Strong winds dispersed Beijing's lingering haze, but ushered in dust storms and a sharp temperature drop on Saturday.
Beijing's subway lines saw a new record number of passengers on Friday, with 10.27 million people travelling on the city's rail transit network.
A fire broke out at a residential building in Chaoyang District, Beijing, March 9, 2013. Nobody was injured in the fire that scared residents out of their houses. Police suspected the fire was caused by the inflammable garbage dumped near the building.
In the week since stricter measures were rolled out to tame China's property market, 9,400 units of second-hand homes were sold in Beijing.
Strong winds dispersed Beijing's lingering haze, but ushered in dust storms and a sharp temperature drop on Saturday.
The head of a district government in Beijing appeared in court on Friday responding to an administrative lawsuit.
Beijing authorities on Friday issued a red alert for forest fires for the upcoming two days, after the capital has seen scarce precipitation this month.
Workers in Beijing are being encouraged to take paid leave in a bid to promote tourism, a panel discussion at the National People's Congress heard Thursday.
7:30 pm, March 10, Poly Theater, 14 Dongzhimen South Street, Chaoyang district, Beijing.
As more countries want to take advantage of China's fast development, their happiness is naturally linked with China.
Beijing has pledged to boost its tourism revenue by 10 percent this year.
Beijing will recruit 2,400 village officials with higher education. Since the application opened Monday, by 6 pm on Wednesday, 3,354 graduate students had signed up for the election.