from the encroaching desert steppes. The northwestern part of the municipality, especially Yanqing County and Huairou District, are dominated by the Jundu Mountains, while the western part is framed by Xishan or the Western Hills. The Great Wall of China across the northern part of Beijing Municipality was built on the rugged topography to defend against nomadic incursions from the steppes. Mount Dongling, in the Western Hills and on the border with Hebei, is the municipality's highest point, with an altitude of 2,303 metres (7,556 ft). Major rivers flowing through the municipality, including the Chaobai, Yongding, Juma, are all tributaries in the Hai River system, and flow in a southeasterly direction. The Miyun Reservoir, on the upper reaches of the Chaobai River, is the largest reservoir within the municipality. Beijing is also the northern terminus of the Grand Canal to Hangzhou, which was built over 1,400 years ago as a transportation route, and the South–North Water Transfer Project, constructed in the past decade to bring water from the Yangtze River basin. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing

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The urban area of Beijing, on the plains in the south-central of the municipality with elevation of 40–60 m, occupies a relatively small but expanding portion of the municipality's area. The city spreads out in concentric ring roads. The Second Ring Road traces the old city walls and the Remnants of the Great Wall of China Sixth Ring Road connects in the mountains north of the city. satellite towns in the surrounding suburbs. Landsat 7 Satellite image of Beijing Tian'anmen and Tian'anmen Square are at the center of Beijing, directly Municipality with the surrounding to the south of the Forbidden City, the former residence of the emperors mountains in dark brown of China. To the west of Tian'anmen is Zhongnanhai, the residence of China's current leaders. Chang'an Avenue which cuts between Tiananmen and the Square, forms the city's main east-west axis.

Climate Beijing has a rather dry, monsoon-influenced humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dwa), characterized by hot, humid summers due to the East Asian monsoon, and generally cold, windy, dry winters that reflect the influence of the vast Siberian anticyclone.[52] Spring can bear witness to sandstorms blowing in from Gobi Desert across the Mongolian steppe, accompanied by rapidly warming, but generally dry, conditions. Autumn, like spring, sees little rain, but is crisp and short. The monthly daily average temperature in January is −3.7 °C (25.3 °F), while in July it is 26.2 °C (79.2 °F). Precipitation averages around 570 mm (22.4 in) annually, with close to three-fourths of that total falling from June to August. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 47% in July to 65% in January and February, the city receives 2,671 hours of bright sunshine annually. Extremes have ranged from −27.4 °C (−17 °F) on February 22, 1966 to 42.6 °C (109 °F) on June 15, 1942.[53][54]

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Climate data for Beijing (normals 1971–2000, extremes 1951–present) Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Record high °C 14.3 19.8 29.5 33.0 38.3 42.6 41.9 38.3 35.0 31.0 23.3 (57.7) (67.6) (85.1) (91.4) (100.9) (108.7) (107.4) (100.9) (95) (87.8) (73.9) (°F) 1.8 5.0 11.6 20.3 26.0 30.2 30.9 29.7 25.8 19.1 10.1 Average high (35.2) (41) (52.9) (68.5) (78.8) (86.4) (87.6) (85.5) (78.4) (66.4) (50.2) °C (°F) 0.4 7.9 13.6 18.8 22.0 20.8 14.8 7.9 0.0 Average low °C −8.4 −5.6 (16.9) (21.9) (32.7) (46.2) (56.5) (65.8) (71.6) (69.4) (58.6) (46.2) (32) (°F) 2.5 9.8 15.3 11.4 3.7 −3.5 −12.3 Record low °C −22.8 −27.4 −15 −3.2 (−9) (−17.3) (5) (26.2) (36.5) (49.6) (59.5) (52.5) (38.7) (25.7) (9.9) (°F) 2.7 4.9 8.3 21.2 34.2 78.1 185.2 159.7 45.5 21.8 7.4 Precipitation mm (inches) (0.106) (0.193) (0.327) (0.835) (1.346) (3.075) (7.291) (6.287) (1.791) (0.858) (0.291)

Dec Year 19.5 42.6 (67.1) (108.7) 3.7 17.9 (38.7) (64.1) −5.8 7.2 (21.6) (45.0) −18.3 −27.4 (−0.9) (−17.3) 2.8 571.8 (0.11) (22.51)

Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)

1.8

2.3

3.3

4.3

5.8

9.7

13.6

12.0

7.6

5.0

3.5

1.7

70.6

% humidity

44

44

46

46

53

61

75

77

68

61

57

49

56.8

Mean monthly sunshine hours

194.1

194.7

231.8

251.9

283.4

261.4

212.4

220.9

232.1

222.1

Percent possible sunshine

65

65

63

64

64

59

47

52

63

64

185.3 180.7 2,670.8

62

62

60

Source: China Meteorological Administration [55], China Meteorological Data Sharing Service System[56], all-time record high[54]

Air quality Joint research between American and Chinese researchers in 2006 concluded that much of the city's pollution comes from surrounding cities and provinces. On average 35–60% of the ozone can be traced to sources outside the city. Shandong Province and Tianjin Municipality have a "significant influence on Beijing's air quality",[57] partly due to the prevailing south/southeasterly flow during the summer and the mountains to the north and northwest. In preparation for the 2008 Summer Olympics and to fulfill promises to clean up the city's air, nearly 17 billion USD was spent.[58] Beijing implemented a number of air improvement schemes for the duration of the Games, including halting work at all construction sites, closing many factories in Beijing permanently, temporarily shutting industry in neighboring regions, closing some gas stations,[59] and cutting motor traffic by half by limiting drivers to odd or even days (based on their license plate numbers),[60] reducing bus and subway fares, opening new subway lines, and banning high-emission vehicles.[61][62] The city further assembled 3,800 natural-gas powered buses, one of the largest fleets in the world.[58] Beijing became the first city in China to require the Chinese equivalent to the Euro 4 emission standard.[63]

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Heavy air pollution has resulted in widespread smog. These photographs, taken in August 2005, show the variations in Beijing's air quality.

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Coal burning accounts for about 40% of the PM 2.5 in Beijing and is also the chief source of nitrogen and sulfur dioxide.[64] Since 2012, the city has been converting coal-fired power stations to burn natural gas[65] and aims to cap annual coal consumption at 20 million tons. In 2011, the city burned 26.3 million tons of coal, 73% of which for heating and power generation and the remainder for industry.[65] Much of the city’s air pollutants are emitted by neighboring regions.[64] Coal consumption in neighboring Tianjin is expected to increase from 48 to 63 million tons from 2011 to 2015.[66] Hebei Province burned over 300 million tons of coal in 2011, more than all of Germany, of which only 30% were used for power generation and a considerable portion for steel and cement making.[67] Power plants in the coal-mining regions of Shanxi, Inner Mongolia and Shaanxi, where coal consumption has tripled since 2000, and Shandong also contribute to air pollution in Beijing.[64] Shandong, Shanxi, Hebei and Inner Mongolia, respectively rank from first to fourth, among Chinese provinces by coal consumption.[66] The government regularly uses cloud-seeding measures to increase the likelihood of rain showers in the region to clear the air prior to large events[68] as well as to combat drought conditions in the area. Beijing air quality is often poor, especially in winter. Many people wear face masks. Smog has dangerous pollution. In mid-January 2013, Beijing's air quality corresponded to a PM2.5 density of 886 micrograms per cubic meter, which went off the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's air quality index.[69] The concentration of toxic small particles in Jan-Feb 2014 was at highest 26 times the level considered safe by WHO. According to Beijing's mayor the intention is to cut coal burning in the city and the surrounding areas by 2.6 million tonnes in three years by 2017.[70][71] Readings Due to Beijing's high-level of air pollution, there are various readings by different sources on the subject. Daily pollution readings at 27 monitoring stations around the city are reported on the website of the Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau (BJEPB).[72] The United States Embassy in Beijing also reports hourly fine particulate (PM2.5) and ozone levels on Twitter.[73] Although the BJEPB and US Embassy measure different pollutants according to different criteria the media has noted that pollution levels and the impact to human health reported by the BJEPB are often lower than that reported by the US Embassy.[73]

Dust storms Dust from the erosion of deserts in northern and northwestern China results in seasonal dust storms that plague the city; the Beijing Weather Modification Office sometimes artificially induces rainfall to fight such storms and mitigate their effects.[74] In the first four months of 2006 alone, there were no fewer than eight such storms.[75] In April 2002, one dust storm alone dumped nearly 50,000 tons of dust onto the city before moving on to Japan and Korea.[76]

Politics and government Main article: Politics of Beijing

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Municipal government is regulated by the local Communist Party of China (CPC), led by the Beijing CPC Secretary (Chinese: 北京市委书记). The local CPC issues administrative orders, collects taxes, manages the economy, and directs a standing committee of the Municipal People's Congress in making policy decisions and overseeing the local government. Government officials include the mayor (Chinese: 市长) and vice-mayor. Numerous bureaus focus on law, public security, and other affairs. Additionally, as the capital of China, Beijing houses all of the important national governmental and political institutions, including the National People's Congress.[77]

Administrative divisions Main articles: List of administrative divisions of Beijing and List of township-level divisions of Beijing Beijing Municipality currently comprises 16 administrative county-level subdivisions including 14 urban and suburban districts and two rural counties. On 1 July 2010, Chongwen (崇文区) and Xuanwu Districts (宣武区) were merged into Dongcheng and Xicheng Districts, respectively.

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Population Area District / Chinese County (2010)[78] (km²)

Map

Dongcheng 东城区 District

2. Dongcheng

919,000

40.6 22,635

Xicheng District

西城区 1,243,000

46.5 26,731

Chaoyang District

朝阳区 3,545,000

470.8

7,530

Haidian District

海淀区 3,281,000

426.0

7,702

Fengtai District

丰台区 2,112,000

304.2

6,943

616,000

89.8

6,860

Tongzhou District

通州区 1,184,000

870.0

1,361

Shunyi District

顺义区

877,000

980.0

895

Changping District

昌平区 1,661,000 1,430.0

1,162

Daxing District

大兴区 1,365,000 1,012.0

1,349

Shijingshan 石景山 District 区

1. Xicheng M iyun Yanqing Huairou

3. Shijingshan

Pinggu

Changping Shunyi Haidian M entougou

3

Fangshan

Chaoyang 12 Fengtai Tongzhou Daxing

Density (per km²)

Mentougou 门头沟 District 区

290,000 1,331.3

218

Fangshan District

房山区

945,000 1,866.7

506

Pinggu District

平谷区

416,000 1,075.0

387

Huairou District

怀柔区

373,000 2,557.3

146

Miyun County

密云县

468,000 2,335.6

200

Yanqing County

延庆县

317,000 1,980.0

160

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Urban districts between the 2nd and 5th Ring Road Inner suburbs linked by the 6th Ring Road Outer suburbs and rural areas. Towns Main article: List of township-level divisions of Beijing Beijing's 16 districts and counties are further subdivided into 273 lower third-level administrative units at the township level: 119 towns, 24 townships, 5 ethnic townships and 125 subdistricts. Towns within Beijing Municipality but outside the urban area include (but are not limited to): Changping 昌平 Huairou 怀柔 Miyun 密云

Shichahai, in the Xicheng District, is traditionally considered one of Beijing's most beautiful and charming scenic areas.

Liangxiang 良乡 Liulimiao 琉璃庙 Tongzhou 通州 Yizhuang 亦庄 Tiantongyuan 天通苑 Beiyuan 北苑 Xiaotangshan 小汤山

Changpu River Park near the Forbidden City

Several place names in Beijing end with mén (门), meaning "gate", as they were the locations of gates in the former Beijing city wall. Other place names end in cūn (村), meaning "village", as they were originally villages outside the city wall. Neighbourhoods Main article: Neighborhoods in Beijing Neighbourhoods may extend across multiple districts. Major neighbourhoods in urban Beijing include:

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The Niujie Mosque is an important historical attraction

Qianmen 前门 Tian'anmen 天安门 Di'anmen 地安门 Chongwenmen 崇文门 Xuanwumen 宣武门 Fuchengmen 阜成门 Xizhimen 西直门 Deshengmen 德胜门 Andingmen 安定门 Sanlitun 三里屯 Dongzhimen 东直门 Chaoyangmen 朝阳门 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing

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Yongdingmen 永定门 Zuo'anmen 左安门 You'anmen 右安门 Guangqumen 广渠门 Guang'anmen 广安门 Huashi 花市 Xibianmen 西便门 Hepingmen 和平门 Fuxingmen 复兴门 Jianguomen 建国门 Gongzhufen 公主坟 Fangzhuang 方庄 Guomao 国贸 Hepingli 和平里 Ping'anli 平安里 Beixinqiao 北新桥 Jiaodaokou 交道口 Kuanjie 宽街 Wangjing 望京 Wangfujing 王府井 Dengshikou 灯市口 Wudaokou 五道口 Xidan 西单 Dongdan 东单 Zhongguancun 中关村 Panjiayuan 潘家园 Beijing CBD 北京商务中心区 Yayuncun 亚运村 Shifoying 石佛营

Judiciary and procuracy The judicial system in Beijing consists of the Supreme People's Court, the highest court in the country, the Beijing Municial High People's Court, the high people's court of the municipality, three intermediate people's courts, one intermediate railway transport court, 14 basic people's court (one for each of the municipality's districts and counties), and one basic railway transport court. The Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court in Shijingshan oversees the basic courts of Haidian, Shijingshan, Mentougou, Changping and Yanqing.[79] The Beijing No. 2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing

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Intermediate People's Court in Fengtai oversees the basic courts of Dongcheng, Xicheng, Fengtai, Fangshan and Daxing.[79] The Beijing No. 3 Intermediate People's Court in Laiguangying, is the newest of the three intermediate people's courts and opened on August 21, 2013.[79] It oversees the district courts of Chaoyang, Tongzhou, Shunyi, Huairou, Pinggu and Miyun.[79][80] Each court in Beijing has a corresponding people's procuratorate.

Diplomatic missions Main article: List of diplomatic missions in China About 163 countries have embassies in Beijing, which are concentrated in Jiangguomenwai, Sanlitun and Liangmaqiao in Chaoyang District.

Economy See also: List of economic and technological development zones in Beijing Beijing is among the most developed cities in China, with tertiary industry accounting for 73.2% of its gross domestic product (GDP); it was the first post industrial city in mainland China.[81] Beijing is home to 41 Fortune Global 500 companies, the second most in the world behind Tokyo,[82] and over 100 of the largest companies in China.[83] Its overall economic influence has been ranked number 1 by PwC.[84] Finance is one of the most important industries.[85] By the end of 2007, there were 751 financial organizations in Beijing generating revenue of 128.6 billion RMB, 11.6% of the total financial industry revenue of the entire country. That also accounts for 13.8% of Beijing's GDP, the highest percentage of any Chinese city.[86] In 2010, Beijing's nominal GDP reached 1.37 trillion RMB. Its per capita GDP was 78,194 RMB. In 2009, Beijing's nominal GDP was 1.19 trillion RMB (US$174 billion), a growth of 10.1% over the previous year. Its GDP per capita was 68,788 RMB (US$10,070), an increase of 6.2% over 2008. In 2009, Beijing's primary, secondary, and tertiary industries were worth 11.83 billion RMB, 274.31 billion RMB, and 900.45 billion RMB respectively. Urban disposable income per capita was 26,738 yuan, a real increase of 8.1% from the previous year. Per capita pure income of rural residents was 11,986 RMB, a real increase of 11.5%.[87] The Engel's coefficient of Beijing's urban residents

Beijing's CBD with Jianwai SOHO, Park Hyatt, Yintai, CCTV Headquarters, Jingguang

Beijing Financial Street, the economic center of Beijing

reached 31.8% in 2005, while that of the rural residents was 32.8%, declining 4.5 and 3.9 percentage points respectively compared to 2000. Beijing's real estate and automobile sectors have continued to boom in recent years. In 2005, a total of 28,032,000 square metres (301,730,000 sq ft) of housing real estate was sold, for a total of 175.88 billion RMB. The total number of cars registered in Beijing in 2004 was 2,146,000, of which 1,540,000 were privately owned (a yearly http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing

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increase of 18.7%).[88] The Beijing central business district (CBD), centered on the Guomao area, has been identified as the city's new central business district, and is home to a variety of corporate regional headquarters, shopping precincts, and highend housing. Beijing Financial Street, in the Fuxingmen and Fuchengmen area, is a traditional financial center. The Wangfujing and Xidan areas are major shopping districts. Zhongguancun, dubbed "China's Silicon Valley", continues to be a major center in electronics and computer-related industries, as well as pharmaceuticalsrelated research. Meanwhile, Yizhuang, located to the southeast of the urban area, is becoming a new center in pharmaceuticals, information technology, and materials engineering.[89] Shijingshan, on the western outskirts of the city, is among the major industrial areas.[90] Specially designated industrial parks include Zhongguancun Science Park, Yongle Economic Development Zone, Beijing Economic-technological Development Area, and Tianzhu Airport Industrial Zone. Agriculture is carried on outside the urban area, with wheat and maize (corn) being the main crops.[52] Vegetables are also grown closer to the urban area in order to supply the city.

Wangfujing Street is one of the busiest streets in Beijing, with nearly 100,000 visitors daily (August 2008).

Beijing is increasingly becoming known for its innovative entrepreneurs and high-growth startup companies. This culture is backed by a large community of both Chinese and foreign venture capital firms, such as Sequoia Capital, whose head office in China is in Chaoyang, Beijing. Though Shanghai is seen as the economic center of China, this is typically based on the numerous large corporations based there, rather than for being a center for entrepreneurship. Less legitimate enterprises also exist. Urban Beijing is known for being a center of pirated goods; anything from the latest designer clothing to DVDs can be found in markets all over the city, often marketed to expatriates and international visitors.[91]

Zhongguancun is a technology hub in Haidian District

The development of Beijing continues at a rapid pace, and the vast expansion has created a multitude of problems for the city. Beijing is known for its smog as well as the frequent "power-saving" programmes instituted by the government. To reduce air pollution, a number of major industries have been ordered to reduce emissions or leave the city. Beijing Capital Steel, once one of the city's largest employers and its single biggest polluter, has been relocating most of its operations to Tangshan, in nearby Hebei Province.[92][93]

Demographics Main article: Demographics of Beijing The registered population of Beijing Municipality consists of people holding either Beijing permanent residence hukou permits or temporary residence permits. The 2010 census revealed that the official total population in Beijing was 19,612,368,[94] representing a 44% increase over the last decade.[95] In 2006, the population of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing

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urban core was 13.33 million, 84.3 percent of the total municipal population, which officially stood at 15.81 million.[7] Urban sprawl continues at a rapid pace.[96] After Chongqing and Shanghai,[94] Beijing is the third largest of the four directly controlled municipalities of the People's Republic of China. In the PRC, a directly controlled municipality (直辖市 in pinyin: zhíxiáshì) is a city with status equal to a province. According to the statistical yearbook issued in 2005 by the National Bureau of Statistics of China, out of a total population in 2004 of 14.213 million in Beijing, 1.415 million (9.96%) were 0–14 years old, 11.217 million (78.92%) were 15–64 and 1.581 million (11.12%) 65 and over.[97]

Culture

The National Center for the Performing Arts

People native to urban Beijing speak the Beijing dialect, which belongs to the Mandarin subdivision of spoken Chinese. This speech is the basis for putonghua, the standard spoken language used in mainland China and Taiwan, and one of the four official languages of Singapore. Rural areas of Beijing Municipality have their own dialects akin to those of Hebei province, which

surrounds Beijing Municipality. Beijing or Peking opera (京剧, Jīngjù) is a traditional form of Chinese theater well known throughout the nation. Commonly lauded as one of the highest achievements of Chinese culture, Beijing opera is performed through a combination of song, spoken dialogue, and codified action sequences involving gestures, movement, fighting and acrobatics. Much of Beijing opera is carried out in an archaic stage dialect quite different from Modern Standard Chinese and from the modern Beijing dialect.[98] Beijing cuisine is the local style of cooking. Peking Roast Duck is perhaps the best known dish. Fuling Jiabing, a traditional Beijing snack food, is a pancake (bing) resembling a flat disk with a filling made from fu ling, a fungus used in traditional Chinese medicine. Teahouses are common in Beijing.

The Old Beijing Observatory

A scene from a Peking opera

The cloisonné (or Jingtailan, literally "Blue of Jingtai") metalworking technique and tradition is a Beijing art specialty, and is one of the most revered traditional crafts in China. Cloisonné making requires elaborate and complicated processes which include base-hammering, copper-strip inlay, soldering, enamel-filling, enamel-firing,

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surface polishing and gilding.[99] Beijing's lacquerware is also well known for its sophisticated and intrinsic patterns and images carved into its surface, and the various decoration techniques of lacquer include "carved lacquer" and "engraved gold". Younger residents of Beijing have become more attracted to the nightlife, which has flourished in recent decades, breaking prior cultural traditions that had practically restricted it to the upper class.[100]

Places of interest See also: Major National Historical and Cultural Sites (Beijing) and List of landmarks in Beijing

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...the city remains an epicenter of tradition with the treasures of nearly 2,000 years as the imperial capital still on view—in the famed Forbidden City and in the city's lush pavilions and gardens...

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— National Geographic[101] At the historical heart of Beijing lies the Forbidden City, the enormous palace compound that was the home of the emperors of the Ming and

A Chinese cloisonné dish from the Qing dynasty

Qing dynasties;[102] the Forbidden City hosts the Palace Museum, which contains imperial collections of Chinese art. Surrounding the Forbidden City are several former imperial gardens, parks and scenic areas, notably Beihai, Shichahai, Zhongnanhai, Jingshan and Zhongshan. These places, particularly Beihai Park, are described as masterpieces of Chinese gardening art,[103] and are popular tourist destinations with tremendous historical importance;[104] in the modern era, Zhongnanhai has also been the political heart of various Chinese governments and regimes and is now the headquarters of the Communist Party of China and the State Classical gardens in Beijing Council. From Tiananmen Square, right across from the Forbidden City, there are several notable sites, such as the Tiananmen, Qianmen, the Great Hall of the People, the National Museum of China, the Monument to the People's Heroes, and the Mausoleum of Mao Zedong. The Summer Palace and the Old Summer Palace both lie at the western part of the city; the former, a UNESCO World Heritage Site,[105] contains a comprehensive collection of imperial gardens and palaces that served as the summer retreats for the Qing imperial family. Among the best known religious sites in the city is the Temple of Heaven (Tiantan), located in southeastern Beijing, also a UNESCO World Heritage Site,[106] where emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties made visits for annual ceremonies of prayers to Heaven for good harvest. In the north of the city is the Temple of Earth (Ditan), while the Temple of the Sun (Ritan) and the Temple of the Moon (Yuetan) lie in the eastern and western urban areas respectively. Other well-known temple sites include the Dongyue Temple, Tanzhe Temple, Miaoying Temple, White Cloud Temple, Yonghe Temple, Fayuan Temple, Wanshou Temple and Big Bell Temple. The city also has its own Confucius Temple, and a Guozijian or Imperial Academy. The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, built in 1605, is the oldest Catholic church in Beijing. The Niujie Mosque is the oldest mosque in Beijing, with a history stretching back over a thousand years. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing

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Beijing contains several well-preserved pagodas and stone pagodas, such as the towering Pagoda of Tianning Temple, which was built during the Liao Dynasty from 1100 to 1120, and the Pagoda of Cishou Temple, which was built in 1576 during the Ming Dynasty. Historically noteworthy stone bridges include the 12th-century Lugou Bridge, the 17th-century Baliqiao bridge, and the 18th-century Jade Belt Bridge. The Beijing Ancient Observatory displays pre-telescopic spheres dating back to the Ming and Qing dynasties. The Fragrant Hills (Xiangshan) is a popular Beijing's Temple of Heaven as scenic public park that consists of natural landscaped areas as well as photographed in the early 20th traditional and cultural relics. The Beijing Botanical Garden exhibits over century 6,000 species of plants, including a variety of trees, bushes and flowers, and an extensive peony garden. The Taoranting, Longtan, Chaoyang, Haidian, Milu Yuan and Zizhu Yuan parks are some of the notable recreational parks in the city. The Beijing Zoo is a center of zoological research that also contains rare animals from various continents, including the Chinese giant panda. There are over one hundred museums in Beijing.[107][108] In addition to the Palace Museum in the Forbidden City and the National Museum of China, other major museums include the National Art Museum of China, the Capital Museum, the Beijing Art Museum, the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution, the Geological Museum of China, the Beijing Museum of Natural History and the Paleozoological Museum of China.[108] Located at the outskirts of urban Beijing, but within its municipality are the Thirteen Tombs of the Ming Dynasty, the lavish and elaborate burial sites of thirteen Ming emperors, which have been designated as part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.[109] The archaeological Peking Man site at Zhoukoudian is another World Heritage Site within the municipality,[110] containing a wealth of discoveries, among them one of the first specimens of Homo erectus and an assemblage of bones of the gigantic hyena Pachycrocuta brevirostris. There are several sections of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Great Wall of China,[111] most notably Badaling, Jinshanling, Simatai and Mutianyu.

Architecture See also: List of tallest buildings in Beijing Three styles of architecture predominate in urban Beijing. First, there is the traditional architecture of imperial China, perhaps best exemplified by the massive Tian'anmen (Gate of Heavenly Peace), which remains the People's Republic of China's trademark edifice, the Forbidden City, the Imperial Ancestral Temple and the Temple of Heaven. Next, there is what is sometimes referred to as the "Sino-Sov" style, with structures tending to be boxy and sometimes poorly constructed, which were built between the 1950s and the 1970s.[112] Finally, there are much more modern architectural forms, most noticeably in the area of the Beijing CBD and Beijing Financial Street.

Inside the Forbidden City

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Beijing is famous for its siheyuans, a type of residence where a common courtyard is shared by the surrounding buildings. Among the more grand examples are the Prince Gong Mansion and Residence of Soong Ching-ling. These courtyards are usually connected by alleys called hutongs. The hutongs are generally straight and run east to west so that doorways face north and south for good Feng Shui. They vary in width; some are so narrow only a few pedestrians can pass through at a time. Once ubiquitous in Beijing, siheyuans and hutongs are rapidly disappearing,[113] as entire city blocks of hutongs are replaced by high-rise buildings.[114] Residents of the hutongs are entitled to live in the new buildings in apartments of at least the same size as their former residences. Many complain, however, that the traditional sense of community and street life of the hutongs cannot be replaced,[115] and these properties are often government owned.[116]

Media

City skyline looking east from the Financial Street

Television and radio Beijing Television broadcasts on channels 1 through 10. Three radio stations feature programmes in English: Hit FM on FM 88.7, Easy FM by China Radio International on FM 91.5, and the newly launched Radio 774 on AM 774. Beijing Radio Stations is the family of radio stations serving the city.

Press The well-known Beijing Evening News (Beijing Wanbao, 北京晚报), covering news about Beijing in Chinese, is distributed every afternoon. Other newspapers include The Beijing News (Xin Jing Bao, 新京报), the Beijing Star Daily, the Beijing Morning News, and the Beijing Youth Daily (Beijing Qingnian Bao), as well as English-language weeklies Beijing Weekend and Beijing Today. The People's Daily, Global Times and the China Daily (English) are published in Beijing as well.

The China Central Television Headquarters building

Publications primarily aimed at international visitors and the expatriate community include the English-language periodicals Time Out Beijing, City Weekend, Beijing This Month, Beijing Talk, That's Beijing.

Sports Events Beijing has hosted numerous international and national sporting events, the most notable was the 2008 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. Other multi-sport international events held in Beijing include the 2001 Universiade and the 1990 Asian Games. Single-sport international competitions include the Beijing Marathon (annually since 1981), China Open of Tennis (1993–97, annually since 2004), ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Cup of China http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing

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(2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 and 2010), WPBSA China Open for Snooker (annually since 2005), International Cycling Union Tour of Beijing (since 2011), 1961 World Table Tennis Championships, 1987 IBF Badminton World Championships, the 2004 AFC Asian Cup (football), and 2009 Barclays Asia Trophy (football). Beijing will host the 2015 IAAF World Championships in Athletics. The city hosted the second Chinese National Games in 1914 and the first four National Games of the People's Republic of China in 1959, 1965, 1975, 1979, respectively, and cohosted the 1993 National Games with Sichuan and Qingdao. Beijing also hosted the inaugural National Peasants' Games in 1988 and the sixth National Minority Games in 1999. In November 2013, Beijing and Zhangjiakou made a joint bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics.[117]

Venues Major sporting venues in the city include the National Stadium, also known as the "Birds' Nest",[118][119] National Aquatics Center, also known as the "Water Cube", National Indoor Stadium, all in the Olympic Green to the north of city center; the MasterCard Center at Wukesong west of the city center; the Workers' Stadium and Workers' Arena in Sanlitun just east of city center and the Capital Arena in Baishiqiao, northeast of the city center. In addition, many universities in the city have their own sporting facilities.

Fireworks above Olympic venues during the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Games

Clubs Professional sports teams based in Beijing include: Chinese Super League

Taijiquan practitioners at the Fragrant Hills Park

Beijing Guoan Chinese Football Association Jia League Beijing Baxy Beijing Institute of Technology FC Chinese Basketball Association Beijing Ducks Women's Chinese Basketball Association Beijing Shougang China Baseball League Beijing Tigers The Beijing Olympians of the American Basketball Association, formerly a Chinese Basketball Association team, kept their name and maintained a roster of primarily Chinese players after moving to Maywood, California in 2005. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing

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Transportation Main article: Transport in Beijing Beijing is an important transport hub in North China with five ring roads, nine expressways, eleven National Highways, nine conventional railways, and two high-speed railways converging on the city.

Rail and high-speed rail Beijing serves as a large rail hub in China's railway network. Ten conventional rail lines radiate from the city to: Shanghai (Jinghu Line), Guangzhou (Jingguang Line), Kowloon (Jingjiu Line), Harbin (Jingha Line), Baotou (Jingbao Line), Qinhuangdao (Jingqin Line), Chengde (Jingcheng Line), Tongliao, Inner Mongolia (Jingtong Line), Yuanping, Shanxi (Jingyuan Line) and Shacheng, Hebei (Fengsha Line). In addition, the Datong–Qinhuangdao Railway passes through the municipality to the north of the city.

Beijing Railway Station, one of several rail stations in the city

Beijing also has three high-speed rail lines: the Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Railway, which opened in 2008; the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway, which opened in 2011; and the Beijing–Guangzhou High-Speed Railway, which opened in 2012. The city's main railway stations are the Beijing Railway Station, which opened in 1959; the Beijing West Railway Station, which opened in 1996; and the Beijing South Railway Station, which was rebuilt into the city's high-speed railway station in 2008. As of 1 July 2010, Beijing Railway Station had 173 trains arriving daily, Beijing West had 232 trains and Beijing South had 163. The Beijing North Railway Station, first built in 1909 and expanded in 2009, had 22 trains.

Traffic jam in Beijing in 2011

Smaller stations in the city including Beijing East Railway Station and Qinghuayuan Railway Station handle mainly commuter passenger traffic. The Fengtai Railway Station has been closed for renovation. In outlying suburbs and counties of Beijing, there are over 40 railway stations.[120] From Beijing, direct passenger train service is available to most large cities in China. International train service is available to Mongolia, Russia, Vietnam and North Korea. Passenger trains in China are numbered according to their direction in relation to Beijing.

Terminal 3 of the Beijing Capital International Airport.

Roads and expressways Further information: Expressways of Beijing and China National Highways of Beijing

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Beijing is connected by road links to all parts of China as part of the National Trunk Road Network. Nine expressways of China serve Beijing, as do eleven China National Highways. Beijing's urban transport is dependent upon the five "ring roads" that concentrically surround the city, with the Forbidden City area marked as the geographical center for the ring roads. The ring roads appear more rectangular than ring-shaped. There is no official "1st Ring Road". The 2nd Ring Road is located in the inner city. Ring roads tend to resemble expressways progressively as they extend outwards, with the 5th and 6th Ring Roads being full-standard national expressways, linked to other roads only by interchanges. Expressways to other regions of China are generally accessible from the 3rd Ring Road outward. Within the urban core, city streets generally follow the checkerboard pattern of the ancient capital. Many of Beijing's boulevards and streets with "inner" and "outer" are still named in relation to gates in the city wall, though most gates no longer stand. Traffic jams are a major concern. Even outside of rush hour, several roads still remain clogged with traffic. Beijing's urban design layout further exacerbates transportation problems.[121] The authorities have introduced several bus lanes, which only public buses can use during rush hour. In the beginning of 2010, automobiles.[122] By the end

Beijing had 4 million registered of 2010, the government forecast 5 million. In 2010, new car registrations in Beijing averaged 15,500 per week.[123]

A Line 1 train on the Beijing Subway, which is among the longest, busiest and most affordable rapid transit systems in the world.

Towards the end of 2010, the city government announced a series of drastic measures to tackle traffic jams, including limiting the number of new license plates issued to passenger cars to 20,000 a month and barring cars with non-Beijing plates from entering areas within the Fifth Ring Road during rush hour.[124]

Air Beijing's primary airport is the Beijing Capital International Airport (IATA: PEK) about 20 kilometres (12 mi) northeast of the city center. The airport is the second busiest airport in the world after HartsfieldJackson Atlanta International Airport. After renovations for the 2008 Olympics, the airport now boasts three terminals, with Terminal 3 being one of the largest in the world. Most domestic and nearly all international flights arrive at and depart from Capital Airport. It is the main hub for Air China and a hub for China Southern and Hainan Airlines. The airport links Beijing with almost every other Chinese city with regular air passenger service.

An articulated Beijing bus.

Bicyclists during rush hour at the

The Airport Expressway links the airport to central Beijing; it is a roughly Chang'an Avenue 40-minute drive from the city center during good traffic conditions. Prior to the 2008 Olympics, the 2nd Airport Expressway was built to the airport, as well as a light rail system, which now connects to the Beijing Subway.

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Other airports in the city include Liangxiang, Nanyuan, Xijiao, Shahe and Badaling. These airports are primarily for military use and are less well known to the public. Nanyuan serves as the hub for only one passenger airline. A second international airport, to be called Beijing Daxing International Airport,[125] is currently being built in Daxing District, and is expected to be open by 2017.[126] From January 1, 2013, tourists from 45 countries will be allowed to enjoy a 72-hour visa-free stay in Beijing. The 45 countries include Singapore, Japan, the United States, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Canada, Brazil, Argentina and Australia. The programme benefits transit and business travellers.[127]

Public transit The Beijing Subway, which began operating in 1969, now has 17 lines, 227 stations, and 456 km (283 mi) of track and is the third longest subway system in the world and first in annual ridership with 3.21 billion rides delivered in 2013. With a flat fare of ¥2.00 per ride with unlimited transfers on all lines except the Airport Express, the subway is also the most affordable rapid transit in China. The subway is undergoing rapid expansion and is expected to reach 30 lines, 450 stations, 1,050 kilometres (650 mi) in length by 2012. When fully implemented, 95% residents inside the Fourth Ring Road will be able walk to a station in 15 minutes.[128] The Beijing Suburban Railway provides commuter rail service to outlying suburbs of the municipality. There are nearly 1,000 public bus and trolleybus lines in the city, including four bus rapid transit lines. Standard bus fares are as low as ¥0.40 when purchased with the Yikatong metrocard.

Taxi Metered taxi in Beijing start at ¥13 for the first 3 kilometres (1.9 mi), ¥2.3 Renminbi per additional 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) and ¥1 per ride fuel surcharge, not counting idling fees which are ¥2.3 (¥4.6 during rush hours of 7-9 am and 5-7 pm) per 5 minutes of standing or running at speeds lower than 12 kilometres per hour (7.5 mph) . Most taxis are Hyundai Elantras, Hyundai Sonatas, Peugeots, Citroëns and Volkswagen Jettas. After 15 kilometres (9.3 mi), the base fare increases by 50% (but is only applied to the portion over that distance). Different companies have special colors combinations painted on their vehicles. Usually registered taxis have yellowish brown as basic hue, with another color of Prussian blue, hunter green, white, umber, tyrian purple, rufous, or sea green. Between 11 pm and 5 am, there is also a 20% fee increase. Rides over 15 km (9 mi) and between 23:00 and 06:00 incur both charges, for a total increase of 80%. Tolls during trip should be covered by customers and the costs of trips beyond Beijing city limits should be negotiated with the driver. The cost of unregistered taxis is also subject to negotiation with the driver.

Bicycles Beijing has long been well known for the number of bicycles on its streets. Although the rise of motor traffic has created a great deal of congestion and bicycle use has declined, bicycles are still an important form of local transportation. Large numbers of cyclists can be seen on most roads in the city, and most of the main roads have dedicated bicycle lanes. Beijing is relatively flat, which makes cycling convenient. The rise of electric bicycles and electric scooters, which have similar speeds and use the same cycle lanes, may have brought about a revival in bicycle-speed two-wheeled transport. It is possible to cycle to most parts of the city. Because of the growing traffic congestion, the authorities have indicated more than once that they wish to encourage cycling, but it is not clear whether there is sufficient will to translate that into action on a significant scale.[129] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing

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Education See also: Education in Beijing and List of universities and colleges in Beijing Beijing is home to a great number of colleges and universities, including Peking University and Tsinghua University (two of the National Key Universities).[9] Owing to Beijing's status as the political and cultural capital of China, a larger proportion of tertiary-level institutions are concentrated here than in any other city in China (at least 70). Many international students from Japan, Korea, North America, Europe, Southeast Asia, and elsewhere come to Beijing to study every year, some through third party study abroad providers such as IES Abroad and others as part of an exchange program with their home universities. The schools are administered by China's Ministry of Education.

Tsinghua University is one of the top universities in mainland China

Nature and wildlife Beijing Municipality has 20 nature reserves that have a total area of 1,339.7 km2 (517.3 sq mi).[130] The mountains to the west and north of the city are home to a number of protected wildlife species including leopard, leopard cat, wolf, red fox, wild boar, masked palm civet, raccoon dog, hog badger, Siberian weasel, Amur hedgehog, roe deer, and mandarin rat snake.[131][132][133] The Beijing Aquatic Wildlife Rescue and Conservation Center protects the Chinese giant salamander, Amur stickleback and mandarin duck on the Huaijiu and Huaisha Rivers in Huairou District.[134] The Beijing Milu Park south of the city is home to one of the largest herds of Père David's deer, now extinct in the wild. The Beijing barbastelle, a species of vesper bat discovered in caves of Fangshan District in 2001 and identified as a distinct species in 2007, is endemic to Beijing. The mountains of Fangshan are also habitat for the more common Beijing mouse-eared bat, large myotis, greater horseshoe bat and Rickett's big-footed bat.[135] The city flowers are the Chinese rose and chrysanthemum.[136] The city trees are the Chinese arborvitae, an evergreen in the cypress family and the Pagoda Tree, also called the Chinese scholar tree, a deciduous tree of the Fabaceae family.[136] The oldest scholar tree in the city was planted in what is now Beihai Park during the Tang Dynasty, 1,300 years ago.[137]

See also Large Cities Climate Leadership Group List of hospitals in Beijing List of mayors of Beijing Tourist attractions of Beijing 2045 Peking—the name of an asteroid List of twin towns and sister cities in China

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Further reading Cotterell, Arthur. (2007). The Imperial Capitals of China: An Inside View of the Celestial Empire. London: Pimlico. pp. 304 pages. ISBN 978-1-84595-009-5. Elliott, Mark C. (2001). The Manchu Way: The Eight Banners and Ethnic Identity in Late Imperial China (http://books.google.com/?id=_qtgoTIAiKUC&printsec=frontcover). Palo Alto, California, United States: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-4684-2. Retrieved 22 July 2009. Li, Lillian; Dray-Novey, Alison; Kong, Haili (2007). Beijing: From Imperial Capital to Olympic City. New York http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing

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City, United States: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 1-4039-6473-4. Cammelli, Stefano Storia di Pechino e di come divenne capitale della Cina, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2004. ISBN 97888-15-09910-5 Harper, Damian, Beijing: City Guide, 7th Edition, Oakland, California: Lonely Planet Publications, 2007. Harper, Damian, Beijing: City Guide (http://books.google.com/books? id=QOdNuHHTSowC&printsec=frontcover), 6th Edition, Oakland, California : Lonely Planet Publications, 2005. ISBN 1-74059-782-6. MacKerras, Colin; Yorke, Amanda (1991). The Cambridge Handbook of Contemporary China (http://books.google.com/?id=yiq_f71uXboC&printsec=frontcover&dq=beiping+beijing). Cambridge, England, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-38755-8. Retrieved 22 July 2009.

External links Beijing Government website (http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/) (Chinese) and (English) Economic profile for Beijing (http://info.hktdc.com/mktprof/china/mpbei.htm) at HKTDC Preceded by Lin'an (Song Dynasty)

Capital of China (as Dadu) 1264–1368

Succeeded by Nanjing (Ming Dynasty)

Preceded by Nanjing (Ming Dynasty)

Capital of China 1420–1928

Succeeded by Nanjing (ROC)

Preceded by Nanjing (ROC)

Capital of the People's Republic of China 1949–present

Succeeded by present capital

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