Information transparency has become another big test for the Beijing municipal government after it failed to respond to street talk over "withheld updates" on the death toll from the heaviest rain in 61 years.
The severe storm that pelted Beijing last Saturday has caused an estimated 500 million yuan ($78.7 million) in insured losses, the city's insurance regulatory commission said Thursday.
Three men already serving prison terms for using inferior and combustible material to build a CCTV tower had their sentences extended after a retrial on Wednesday.
The Beijing Municipal Administration of Cultural Heritage announced the results of a damage assessment conducted on Beijing cultural heritage sites after Saturday's torrential rain.
The Beijing municipal government spent 864 million yuan ($135.3 million) last year on cars and their maintenance, overseas trips and banquets.
About 160 unmovable cultural relics in Beijing were damaged during a storm last Saturday, when the heaviest rains in 60 years left 37 dead, the Beijing cultural heritage bureau said Wednesday.
More than 50 university students, film critics and media representatives gathered in Beijing's Palace Cinema on Sunday to see the premieres of 10 short films from the Looking Beijing 2012 Chinese and American Youth Summer DV (digital video) Project.
Seven government departments have been included in a pilot program to select officials with the differential voting mechanism in Beijing, municipal authorities disclosed at the first news conference of the 11th Beijing Municipal Party Congress on Sunday.
The Blue Symphony art exhibition opened in Beijing on June 26, 2012, to mark the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Croatia. As part of the Croatian National Day celebrations, it was hosted by Beijing People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and the Croatian embassy. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
Primary schools in Beijing will introduce traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) cultural classes next semester, a Beijing Times news reported Monday.
Prison inmates in Beijing could soon be able to talk to their families via video, after Beijing Municipal Justice Bureau launched a video meeting system as a part of their overall social help and education system.
The average life expectancy of Beijing residents with a hukou, or household registration, reached 81.12 in 2011, which is 0.31 years older than that of the previous year, local authorities said Thursday.
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