The Ninth China (Beijing) International Garden Expo is ready for its trial run on Sunday, now that construction work is done.
Some 16 enterprises offered jobs to prisoners who are about to be released from jail, ultimately 30 people signed a letter of intent for employment.
The 2013 Art Beijing Expo is held at the Agricultural Exhibition Center in Beijing from May 1 to 3.
More than 100 million yuan ($16.22 million) will be added for the purchase of relief supplies in Beijing in 2013, Beijing Daily reports.
Beijing continues its effort to clear the city's smoggy skies by replacing coal-fired boilers, Beijing News reports.
Cross-talk used to be considered an entertainment only for northern Chinese, yet one of the country's top cross-talk performers, Guo Degang, has brought it not only to all of China, but to the world.
Beijing plans to build 600 taxi stands, and will set up the first 165 stands in central Beijing.
Marathon lovers in Beijing gather at the Beijing Olympic Forest Park at night on April 16, 2013, praying for the victims killed in Boston Marathon blasts.
Tightened measures to curb military vehicle misuses have reduced such violations markedly, said a senior Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) officer.
The Foreign Affairs Office of the People's Government of Beijing Municipality has set up an overseas consular protection agency.
Beijing International Running Festival, a traditional public sports games in the Chinese capital, attracted 20,000 running enthusiasts to participate this year.
A 4-year-old boy is believed to have been infected with the H7N9 strain in Beijing.