The air quality in Beijing and nearby regions hit dangerous levels Thursday, Beijing's environmental authorities said.
The sixth stage of Beijing's vehicle emission standard (Beijing VI Standard) is still under research and is set to be implemented in 2016.
The new Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway has carried 90 million passengers in its first year and a half of operation, according to a news release on the website of the railway ministry.
The upcoming annual sessions of the NPC and the CPPCC opened their press center Tuesday in the Media Center Hotel in downtown Beijing.
Beijingwill require courier companies to regularly destroy consumers’ personal information.
Recruitment by Beijing enterprises is expected to maintain a high growth rate in the first half of 2013, with 480,000 new posts created, authorities said.
Thousands of people swamped Qianmen Street in Beijing on Sunday, causing massive jams on roads and subways, after online rumors surfaced about a Lantern Festival show.
On Feb 26-March 5, 1978, the First Session of the Fifth National People's Congress (NPC) was held in Beijing.
The amount of fireworks sold in Beijing during the Spring Festival holiday sharply decreased compared with last year, the Beijing Morning Post reported on Monday.
Tourists do ice climbing on a frozen waterfall in the Anjiazhuang Valley of Mentougou district, a suburb of Beijing, capital of China, Feb 23, 2013.
Eight feature films and two shorts, selected from some of New Zealand's most acclaimed directors, cinematographers and producers, will be screened in Beijing.