2. Introduction
• Beijing is the capital of china
• With an population of 56 ethnic groups
• With 16 urban cities and 2 small towns
• Because of the situated place mostly all
winters are extremly cold , dry autumns ,
very hot summers and wet springs
3. Geography
• Main city center, Dongcheng [1] (means east city 东城 ), Xicheng [2]
(meaning west city 西城 ), Chongwen (崇文门 adorance to literature ) [3]
and Xuanwu[4] (宣武区 passing down martial arts ) form the urban core
of Beijing ( red zone )
• Chaoyang( 朝阳 looking at the sun) [5], Haidian( 海淀 sea pool)
[6],Fengtai ( 丰台区 not main meaning )[7] and Shijingshan( 石景山 rock
fountain mountains )[8],all that being the blue area.
• Furthermore on the green area , Tongzhou ( 通州 throught an state) [9]
and Shunyi( 顺义 along with rigthteousness) [10]. Mentougou ( 门头沟 at the
head of an door , there is an ditch) [11] and Fangshan( 房山 over an house
, there is an mountain)[12] Daxing( 大兴 great happiness) [13]
-- Changping ( 昌平 prosperous plain)[14] Tiantongyuan( 天通苑 the garden
througth the sky ) Juyongguan( 居庸关 the city that closes roads) .
• Yanqing [15]( 延庆 delayed celebration ) and Miyun( 密云 cloud of secrets) [16],
Huairou( 怀柔 softess of an warm belly) [17] andPinggu ( 平谷 plainvalley)[18]
4. City layout
• Starting from the very centre is an
megacity
• Mainly formed by flats
• Then the rests are urban sprawls with
suburbs around it with some comuter
towns
• The blocks are reunited together around
flats
5. History and development
• Beijing is the capital of 8 notable dynasties and governments:
• On 221 BC Yan State Capital, Warring States Period starts
• On 1271 first a national capital for the Yuan Dynasty starts
• On 1402 Became Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) capital
• On 1644 Qing Dynasty becomes the capital
• On 1912 Republic of China capital
• At October 1, 1949 People‘s Republic of China inaugurated by Mao
Zedong (毛泽东 )
• In 2008: hosted the Olympic Games
6. Environmental issues
• Air pollution in Beijing has made the city
'almost uninhabitable for human beings'
according to environmental study
• Which caused the government to create
an solution called CBEEX china beijing
enviroment exange
• The government is working on it by
installing on it some air cleasing machines