Beijing

Coordinates: 3955N 11623E

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Beijing, (/bed/)[8] formerly romanized as Peking,[9] is the capital of the People's Republic of
China and the world's second most populous city proper and most populous capital city. The city,
Beijing
located in northern China, is governed as a direct-controlled municipality under the national
government with 16 urban, suburban, and rural districts.[10] Beijing Municipality is surrounded by Municipality
Hebei Province with the exception of neighbouring Tianjin Municipality to the southeast; together the
Beijing Municipality
three divisions form the Jingjinji metropolitan region and the national capital region of China.[11]

As a city combining both modern and traditional architecture, Beijing is an ever-changing megacity
rich in history but also truly modern, exemplified in its global influence in politics, business &
economy, education, history, culture, language, music, sporting, architecture, civilization, fashion, art,
entertainment, innovation, and technology. Beijing is the second largest Chinese city by urban
population after Shanghai and is the nation's political, cultural, and educational center.[12] 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
has been the second busiest in the world by passenger traffic since 2010,[13] and, as of 2016, the city's
subway network is the busiest and second longest in the world, after Shanghai's subway system.

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.[14] With
mountains surrounding the inland city on three sides, in addition to the old inner and outer city walls,
Beijing was strategically poised and developed to be the residence of the emperor and thus was the
perfect location for the imperial capital. Beijing was the largest city in the world by population for
much of the second millennium A.D.[15] The city is renowned for its opulent palaces, temples, parks,
gardens, tombs, walls and gates.[16] Its art treasures and universities have made it center of culture and
art in China.[16] Encyclopdia 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."[17] Beijing has seven
UNESCO World Heritage Sites the Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace, Ming
Tombs, Zhoukoudian, as well as parts of the Great Wall and the Grand Canal, all popular locations for Clockwise from top: Beijing CBD skyline,
tourism.[18] Siheyuans, the city's traditional housing style, and hutongs, the narrow alleys between Tiananmen, Temple of Heaven, National Center for
siheyuans, are major tourist attractions and are common in urban Beijing. The city hosted the 2008 the Performing Arts, and Beijing National Stadium
Summer Olympics and was chosen to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, making it the first city to ever
host both Winter and Summer Olympics.[19]

Many of Beijing's 91 universities[20] consistently rank among the best in China, of which Peking
University and Tsinghua University are ranked in the top 60 universities of the world.[21] In 2015, 52
companies of the Fortune Global 500 company headquarters were located in Beijing, more than any
other city in the world,[22] including state-owned enterprises State Grid, China National Petroleum, and
Sinopec Group, ranked 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, respectively.[23] Beijing CBD is quickly becoming the center
for Beijing's economic expansion, rapid modernization, and radically changing skyline, with the
ongoing or recently completed construction of multiple skyscrapers. Beijing's Zhongguancun area is
also known as China's Silicon Valley and China's center of innovation and technology
Location of Beijing Municipality within China
entrepreneurship.[24] According to the 2016 InterNations Expat Insider Survey, Beijing ranked first in
Asia in the subcategory "Personal Finance Index," a measure of expats' salaries versus cost of living in Coordinates: 3955N 11623E
the city.[25] Expats live primarily in urban districts such as Dongcheng and Chaoyang in the east, or in Country People's Republic of China
suburban districts such as Shunyi.[26]
Established date 1046 BC
Divisions[1]
- County-level 16 districts
Contents - Township-level 289 towns and villages
Government
1 Etymology Type Municipality
2 History Party Cai Qi
2.1 Early history Secretary
2.2 Early Imperial China
Mayor Chen Jining (acting)
2.3 Ming dynasty
Congress Li Wei
2.4 Qing dynasty
Chairman
2.5 Republic of China
Conference Ji Lin
2.6 People's Republic of China
Chairman
3 Geography
3.1 Climate Area[2]
3.2 Environmental problems Municipality 16,411 km2 (6,336 sq mi)
4 Politics and government Land 16,801 km2 (6,487 sq mi)
4.1 Administrative divisions Urban 1,368 km2 (528 sq mi)
4.2 Judiciary and procuracy Rural 15,042 km2 (5,808 sq mi)
4.3 Diplomatic missions
5 Economy Elevation 43.5 m (142.7 ft)
5.1 Sector composition Population (2015)[3]
5.2 Economic zones Municipality 21,700,000
6 Demographics Density 1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi)
7 Culture
Urban 18,590,000
7.1 Places of interest
7.2 Architecture Metro (2010)[4] 24,900,000
7.3 Religion Ranks in Population: 27th;
8 Media China Density: 4th
8.1 Television and radio Major ethnic groups
 8.2 Press Han 95%
9 Sports Manchu 2%
9.1 Events Hui 2%
9.2 Venues Mongol 0.3%
9.3 Clubs Other 0.7%
10 Transportation
10.1 Rail and high-speed rail Time zone CST (UTC+8)
10.2 Roads and expressways Postal code 100000102629
10.3 Air Area code(s) 10
10.4 Public transit
GDP(nominal)[5] 2016
10.5 Taxi
10.6 Bicycles - Total CNY 2.49 trillion
11 Defense and aerospace USD 375 billion (13th)
12 Nature and wildlife - Per capita CNY 114,742
13 See also USD 17,278 (2nd)
14 Notes and references - Growth 6.7%
15 Further reading HDI (2014) 0.869[6] (1st)very high
16 External links License plate A, C, E, F, H, J, K, L, M, N,
prefixes P, Q
B (taxis)
G, Y (outside urban area)
Etymology O, D (police and authorities)
Abbreviation BJ / (jng)
Over the past 3,000 years, the city of Beijing has had numerous other names. The name Beijing, which City trees Chinese arborvitae (Platycladus
means "Northern Capital" (from the Chinese characters for north and for capital), was applied to orientalis)
the city in 1403 during the Ming Dynasty to distinguish the city from Nanjing (the "Southern Pagoda tree (Sophora japonica)
Capital").[27] The English spelling is based on the pinyin romanization of the two characters as they are City flowers China rose (Rosa chinensis)
pronounced in Standard Mandarin. An older English spelling, Peking, is the postal romanization of the Chrysanthemum
same two characters as they are pronounced in Chinese dialects spoken in the southern port towns first (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
visited by European traders and missionaries.[28] Those dialects preserve the Middle Chinese Website www.ebeijing.gov.cn (http://ww
pronunciation of as kjaeng,[29] prior to a phonetic shift in the northern dialects to the modern w.ebeijing.gov.cn/)
pronunciation.[30] Although Peking is no longer the common name for the city, some of the city's older
locations and facilities, such as Beijing Capital International Airport, with IATA Code PEK, and Peking Beijing
University, still use the former romanization.

The single Chinese character abbreviation for Beijing is , which appears on automobile license plates
in the city. The official Latin alphabet abbreviation for Beijing is "BJ".[31]
"Beijing" in regular Chinese characters
History Chinese
Postal Peking[7]
Early history
Peiping (13681403; 19281937; 1945
1949)
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 Literal "Northern Capital"
erectus fossils from the caves date to 230,000 to 250,000 years ago. Paleolithic Homo sapiens also meaning
lived there more recently, about 27,000 years ago.[32] Archaeologists have found neolithic settlements Transcriptions
throughout the municipality, including in Wangfujing, located in downtown Beijing.
Standard Mandarin
The first walled city in Beijing was Ji, a city from the 11th to 7th century BC. Within modern Beijing, Hanyu Pinyin Bijng
Ji was located south of the present Beijing West Railway Station.[33] This settlement was later
Gwoyeu Romatzyh Beeijing
conquered by the state of Yan and made its capital under the name Yanjing.[34]
WadeGiles Pei3-ching1
Early Imperial China IPA [pi.t]
Wu
After the First Emperor unified China, Beijing became a
prefectural capital for the region.[1] During the Three Kingdoms Suzhounese Poh-cin
period, it was held by Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao before Hakka
falling to Cao Cao's Wei Kingdom. The AD 3rd-century
Western Jin demoted the town, placing the prefectural seat in Romanization Bet5-gin1
neighbouring Zhuozhou. Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization Bkgng
During the Sixteen Kingdoms period when northern China was
conquered and divided by the Wu Hu, Beijing, as Jicheng, was IPA [pk.k]
briefly the capital of the Xianbei Former Yan Kingdom.[35] Jyutping Bak1-ging1

After China was reunified during the Sui Dynasty, Beijing, Southern Min
known as Zhuojun, became the northern terminus of the Grand Hokkien POJ Pak-kia
Canal. Under the Tang Dynasty, Beijing as Fanyang, served as
Ti-l Pak-kiann
a military frontier command center. During the An-Shi
Rebellion and again amidst the turmoil of the late Tang, local Eastern Min

The Tianning Pagoda, built around 1120

military commanders founded their own short-lived Yan Fuzhou BUC Be k-gng
during the Liao dynasty. 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 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 Jurchen 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.[36] 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 Jurchen Jin ruins.
The construction took from 1264 to 1293,[1][36][37] 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 Longevity Hill in Beijing where Kublai
the present-day Chang'an Avenue to the Line 10 subway. Remnants of the Yuan rammed earth wall still stand and are Khan wrote his poem.
known as the Tucheng.[38]

Ming dynasty

In 1368, soon after declaring the new Hongwu era of the Ming dynasty, the rebel leader Zhu Yuanzhang sent an army
to Khanbaliq and conquered it.[39] Since the Yuan continued to occupy Shangdu and Mongolia, however, a new town
was established to supply the military garrisons in the area.[40] This was called Beiping[41] and under the Hongwu
Emperor's feudal policies it was given to Zhu Di, one of his sons, who was created "Prince of Yan".

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 (modern
Nanjing) alienated many there, he established his fief as a new co-capital. The city of Beiping became Shuntian[42] in
1403.[27] The construction of the new imperial residence, the Forbidden City, took from 1406 to 1420;[36] this period
was also responsible for several other of the modern city's major attractions, such as the Temple of Heaven[43] and
Tian'anmen (although the square facing it was not cleared until 1651[44]). On 28 October 1420, the city was officially One of the corner towers of the
designated the capital of the Ming Dynasty in the same year that the Forbidden City was completed.[45] Beijing Forbidden City.
became the empire's primary capital (Jingshi) and Yingtian or called Nanjing became the co-capital. (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.[46] It is generally believed that Beijing was the largest city in the world for most of the 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th
centuries.[47] 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.[48]

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

(delegitimising Li Zicheng and his followers)[49] and Beijing became China's
sole capital.[50] 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 Chinese
novel Dream of the Red Chamber.

A Pekingese chiropodist. John
Thomson. China,1869. The Wellcome
Collection, London
During the Second Opium War, Anglo-French forces captured the city, looting Chongwenmen, a gate to the inner
and burning the Old Summer Palace in 1860. Under the Convention of Peking walled city, c. 1906
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.[51] During the fighting, several important structures were destroyed, including the Hanlin Academy
and the (new) Summer Palace.

Republic of China

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 ensured the success of the 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[52] left China under the control of the warlords commanding the
regional armies. Following the success 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").[12][53]
Beijing filmed in 1937
During the Second Sino-Japanese War,[12] Beiping fell to Japan on 29 July 1937[54] 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.[55] This government was later merged into the larger Wang Jingwei government based in
Nanjing.[56]

People's Republic of China

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,[57] 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.

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
Mao Zedong proclaiming the Red Guards from across the country gathered in Beijing for eight rallies in
establishment of the People's Republic Tian'anmen Square with Mao.[58] In April 1976, a large public gathering of
of China in 1949
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." A scene from the opening ceremonies
of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.
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.[59][60] According to one 2005 newspaper
report, the size of newly developed Beijing was one-and-a-half times larger than before.[61] Wangfujing and Xidan have developed into flourishing shopping
districts,[62] while Zhongguancun has become a major center of electronics in China.[63] 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 migrant
workers from less-developed rural areas of the country.[64] Beijing has also been the location of many significant events in recent Chinese history, principally
the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989[65] and the 2008 Summer Olympics. This city was awarded to host the 2015 World Championships in Athletics.[66]

Geography
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 Landsat 7 Satellite image of
1,400 years ago as a transportation route, and the SouthNorth Water Transfer Project, constructed in the past decade to bring Beijing Municipality with the
water from the Yangtze River basin. surrounding mountains in dark
brown
The urban area of Beijing, on the plains in the south-central of the municipality with elevation of 40 to 60 metres (130200
feet), 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 Sixth Ring Road connects satellite towns in the
surrounding suburbs. Tian'anmen and Tian'anmen Square are at the center of Beijing, directly to the south of the
Forbidden City, the former residence of the emperors 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 monsoon-influenced humid continental climate (Kppen climate classification Dwa), characterized by
Remnants of the Great Wall of China in
higher humidity in the summers due to the East Asian monsoon, and colder, windier, drier winters that reflect the
[67] the mountains north of the city.
influence of the vast Siberian anticyclone. Spring can bear witness to sandstorms blowing in from the Gobi Desert
across the Mongolian steppe, accompanied by rapidly warming, but generally dry, conditions. Autumn, like Spring, is
a season of transition and minimal precipitation. 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 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 since 1951 have
ranged from 27.4 C (17.3 F) on 22 February 1966 to 41.9 C (107.4 F) on 24 July 1999 (unofficial record of 42.6 C (108.7 F) was set on 15 June
1942).[68][69]
 Climate data for Beijing (normals 19712000, extremes 1951present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high C 14.3 19.8 29.5 33.5 41.1 40.6 41.9 38.3 35.0 31.0 23.3 19.5 41.9
(F) (57.7) (67.6) (85.1) (92.3) (106) (105.1) (107.4) (100.9) (95) (87.8) (73.9) (67.1) (107.4)
Average high C 1.8 5.0 11.6 20.3 26.0 30.2 30.9 29.7 25.8 19.1 10.1 3.7 17.9
(F) (35.2) (41) (52.9) (68.5) (78.8) (86.4) (87.6) (85.5) (78.4) (66.4) (50.2) (38.7) (64.1)
Average low C 8.4 5.6 0.4 7.9 13.6 18.8 22.0 20.8 14.8 7.9 0.0 5.8 7.2
(F) (16.9) (21.9) (32.7) (46.2) (56.5) (65.8) (71.6) (69.4) (58.6) (46.2) (32) (21.6) (45.0)
Record low C 22.8 27.4 15 3.2 2.5 9.8 15.3 11.4 3.7 3.5 12.3 18.3 27.4
(F) (9) (17.3) (5) (26.2) (36.5) (49.6) (59.5) (52.5) (38.7) (25.7) (9.9) (0.9) (17.3)
Average
2.7 4.9 8.3 21.2 34.2 78.1 185.2 159.7 45.5 21.8 7.4 2.8 571.8
precipitation mm
(0.106) (0.193) (0.327) (0.835) (1.346) (3.075) (7.291) (6.287) (1.791) (0.858) (0.291) (0.11) (22.51)
(inches)
Average
precipitation days 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
( 0.1 mm)

Average relative
44 44 46 46 53 61 75 77 68 61 57 49 56.8
humidity (%)
Mean monthly
194.1 194.7 231.8 251.9 283.4 261.4 212.4 220.9 232.1 222.1 185.3 180.7 2,670.8
sunshine hours
Percent possible
65 65 63 64 64 59 47 52 63 64 62 62 60
sunshine

Source: China Meteorological Administration [70], China Meteorological Data Sharing Service System[71], all-time record high[69], May record high[72]

Environmental problems

Beijing has a long history of environmental problems.[73] Between 2000 and 2009 Beijing's urban extent quadrupled, which not only strongly increased the
extent of anthropogenic emissions, but also changed the meteorological situation fundamentally, even if emissions of human society are not included. For
example, surface albedo, wind speed and humidity near the surface were decreased, whereas ground and near-surface air temperatures, vertical air dilution
and ozone levels were increased.[74] Because of the combined factors of urbanization and pollution caused by burning of fossil fuel, Beijing is often affected
by serious environmental problems, which lead to health issues of many inhabitants. In 2013 heavy smog struck Beijing and most parts of northern China, in
total 600 million people. After this "pollution shock" air pollution became an important economic and social concern in China. After that the government of
Beijing announced measures to reduce air pollution, for example by lowering the share of coal from 24% in 2012 to 10% in 2017, while the national
government ordered heavily polluting vehicles to be removed from 2015 to 2017 and increased its efforts to transition the energy system to clean sources.[75]

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 3560% 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",[76] 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.[77] 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 neighbouring regions, closing
some gas stations,[78] and cutting motor traffic by half by limiting drivers to odd or even days
(based on their license plate numbers),[79] reducing bus and subway fares, opening new subway
lines, and banning high-emission vehicles.[80][81] The city further assembled 3,800 natural gas-
powered buses, one of the largest fleets in the world.[77] Beijing became the first city in China to Heavy air pollution has resulted in widespread smog. These
require the Chinese equivalent to the Euro 4 emission standard.[82] photographs, taken in August 2005, show the variations in
Beijing's air quality.
Coal burning accounts for about 40% of the PM 2.5 in Beijing and is also the chief source of
nitrogen and sulphur dioxide.[83] Since 2012, the city has been converting coal-fired power
stations to burn natural gas[84] 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.[84] Much of the city's air pollutants are emitted by neighbouring regions.[83] Coal
consumption in neighbouring Tianjin is expected to increase from 48 to 63 million tons from 2011 to 2015.[85] 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.[86]
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.[83] Shandong, Shanxi, Hebei and Inner Mongolia, respectively rank from first to fourth, among Chinese provinces by
coal consumption.[85] There were four major coal-fired power plants in the city to provide electricity as well as heating during the winter. The first one
(Gaojing Thermal Power Plant) was shut down in 2014.[87][88] Another two were shut in March 2015. The last one (Huaneng Thermal Power Plant) would be
shut in 2016.[87] Between 2013 and 2017, the city planned to reduce 13 million tons of coal consumption and cap coal consumption to 15 million tons in
2015.[87]

The government sometimes uses cloud-seeding measures to increase the likelihood of rain showers in the region to clear the air prior to large events, such as
prior to the 60th anniversary parade in 2009[89] as well as to combat drought conditions in the area. More recently, however, the government has increased its
usage of such measures as closing factories temporarily and implementing greater restrictions for cars on the road, as in the case of "APEC blue" and "parade
blue," short periods during and immediately preceding the APEC China 2014 and the 2015 China Victory Day Parade, respectively.[90] During and prior to
these events, Beijing's air quality improved dramatically, only to fall back to unhealthy levels shortly after.
Beijing air quality is often poor, especially in winter. In mid-January 2013, Beijing's air quality was measured on top of the city's US embassy at a PM2.5
density of 755 micrograms per cubic meter, which went off the US Environmental Protection Agency's air quality index. It was widely reported, originally
through a Twitter account, that the category was "crazy bad". This was later changed to "beyond index".[91]

On 8 and 9 December 2015 Beijing had its first smog alert which shut down a majority of the industry and other commercial businesses in the city.[92] Later
in the month another smog "red alert" was issued.[93]

According to Beijing's environmental protection bureau's announcement in November 2016, starting from 2017 highly polluting old cars wil be banned from
being driven whenever Smog "red alerts" are issued in the city or neighboring regions.[94]

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).[95] The American Embassy of Beijing also reports
hourly fine particulate (PM2.5) and ozone levels on Twitter.[96] Since the BJEPB and US Embassy measure different pollutants according to different criteria,
the pollution levels and the impact to human health reported by the BJEPB are often lower than that reported by the US Embassy.[96]

Air pollution in Beijing in 2016, measured by Air Quality Index

Severely Polluted Lightly Polluted
Heavily Polluted Good
Moderately Polluted Excellent

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.[97] In the first four months of 2006 alone, there were no fewer
than eight such storms.[98] In April 2002, one dust storm alone dumped nearly 50,000 tons of dust onto the city before moving on to Japan and Korea.[99]

Politics and government

Municipal government is regulated by the local Communist Party of China (CPC), led by the Beijing CPC Secretary (Chinese: ). 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: ) 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.[100]

Administrative divisions

Beijing Municipality currently comprises 16 administrative county-level subdivisions including 16 urban, suburban, and rural districts. On 1 July 2010,
Chongwen and Xuanwu were merged into Dongcheng and Xicheng, respectively. On 13 November 2015 Miyun and Yanqing were upgraded to districts.
 Administrative divisions of Beijing

Dongcheng
Xicheng Huairou

Yanqing Miyun

Color key

Inner city inside the 2nd Ring Road (former city walls)
Changping Urban area between the 2nd and 5th Ring Road
Pinggu
Shunyi Inner suburbs linked by the 6th Ring Road
Outer suburbs areas within city limits.
Mentougou Haidian
Chaoyang
Shijingshan

Fengtai
Tongzhou
Fangshan
Daxing

Subdivisions[104]
Division Area in Population Postal
Division Seat Towns Townships
code[101] km2[102] 2010[103] code
Subdistricts
Ethnic Residential
Villages
[n 1] [n 2] townships communities

Dongcheng /
110000 Beijing 16411.0 19,612,368 100000 128 167 19 4 2538 3857
Tongzhou

Jingshan
110101 Dongcheng 40.6 919,253 100000 17 216
Subdistrict

Jinrong Street
110102 Xicheng 46.5 1,243,315 100000 15 259
Subdistrict

Chaowai
110105 Chaoyang 470.8 3,545,137 100000 21 20 1 358 5
Subdistrict

Fengtai
110106 Fengtai 304.2 2,112,162 100000 14 4 3 254 73
Subdistrict

Lugu
110107 Shijingshan 89.8 616,083 100000 9 130
Subdistrict

Haidian
110108 Haidian 426.0 3,280,670 100000 22 2 5 603 84
Subdistrict

Dayu
110109 Mentougou 1331.3 290,476 102300 4 9 124 179
Subdistrict

Gongchen
110111 Fangshan 1866.7 944,832 102400 3 14 6 108 462
Subdistrict

Beiyuan
110112 Tongzhou 870.0 1,184,256 101100 4 10 1 40 480
Subdistrict

Shengli
110113 Shunyi 980.0 876,620 101300 6 19 61 449
Subdistrict

Chengbei
110114 Changping 1430.0 1,660,501 102200 2 15 180 303
Subdistrict

Xingfeng
110115 Daxing 1012.0 1,365,112 102600 3 14 2 64 547
Subdistrict

Longshan
110116 Huairou 2557.3 372,887 101400 2 12 2 2 27 286
Subdistrict

Binhe
110117 Pinggu 1075.0 415,958 101200 2 14 2 23 275
Subdistrict

Gulou
110118 Miyun 2335.6 467,680 101500 2 18 57 338
Subdistrict

Rulin
110119 Yanqing 1980.0 317,426 102100 3 11 4 34 376
Subdistrict
 Divisions in Chinese and varieties of romanizations

English Chinese Pinyin

Beijing Municipality Bijng Sh

Dongcheng District Dngchng Q

Xicheng District Xchng Q

Chaoyang District Choyng Q

Fengtai District Fngti Q

Shijingshan District Shjngshn Q

Haidian District Hidin Q

Mentougou District Mntugu Q

Fangshan District Fngshn Q

Tongzhou District Tngzhu Q

Shunyi District Shny Q

Changping District Chngpng Q

Daxing District Dxng Q

Huairou District Huiru Q

Pinggu District Pngg Q

Miyun District Myn Q

Yanqing District Ynqng Q

1. Including "area" ().

2. Including other township related subdivisions.

Towns

Beijing's 16 county-level divisions (districts) 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 Liulimiao Beiyuan

Huairou Tongzhou Xiaotangshan Shichahai, in the Xicheng District, is
Miyun Yizhuang traditionally considered one of Beijing's
Liangxiang Tiantongyuan most beautiful and charming scenic
Liulimiao Beiyuan areas.
Several place names in Beijing end with mn (), meaning "gate", as they were the locations of gates in the former
Beijing city wall. Other place names end in cn (), meaning "village", as they were originally villages outside the
city wall.

Neighborhoods

Neighborhoods may extend across multiple districts. Major neighborhoods in urban Beijing include:
Zuo'anmen Beixinqiao
Qianmen You'anmen Jiaodaokou
Tian'anmen Guangqumen Kuanjie
Di'anmen Guang'anmen Wangjing
Chongwenmen Huashi Wangfujing
Xuanwumen Xibianmen Dengshikou
Fuchengmen Hepingmen Wudaokou
Xizhimen Fuxingmen Xidan
Deshengmen Jianguomen Dongdan
Andingmen Gongzhufen Zhongguancun
Sanlitun Fangzhuang Panjiayuan
Dongzhimen Guomao Beijing CBD The Niujie Mosque is an
important historical attraction
Chaoyangmen Hepingli Yayuncun
Yongdingmen Ping'anli Shifoying
Zuo'anmen Beixinqiao

Judiciary and procuracy

The judicial system in Beijing consists of the Supreme People's Court, the highest court in the country, the Beijing Municipal 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.[105] The Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People's Court in Fengtai oversees the basic courts

of Dongcheng, Xicheng, Fengtai, Fangshan and Daxing.[105] The Beijing No. 3 Intermediate People's Court in Laiguangying, is the newest of the three
of Dongcheng, Xicheng, Fengtai, Fangshan and Daxing.[105] The Beijing No. 3 Intermediate People's Court in Laiguangying, is the newest of the three
intermediate people's courts and opened on 21 August 2013.[105] It oversees the district courts of Chaoyang, Tongzhou, Shunyi, Huairou, Pinggu and
Miyun.[105][106] Each court in Beijing has a corresponding people's procuratorate.

Diplomatic missions

About 163 countries have embassies in Beijing, which are concentrated in Jiangguomenwai, Sanlitun and Liangmaqiao in Chaoyang District.

Economy
Beijing's economy ranks among the most developed and prosperous in China. In 2013, the municipality's nominal
gross domestic product (GDP) was CN1.95 trillion (US$314 billion), about 3.43% of the country's total output, and
ranked 13th among province-level administrative units.[108] Per capita GDP, at CN93,213 (US$15,051) in nominal
terms and Int$21,948 at purchasing power parity, was 2.2 times the national average and ranked second among
province-level administrative units.[109] The economy tripled in size from 2004 to 2012,[110] and grew at an annual
rate of 7.7% in 2013.[107]

Due to the concentration of state owned enterprises in the national capital, Beijing in 2013 had more Fortune Global
500 Company headquarters than any other city in the world.[110]
Wangfujing Street is one of the oldest
Sector composition and busiest shopping streets in Beijing
with nearly 100,000 visitors daily
The city has a post-industrial economy that is dominated by the tertiary sector (services), which generated 76.9% of (August 2008). The sale of consumer
output, followed by the secondary sector (manufacturing, construction) at 22.2% and the primary sector (agriculture, goods both retail and wholesale
mining) at 0.8%. accounted for about of Beijing's
economic output in 2013.[107]
The services sector is broadly diversified with professional services, wholesale and retail, information technology,
commercial real estate, scientific research, and residential real estate each contributing at least 6% to the city's
economy in 2013.[107]

The single largest sub-sector remains industry, whose share of overall output has shrunk to 18.1% in 2013.[107] The
mix of industrial output has changed significantly since 2010 when the city announced that 140 highly-polluting,
energy and water resource intensive enterprises would be relocated from the city in five years.[111] The relocation of
Capital Steel to neighbouring Hebei province had begun in 2005.[112][113] In 2013, output of automobiles, aerospace
products, semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, and food processing all increased.[107]

In the farmland around Beijing, vegetables and fruits have displaced grain as the primary crops under cultivation.[107] The Taikoo Li Sanlitun shopping arcade
In 2013, the tonnage of vegetable, edible fungus and fruit harvested was over three times that of grain.[107] In 2013, is a popular destination among locals
overall acreage under cultivation shrank along with most categories of produce as more land was reforested for and visitors
environmental reasons.[107]

Economic zones

In 2006, the city government identified six high-end economic output zones around Beijing as the primary engines for
local economic growth. In 2012, the six zones produced 43.3% of the city's GDP, up from 36.5% in 2007.[114][115]
The six zones are:

1. Zhongguancun, China's silicon village in Haidian District northwest of the city, is home to both established and
start-up tech companies. As of the second quarter of 2014, of the 9,895 companies registered in one of the six
zones, 6,150 were based in Zhongguancun.[116]
2. Beijing Financial Street, in Xicheng District on the west side of the city between Fuxingmen and Fuchengmen,
is lined with headquarters of large state banks and insurance companies. The country's financial regulatory Beijing CBD
agencies including the central bank, bank regulator, securities regulator, and foreign exchange authority are
located in the neighborhood.
3. Beijing Central Business District (CBD), is actually located to the east of downtown, near the embassies along
the eastern Third Ring Road between Jianguomenwai and Chaoyangmenwai. The CBD is home to most of the
city's skyscraper office buildings. Most of the city's foreign companies and professional service firms are based
in the CBD.
4. Beijing Economic and Technological Development Area, better known as Yizhuang, is an industrial park the
straddles the southern Fifth Ring Road in Daxing District. It has attracted pharmaceutical, information
technology, and materials engineering companies.[117]
5. Beijing Airport Economic Zone was created in 1993 and surrounds the Beijing Capital International Airport in
Zhongguancun is a technology hub in
Shunyi District northwest of the city. In addition to logistics, airline services, and trading firms, this zone is also
Haidian District
home to Beijing's automobile assembly plants.
6. Beijing Olympic Center Zone surrounds the Olympic Green due north of downtown and is developing into an
entertainment, sports, tourism and business convention center.

Shijingshan, on the western outskirts of the city, is a traditional heavy industrial base for steel-making.[118] Chemical plants are concentrated in the far eastern
suburbs.

Less legitimate enterprises also exist. Urban Beijing is known for being a center of infringed 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.[119]

Demographics

Historical population
In 2013, Beijing had a total population of 21.148 million within the municipality, of which 18.251 million resided in Year Pop. % p.a.
urban districts or suburban townships and 2.897 million lived in rural villages.[107] Within China, the city ranked 1953 2,768,149
second in urban population after Shanghai and the third in municipal population after Shanghai and Chongqing. 1964 7,568,495 +9.57%
Beijing also ranks among the most populous cities in the world, a distinction the city has held for much of the past 1982 9,230,687 +1.11%
800 years, especially during the 15th to early 19th centuries when it was the largest city in the world. 1990 10,819,407 +2.00%
2000 13,569,194 +2.29%
About 13 million of the city's residents in 2013 had local hukou permits, which entitles them to permanent residence
2010 19,612,368 +3.75%
in Beijing.[107] The remaining 8 million residents had hukou permits elsewhere and were not eligible to receive some
2013 21,150,000 +2.55%
social benefits provided by the Beijing municipal government.[107]
2014[3] 21,516,000 +1.73%
The population increased in 2013 by 455,000 or about 7% from the previous year and continued a decade-long trend Population size may be affected by changes
on administrative divisions.
of rapid growth.[107] The total population in 2004 was 14.213 million.[120] The population gains are driven largely by
migration. The population's rate of natural increase in 2013 was a mere 0.441%, based on a birth rate of 8.93 and a
mortality rate of 4.52.[107] The gender balance was 51.6% males and 48.4% females.[107]

Working age people account for nearly 80% of the population. Compared to 2004, residents age 014 as a proportion of the population dropped from 9.96%
to 9.5% in 2013 and residents over the age of 65 declined from 11.12% to 9.2%.[107][120]

According to the 2010 census, nearly 96% of Beijing's population are ethnic Han Chinese.[121] Of the 800,000 ethnic minorities living in the capital, Manchu
(336,000), Hui (249,000), Korean (77,000), Mongol (37,000) and Tujia (24,000) constitute the five largest groups.[122] In addition, there were 8,045 Hong
Kong residents, 500 Macau residents, and 7,772 Taiwan residents along with 91,128 registered foreigners living in Beijing.[121] A study by the Beijing
Academy of Sciences estimates that in 2010 there were on average 200,000 foreigners living in Beijing on any given day including students, business
travellers and tourists are not counted as registered residents.[123]

From 2000 to 2010, the percentage of city residents with at least some college education nearly doubled from 16.8% to 31.5%.[121] About 22.2% have some
high school education and 31% had reached middle school.[121]

Culture
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 (, Jngj) 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.[124]

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 The Old Beijing Observatory
Chinese medicine. Teahouses are common in Beijing.

The cloisonn (or Jingtailan, literally "Blue of Jingtai") metalworking technique and tradition is a Beijing art
speciality, and is one of the most revered traditional crafts in China. Cloisonn making requires elaborate and
complicated processes which include base-hammering, copper-strip inlay, soldering, enamel-filling, enamel-firing,
surface polishing and gilding.[125] 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, A scene from a Peking opera
breaking prior cultural traditions that had practically restricted it to the upper class.[126] Today, Houhai, Sanlitun and
Wudaokou are Beijing's nightlife hotspots.

Places of interest

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

National Geographic[127]

At the historical heart of Beijing lies the Forbidden City, the enormous palace compound that was the home of the A Chinese cloisonn dish from the Qing
emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties;[128] the Forbidden City hosts the Palace Museum, which contains imperial dynasty
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,[129] and are popular tourist destinations with tremendous historical importance;[130] 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 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,[131] 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,[132] 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.

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
Qianmen Avenue, a traditional
17th-century Baliqiao bridge, and the 18th-century Jade Belt Bridge. The Beijing Ancient Observatory displays pre-
commercial street in Beijing
telescopic spheres dating back to the Ming and Qing dynasties. The Fragrant Hills (Xiangshan) is a popular scenic
public park that consists of natural landscaped areas as well as traditional and cultural relics. The Beijing Botanical
Garden exhibits over 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 144 museums and galleries (as of June 2008) in the city.[133][134][135] 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 Beijing's Temple of Heaven as
China.[135] photographed in the early 20th century

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.[136] The archaeological Peking Man site at
Zhoukoudian is another World Heritage Site within the municipality,[137] 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,[138] most notably
Badaling, Jinshanling, Simatai and Mutianyu.

Architecture
Inside the Forbidden City

Three styles of architecture are predominant 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.[139] Finally, there are much more modern
architectural forms, most noticeably in the area of the Beijing CBD in east Beijing such as the new CCTV
Headquarters, in addition to buildings in other locations around the city such as the Beijing National Stadium and
National Center for the Performing Arts.

Since 2007, buildings in Beijing have received the CTBUH Skyscraper Award for best overall tall building twice, for
City skyline
the Linked Hybrid building in 2009 and the CCTV Headquarters in 2013. The CTBUH Skyscraper award for best tall
overall building is given to only one building around the world every year.

In the early 21st century, Beijing has witnessed tremendous growth of new building constructions, exhibiting various modern styles from international
designers, most pronounced in the CBD region. A mixture of both 1950s design and neofuturistic style of architecture can be seen at the 798 Art Zone, which
mixes the old with the new. Beijing's current completed tallest building is the 330-meter China World Trade Center Tower III, but will be surpassed by the
528-meter China Zun in 2018 when it is completed. Both buildings are in the Beijing CBD.

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,[140] as entire city blocks of hutongs are
replaced by high-rise buildings.[141] 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,[142] and these properties are
often government owned.[143]

Religion

The religious heritage of Beijing is rich and diverse as Chinese folk religion, Taoism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Islam and Christianity all have significant
historical presence in the city. As the national capital, the city also hosts the State Administration for Religious Affairs and various state-sponsored
institutions of the leading religions.[144] In recent decades, foreign residents have brought other religions to the city.[144] According to Wang Zhiyun of the
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in 2010 there were 2.2 million Buddhists in the city, equal to 11.2% of the total population.[145] According to the
Chinese General Social Survey of 2009, Christians constitute 0.78% of the city's population.[146] According to a 2010 survey, Muslims constitute 1.76% of
the population of Beijing.[147]

Chinese folk religion and Taoism

Beijing has many temples dedicated to folk religious and communal deities, many of which are being reconstructed or refurbished in the 2000s and 2010s.
Yearly sacrifices to the God of Heaven ( jtin) at the Temple of Heaven have been resumed by Confucian groups in the 2010s.

There are temples dedicated to the worship of the Goddess ( Ningning) in the city, one of them near the Olympic Village, and they revolve around a
major cult center at Mount Miaofeng. There are also many temples consecrated to the Dragon God ( Lngshn), to the Medicine Master (
Yowng), to Divus Guan ( Gund), to the Fire God ( Hushn), to the Wealth God ( Cishn), temples of the City God (
Chnghungshn), and at least one temple consecrated to the Yellow Deity of the Chariot Shaft ( Xunyun Hungd) in Pinggu District. Many of
 these temples are governed by the Beijing Taoist Association, such as the Fire God Temple
of the Shicha Lake, while many others are not and are governed by popular committees and
locals. A great Temple of Xuanyuan Huangdi will be built in Pinggu (possibly as an
expansion of the already existing shrine) within 2020, and the temple will feature a statue of
the deity which will be amongst the tallest in the world.[148][149]

The national Chinese Taoist Association and Chinese Taoist College have their headquarters
at the White Cloud Temple of Quanzhen Taoism, which was founded in 741 and rebuilt A Temple of the Goddess
numerous times. The Beijing Dongyue Temple outside Chaoyangmen is the largest temple in Gubeikou.
of Zhengyi Taoism in the city. The local Beijing Taoist Association has its headquarters at
the Lzu Temple near Fuxingmen.[150]

Religion in Beijing (2010s) Buddhism

Chinese religion or not
11% of the population of Beijing practices Buddhism. The Buddhist Association of China,
religious and atheists (86.26%)
the state's supervisory organ overseeing all Buddhist institutions in mainland China, is
Buddhism (11.2%)
headquartered in the Guangji Temple, a temple founded over 800 years ago during the Jin
Islam (1.76%) dynasty (11151234) in what is now Fuchengmennei. The Beijing Buddhist Association Fire God Temple in
along with the Buddhist Choir and Orchestra are based in the Guanghua Temple, which Di'anmen.
Christianity (0.78%)
dates to the Yuan Dynasty over 700 years ago. The Buddhist Academy of China and its
library are housed in the Fayuan Temple near Caishikou. The Fayuan
Temple, which dates to the Tang Dynasty 1300 years ago, is the oldest temple in
urban Beijing. The Tongjiao Temple inside Dongzhimen is the city's only Buddhist
nunnery.

The West Yellow Temple originally dates to the Liao Dynasty. In 1651, the temple
was commissioned by the Qing Emperor Shunzhi to host the visit of the Fifth Dalai
Rear hall of the Capital Lama to Beijing. Since then, this temple has hosted the 13th Dalai Lama as well as Beijing's Tianning Temple, in Xicheng
City God Temple of the Sixth, Ninth and Tenth Panchen Lamas. The largest Tibetan Buddhist Temple in District.
Beijing. Beijing is the Yonghe Temple, which was decreed by the Qing Emperor Qianlong in
1744 to serve as the residence and research facility for his Buddhist preceptor of
Rlp Dorj the third Changkya (or living Buddha of Inner Mongolia). The Yonghe Temple is so-
named because it was the childhood residence of the Yongzheng Emperor, and retains the glazed tiles reserved for imperial
palaces.

The Lingguang Temple of Badachu in the Western Hills also dates to the Tang Dynasty. The temple's Zhaoxian Pagoda was first
built in 1071 during the Liao Dynasty to hold a tooth relic of the Buddha. The pagoda was destroyed during the Boxer Rebellion
and the tooth was discovered from its foundation. A new pagoda was built in 1964. The six aforementioned temples: Guangji,
Guanghua, Tongjiao, West Yellow, Yonghe and Lingguang have been designated National Key Buddhist Temples in Han
Chinese Area.

In addition, other notable temples in Beijing include the Tanzhe Temple (founded in the Jin dynasty (265420) is the oldest in
the municipality), Tianning Temple (oldest pagoda in the city), Miaoying Temple (famed for Yuan-era white dagoba), the Altar of Tsongkhapa of the
Wanshou Temple (home to the Beijing Art Museum) and Big Bell Temple. Hall of the Wheel of the
Law of the Yonghe Temple
Islam of Tibetan Buddhism.

Beijing has about 70 mosques recognized by the Islamic Association of China, whose headquarters are located next to the Niujie
Mosque, the oldest and most famous mosque in the city.[151][152] The Niujie Mosque was founded in 996 during the Liao
Dynasty and is frequently visited by Muslim dignitaries. Other notable mosques in the old city include the Dongsi Mosque,
founded in 1346; the Huashi Mosque, founded in 1415; Nan Douya Mosque, near Chaoyangmen; Jinshifang Street Mosque, in
Xicheng District; and the Dongzhimen Mosque.[153] There are large mosques in outlying Muslim communities in Haidian,
Madian, Tongzhou, Changping, Changying, Shijingshan and Miyun. The China Islamic Institute is located in the Niujie
neighborhood in Xicheng District.
The headquarters of the
Christianity Islamic Association of
China near Niujie in
Xicheng District.
Catholicism

In 1289, John of Montecorvino came to Beijing as a Franciscan missionary with the order from the Pope. After meeting and
receiving the support of Kublai Khan in 1293, he built the first Catholic church in Beijing in 1305. The Chinese Patriotic
Catholic Association (CPCA), based in Houhai is the government oversight body for Catholics in mainland China. Notable
Catholic churches in Beijing include:

the Nantang or Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception also known as the Xuanwumen Church, which was founded in
1605 and whose current Archbishop Joseph Li Shan is one of the few bishops in China to have the support of both the
Vatican and the CPCA.
the Dongtang or St. Joseph's Church, better known as the Wangfujing Church, founded in 1653.
the Beitang or Church of the Saviour, also known as the Xishiku Church, founded in 1703.
the Xitang or Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel also known as the Xizhimen Church, founded in 1723.

The National Seminary of Catholic Church in China is located in Daxing District. Church of the Saviour,
also known as the Xishiku
Protestantism Church, founded in 1703.
The earliest Protestant churches in Beijing were founded by British and American missionaries in the second half of the 19th century. Protestant missionaries
also opened schools, universities and hospitals which have become important civic institutions. Most of Beijing's Protestant churches were destroyed during
the Boxer Rebellion and rebuilt. In 1958, the 64 Protestant churches in the city were reorganized into four and overseen by the state through the Three-Self
Patriotic Movement.

Eastern Orthodox

There were a significant amount of Orthodox Christian in Beijing. Orthodox has come to Beijing along with Russian prisoners from Albazino conflicts in the
17th century.[154] In 1956, Viktor, the bishop of Beijing returned to the Soviet Union, and the Soviet embassy took over the old cathedral and demolished it.
In 2007, Russian embassy has rebuilt a new church in its garden to serve the Russian Orthodox Christian in Beijing.

Media
Television and radio

Beijing Television broadcasts on channels 1 through 10, and China Central Television, China's largest television
network, maintains its headquarters in Beijing. 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, ), covering news about Beijing in Chinese, is
distributed every afternoon. Other newspapers include Beijing Daily, The Beijing News (Xin Jing Bao, ), 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.

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

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 (199397, annually since 2004), ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Cup of China (2003,
2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 and 2010), WPBSA China Open for Snooker (annually since 2005), Union Cycliste
Internationale 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 hosted the
2015 IAAF World Championships in Athletics.

Beijing's LeSports Center will be one of the main venues for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.[155] Fireworks above Olympic venues
during the opening ceremony of the
The city hosted the second Chinese National Games in 1914 and the first four National Games of China in 1959, 2008 Summer Games
1965, 1975, 1979, respectively, and co-hosted 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 made a bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics.[156] On 31 July 2015, the International
Olympic Committee awarded the 2022 Winter Olympics to the city.[157]

Venues

Major sporting venues in the city include the National Stadium, also known as the "Birds' Nest",[158][159] National
Aquatics Center, also known as the "Water Cube", National Indoor Stadium, all in the Olympic Green to the north of
downtown; the MasterCard Center at Wukesong west of downtown; the Workers' Stadium and Workers' Arena in Tai chi (Taijiquan) practitioners at the
Sanlitun just east of downtown and the Capital Arena in Baishiqiao, northeast of downtown. In addition, many Fragrant Hills Park
universities in the city have their own sport facilities.

Clubs

Professional sports teams based in Beijing include:

China Baseball League Kontinental Hockey League

Beijing Tigers HC Kunlun Red Star
Chinese Basketball Association China League One
Beijing Ducks Beijing Renhe
Beikong Fly Dragons Beijing BG
Women's Chinese Basketball Association China League Two
Beijing Shougang Beijing BIT
Chinese Super League Chinese Women's National League
Beijing Guoan Beijing BG

Kontinental Hockey League

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.

China Bandy Federation is based in Beijing, one of several cities in which the potential for bandy development is explored.[160]

Transportation
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 DatongQinhuangdao Beijing Railway Station, one of several
Railway passes through the municipality to the north of the city. 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 BeijingGuangzhou 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.

Smaller stations in the city including Beijing East Railway Station and Qinghuayuan Railway Station handle mainly Traffic jam in the Beijing CBD
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.[161]

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.

Roads and expressways

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 Terminal 3 of the Beijing Capital
upon the five "ring roads" that concentrically surround the city, with the Forbidden City area marked as the International Airport
geographical centre 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. A final outer orbital, the Capital Ring Expressway (G95), is being built and will extend into
neighbouring Tianjin and Hebei.

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.
A Line 1 train on the Beijing Subway,
Beijing's urban design layout further exacerbates transportation problems.[162] The authorities have introduced which is among the longest and busiest
several bus lanes, which only public buses can use during rush hour. In the beginning of 2010, Beijing had 4 million rapid transit systems in the world.
registered automobiles.[163] By the end of 2010, the government forecast 5 million. In 2010, new car registrations in
Beijing averaged 15,500 per week.[164]

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.[165] More restrictive measures are
also reserved during major events or heavily polluted weather.

Air
An articulated Beijing bus.
Beijing's primary airport is the Beijing Capital International Airport (IATA: PEK) about 20 kilometres (12 mi)
northeast of the city centre. The airport is the second busiest airport in the world after Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta
International Airport.[13] 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.

The Airport Expressway links the airport to central Beijing; it is a roughly 40-minute drive from the city centre 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.

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,[166] is
currently being built in Daxing District, and is expected to be open by 2017.[167]
As of 1 January 2013, tourists from 45 countries are permitted a 72-hour visa-free stay in Beijing. The 45 countries
include Singapore, Japan, the United States, Canada, all EU and EEA countries (except Norway and Liechtenstein),
Switzerland, Brazil, Argentina and Australia. The programme benefits transit and business travellers[168] with the 72
hours calculated starting from the moment visitors receive their transit stay permits rather than the time of their
plane's arrival. Foreign visitors are not permitted to leave Beijing for other Chinese cities during the 72 hours.[169]

Public transit

The Beijing Subway, which began operating in 1969, now has 19 lines, 345 stations, and 574 km (357 mi) of lines. It Bicyclists during rush hour at the
is the second longest subway system in the world and first in annual ridership with 3.66 billion rides delivered in Chang'an Avenue.
2016. In 2013, with a flat fare of 2.00 (0.31 USD) per ride with unlimited transfers on all lines except the Airport
Express, the subway was also the most affordable rapid transit system 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 2020. When fully
implemented, 95% residents inside the Fourth Ring Road will be able walk to a station in 15 minutes.[170] The
Beijing Suburban Railway provides commuter rail service to outlying suburbs of the municipality.

On December 28, 2014, the Beijing Subway switched to a distance-based fare system from a fixed fare for all lines
except the Airport Express.[171] Under the new system a trip under 6 km will cost 3.00(0.49 USD), an additional
1.00 will be added for the next 6 kilometres (3.7 miles) and the next 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) until the distance for
the trip reaches 32 kilometres (20 miles).[171] For every 20 kilometres (12 miles) after the original 32 kilometres (20
miles) an additional 1.00 is added.[171] For example, a 50 kilometres (31 miles) trip would cost 8.00.
Typical Beijing traffic signage found at
There are nearly 1,000 public bus and trolleybus lines in the city, including four bus rapid transit lines. Standard bus intersections.
fares are as low as 1.00 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 79 am and 57 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, Citrons 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 colours 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.[172] Recently, cycling has seen a resurgence in popularity thanks to
the emergence of a large number of dockless app based bikeshares such as Mobike, Bluegogo and Ofo.[173]

Defense and aerospace

The command headquarters of China's military forces are based in Beijing. The Central Military Commission, the
political organ in charge of the military, is housed inside the Ministry of National Defense, located next to the
Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution in western Beijing. The Second Artillery Corps, which controls
the country's strategic missile and nuclear weapons, has its command in Qinghe, Haidian District. The headquarters of
the Beijing Military Region, one of seven nationally, is based further west in Gaojing. The Beijing Military Region
oversees the Beijing Garrisons as well as the 27th, 38th and 65th Armies, which are based in Hebei.

Military institutions in Beijing also include academies and thinktanks such as the PLA National Defence University
and Academy of Military Science, military hospitals such as the 301, 307 and the Academy of Military Medical Chinese President Xi Jinping and a
Sciences, and army-affiliated cultural entities such as the 1 August Film Studios and the PLA Song and Dance military honor guard welcomes South
Troupe. Korean president Park Geun-hye in
June 2013.
The China National Space Administration, which oversees country's space program, and several space-related state
owned companies such as CASTC and CASIC are all based in Beijing. The Beijing Aerospace Command and Control
Center, in Haidian District tracks the country's manned and unmanned flight and other space exploration initiatives.

Nature and wildlife

Beijing Municipality has 20 nature reserves that have a total area of 1,339.7 km2 (517.3 sq mi).[174] 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.[175][176][177] 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.[178] The Beijing Milu Park south of the city is
home to one of the largest herds of Pre 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.[179]
Each year, Beijing hosts 200-300 species of migratory birds including the common crane, black-headed gull, swan, mallard, common cuckoo and the
endangered yellow-breasted bunting.[180][181] In May 2016, Common cuckoos nesting in the wetlands of Cuihu (Haidian), Hanshiqiao (Shunyi), Yeyahu
(Yanqing) were tagged and have been traced to far as India, Kenya and Mozambique.[182][183] In the fall of 2016, the Beijing Forest Police undertook a
month-long campaign to crack down on illegal hunting and trapping of migratory birds for sale in local bird markets.[181] Over 1,000 rescued birds of
protected species including streptopelia, Eurasian siskin, crested myna, coal tit and great tit were handed to the Beijing Wildlife Protection and Rescue Center
for repatriation to the wild.[181][184]

The city flowers are the Chinese rose and chrysanthemum.[185] 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.[185] The oldest scholar tree in the city was planted in what is now Beihai
Park during the Tang Dynasty, 1,300 years ago.[186]

See also
2045 Pekingthe name of an asteroid
Beijing city fortifications
Historical capitals of China
Large Cities Climate Leadership Group
List of hospitals in Beijing
List of mayors of Beijing
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 (https://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 City, United States:
Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 1-4039-6473-4.
Bonino, Michele; De Pieri, Filippo (2015). Beijing Danwei: Industrial
Heritage in the Contemporary City (https://www.jovis.de/en/books/beij
ing-danwei.html). Berlin: Jovis. ISBN 978-3-86859-382-2.
Cammelli, Stefano Storia di Pechino e di come divenne capitale della
Cina, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2004. ISBN 978-88-15-09910-5
Chen, Gaohua: The Capital of the Yuan Dynasty. [Dadu or Khanbaliq].
Silkroad Press, 2015. ISBN 978-981-4332-44-6 (Print); ISBN 978-
981-4339-55-1 (eBook)
Harper, Damian, Beijing: City Guide, 7th Edition, Oakland, California:
Lonely Planet Publications, 2007.
Harper, Damian, Beijing: City Guide (https://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 (https://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.

Cammelli, Stefano Storia di Pechino e di come divenne capitale della

External links
Beijing Government website (http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/) (in Chinese)
Economic profile for Beijing (http://info.hktdc.com/mktprof/china/mpbei.htm) at HKTDC
Visit Beijing Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/BeijingChinaOfficial)
Photograph of The approach to Peking outside the walls (http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/PH-Y-00302-E/4) taken in 1890 by Sir Henry Norman

Preceded by Capital of China (as Dadu of Yuan) Succeeded by

Lin'an (Song Dynasty) 12641368 Nanjing (Ming Dynasty)

Preceded by Capital of China Succeeded by

Nanjing (Ming Dynasty) 14201928 Nanjing (ROC)

Capital of the People's Republic of

Preceded by Succeeded by
China
Nanjing (ROC) present capital
1949present

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