Beijing

Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China, the central municipality, the China National Center City, Chinese politics, culture, education and international exchange center.Beijing is located at the northern end of the North China Plain, south-east, and Tianjin is connected to the rest surrounded by Hebei Province. Beijing has 3000 years of city history and the history of 850 years of capital, is one of the four ancient capitals. A blend of Chinese culture since from the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, with many historical sites and cultural landscape, is a global world culture heritage largest city. Beijing is also one of the most rainfall in North China region. A long history of the International Institute for Higher University, Peking University, Tsinghua University, located in Beijing.

History

Beijing to become one of the vassal state of Zhou Dynasty, the capital of the Yan State in the Western Zhou Dynasty, China. Since Chinese Jin Dynasty, the ancient capital of China - are. Since the Yuan Dynasty, became the capital of the whole of China. Yuan Dynasty capital, Dadu, or most of Kublai Mongolian Khanate Khan, the Mongolian called "sweat Pali (Khanbaliq), meaning" sweat residence. The Dadu its city site is located in this urban area of ​​Beijing, north to Dadu City ruins, south Chang'an Avenue, East and West from the loop. Beijing after the Ming Dynasty since Chengzu large-scale expansion of Qing the continuation Ming Beijing on the basis of some renovation and expansion. To the late Qing, the largest city in the world at that time.

Beijing has 3000 years of city history and the history of 859 years of capital. Beijing area since the Qin and Han has been a military and commercial center of northern China, the name has referred to as the thistle City, Yan Du, Yanjing, Zhuojun, Youzhou, Nanjing, in both, most of the capital, Shuntian, Peking, Beijing. .

Urban areaBeijing area of ​​16,807.8 square kilometers. Built-up area of 1289.3 square km.

Climate and environment

Beijing's climate is typical of temperate semi-humid continental monsoon climate, summer temperatures and rainy, cold and dry winter, short spring and autumn. 2007, for example, the annual average temperature of 14.0 ° C (Beijing Meteorological Bureau). -7 To -4 ℃ in January, July 25 to 26 ° C. Extreme minimum of -27.4 ℃, extreme maximum 42 ℃ or more. Free period of 180-200 days, western mountainous shorter. 2007 the average annual rainfall of 483.9 mm, as one of the most rainfall in North China region. The seasonal distribution of precipitation is very uneven, 80% of the annual precipitation is concentrated in the three months of summer 6,7,8, heavy rain in July and August.

Financial Street

Financial functions as the capital of a large-scale overall orientation developed into over ten years of development, Financial Street has already become China's financial decision-making control center, asset management center, financial payment and settlement hub, financial center: Financial Street focus the People's Bank of China, China banking Regulatory Commission, China Securities Regulatory Commission, China Insurance Regulatory Commission China the highest financial decision-making and regulatory bodies, almost all major decisions about the Chinese financial deliberation, discussion and eventual formation. China's financial industry's most influential financial center area.

500 of the world

2010 "Fortune 500" 21 corporate headquarters are located in Beijing, four more than last year. Beijing topped the second of the global city, more than New York (18) and London (15) [11]. The total revenue of $ 13,614.07 one hundred million U.S. dollars, ranking the third of the global city. As of the end of 2007, "Fortune 500" companies set up offices in Beijing, a total of 447 "top 500 Chinese enterprises' headquarters is located in a total of 99 of the Beijing area.

Shopping district

Beijing is the only selected mainland cities of the world's 15 largest shopping, with hundreds of large and medium-sized shopping malls. Wangfujing Street, Qianmen Dashilan, Xidan Commercial Street is the traditional business district of Beijing; China World Shopping Mall, Oriental Plaza and Zhongguancun Square in recent years, new commercial hubs. If you are interested in antiques, to Liulichang or Panjiayuan Antique City stroll. If you have a soft spot for foreign trade clothing, it must not miss Xiushui Street and Yaxiu wholesale market. Cloisonne, jade, silk embroidery has a long history; folk arts and crafts, drunk people, Peking opera mask, kites, paper cutting and other inexpensive gifts to friends and relatives are a good gift.

Foreign exchange

Beijing increasing exchanges with countries in the world, the region's economic, trade, science and technology, education, culture and other fields. The friendly exchanges between government, civil and social organizations are very active. Beijing and 124 in the capital and largest city of the 72 countries have maintained friendly contacts, which has established friendly relations with 41 cities in 37 countries. Foreign students in reading 29452. 137 Beijing's existing foreign embassies, international organizations and regional representative bodies of 17, 190 foreign news organizations. Established in Beijing, foreign representative offices in Beijing has more than 7000, the world's largest 500 multinational companies have been 185 to Beijing to invest. Foreign students more than 17 000.

Tourist attractions

Beijing is the world's World Heritage (6) the largest city, is the world's first capital city with a world geological park. Beijing has rich tourism resources, the opening of the tourist attractions of the 200, the world's largest Imperial Palace The Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven of the Heaven Temple, Royal Garden North Sea, the imperial garden Summer Palace and Summer Palace, Badaling Great Wall, Mutianyu Great Wall and the World the largest courtyard Prince Gong's Mansion and other attractions. The city's total heritage 7309, 99 national key cultural relics protection units (including the Great Wall and Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal Beijing segment), 326 municipal units, five national geological parks, 15 national forest parks.Badaling Great Wall, the world cultural heritage: the top ten scenic spotsForbidden City, Great Wall, Zhoukoudian, the Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace,

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World Geopark:

Beijing Fangshan Geopark, (national scenic area)