Beijing is planning to re-sort and re-burn buried rubbish in a bid to extend the usage time of refuse landfills, the Beijing News reported on Tuesday.
Pedestrians who are caught running a red light will soon be fined 10 yuan ($1.61) in Beijing, Beijing Times reported Monday, citing the Beijing Traffic Management Bureau.
Beijing plans to excavate waste buried in landfills, and to sort and incinerate it starting in 2015, in order to improve the sustainability of landfills, officials said at a conference held on Monday.
The body of Yongding Tower, an iconic building for the Ninth China (Beijing) International Garden Expo which will be held in May, catches fire in Fengtai district in Beijing at 3 pm on April 8, 2013.
An officer on duty at Liuliqiao station, a transfer subway station in Beijing, paid 23 passengers 30 yuan ($4.84) each for taxi fare after they missed the last train due to a late night suspension of service, China Youth Daily reported Wednesday.
Beijing will set up 15 service centers this year for people who lost their only child. The centers will provide a variety of services, including psychological counseling, healthcare and emergency assistance, Beijing News reported Sunday.
An exhibition titled Tango Oriental — Three Visions of Tango in Uruguay displays the artistic charm of tango and humanistic spirit of Uruguay by presenting oil paintings and photos by three Uruguayan artists.
A Beijing court has sentenced a mental patient to compulsory medical treatment after he was convicted of pushing a passenger in front of a subway train and seriously injuring him.
Beijing will give away 50,000 free e-tickets to 17 attractions in the capital city, Beijing Times reported Sunday.
Prosecutors in Beijing said the city has witnessed a rise in credit card fraud in recent years.
Chaoyang district government in Beijing has given star ratings to 13,000 volunteers and promised to give them free or preferential services when they go to the cinema, the gym, or the barber in the district, in a gesture to encourage more voluntary work, Beijing Times reported on Tuesday.
The Beijing Health Bureau raided a clinic illegally offering assisted reproductive services in Dongcheng district on Monday.