Beijing City

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Beijing City

Located in northern China, in the northern part of the North China Plain,to east Tianjin in the adjacent, with an area of ​​16,410.54 square kilometers.

Beijing is the Capital of People’s Republic of China, the provincial Administrative Region, municipalities, National Center City, Mega cities, China’s political center of the Chinese government, cultural centers, international exchange center, science and technology innovation center .

The city has 16 districts under its jurisdiction, with a permanent population of 21.536 million, ranking 27th in the country. The GDP in 2019 was 3537.13 billion yuan, ranking 12th nationwide.

Beijing is a world famous ancient and modern international city, is the world authority GaWC as the world first-tier cities, the UN report notes that Beijing Human Development Index ranks second Chinese city.

Beijing has significant influence in China’s political, economic, trade, cultural, educational, and technological fields. It has the most China state-owned enterprises’ headquarters, and has the world’s largest Fortune 500 corporate headquarters too

In the Beijing Business Central District there are a large number of international financial business office facilities and skyscrapers , while the Zhongguancun area concentrates with China’s important high-tech industries. Beijing is with the most higher education institutions the city in China. Beijing Tsinghua University and Peking University are regarded as representatives of the top universities in China.

International Transportation Hub

For three consecutive years, Beijing has ranked first among the top 100 cities in China. Beijing is one of the centers of China’s railway network. There are two large airports in Beijing, namely Beijing Capital International Airport and Beijing Daxing International Airport. Beijing Capital International Airport is one of the largest airports in the world and the main operating center of Air China. Passenger throughput reached 81.929 million passengers in 2012, second only to Atlanta Airport in the United States, ranking second in the world. Beijing Daxing International Airport was officially opened on September 25, 2019.

China’s road network is also radial with Beijing as the center. Many Chinese national highways and highways start from Beijing. In 2006, the Ministry of Communications of the People’s Republic of China and the Beijing Municipal Government jointly at Tiananmen Square set up a zero-kilometer Chinese highway signas a symbol of the total starting point of national trunk roads. As of the end of 2019, Beijing had a total of 1167km of expressways, 6162km of urban roads, and 699km of rail transit lines.

Chinese Dynasties

Beijing has been the capital of six dynasties in Chinese history. From more than 2,000 years ago, many palace buildings have been built, making Beijing the city with the largest number of imperial palaces, gardens, temples and tombs in China. The Forbidden City in Beijing was called the Forbidden City during the Qing Dynasty. It was originally a royal palace in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The building is magnificent and magnificent, reflecting the traditional Chinese classic style and oriental style. It is the largest existing palace in China and the world. The Chinese quintessence Peking Opera was also born here.

Manufacturing Industries

Beijing’s manufacturing industry includes automobile industry, biomedical industry, optoelectronic industry, microelectronics industry, etc.

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