The international governing body for university sports will be happy to see either Beijing or Almaty win the bid for 2022 Winter Olympic Games, Claude-Louis Gallien, President of the International University Sports Federation (FISU), told Xinhua on Wednesday.
Beijing Capital Airport is expected to transport 9.84 million passengers during Spring Festival, which started on Wednesday and runs until March 15.
Beijing is soliciting public opinion on names for its Hutongs. While they should be preserved and protected, some names should be changed to become graceful, the Beijing News reports.
The Fengtai district government declared on January 21 that a gatehouse and screen wall of an old public bathhouse built in 1931 in Changxindian, Fengtai district was an immovable cultural relic, according to the Legal Mirror.
Beijing closed 37 high-end restaurants and private clubs last year in its fight against extravagance and corruption, the municipal disciplinary watchdog reported on Monday.
Beijing has called for the illegal construction of basements to be stopped after such work caused neighboring houses and part of the road surface to collapse in the city, forcing 15 people to be evacuated.
Beijing is using a crowd analytics system to prevent stampedes at major commercial areas. It is hoped that the system will be rolled out nationwide.
To commemorate the 55th anniversary of diplomatic relationship between China and Cuba, as well as the 162 anniversary of José Martí's birth, a floral tribute to the sculpture of José Martí was held at Beijing Jintai Art Museum on January 30.
Construction on a Universal Studios theme park will begin in Beijing's east suburban district of Tongzhou this year, district director Yue Peng said in a work report.
The fire at a department store in downtown Beijing was extinguished on Sunday morning, 71 hours after it started.
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