A 7-year-old girl missing since July 4 in Fengtai district was murdered and a man, who was arrested on July 29, has confessed to the killing, local police have said.
Families of patients who die or are left disabled due to vaccines may soon receive massive payouts from the government, as the capital looks to close a major loophole in its health system.
The city's fire department launched its official micro blog on Monday to broadcast information from actual fire scenes and to spread self-rescue tips to residents.
As part of a campaign to improve air quality, drivers who scrap old cars or sell them to buyers outside Beijing can receive subsidies put toward a new vehicle.
A monitoring device that can photograph customers' faces clearly started operating in large and medium-sized supermarkets and shops across Beijing.
Researchers accidently damaged a rare thousand-year old porcelain in the Palace Museum in Beijing's Forbidden City, the museum said in a statement on Sunday, without revealing the extent of the damage.
The frequent rainstorms this summer have not only led to canceled and delayed flights at the capital's airport, but also to many more disputes between frustrated passengers and airline staff members.
A campaign to improve healthcare in the capital took a "crucial step" on Thursday when a new body charged with overseeing the operation of hospitals officially got to work.
Sir Craig Reedie, a senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) member and former British Olympic chief, says London faces a "very high challenge" to meet the standards set by the "magnificent Beijing Games" of 2008.
A regulation that requires bars, restaurants, hotels and bookstores to install expensive Web-monitoring software has sparked controversy.
Residents in picturesque Shichahai woke on Wednesday morning to find heavy rain and winds had brought down some 100 trees, damaging cars and houses.
To satisfy the growing demand for sports grounds and other facilities for public use, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Sports will open more school sports fields to the public.