Beijing is the capital city of China located in northern China. It has a population of over 20 million people representing 56 ethnic groups. The city has 16 urban districts and 2 rural counties. Beijing has a dry, continental climate with very cold, dry winters and hot, humid summers. The urban core consists of four central districts while the outer districts are more suburban in nature. Air pollution is a major environmental issue, with studies finding air quality making the city almost uninhabitable at times. The government is working to address this through initiatives like the China Beijing Environment Exchange.

1. BEIJING
北京

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

7. webpages
• http://beijing.usembassy-china.org.cn/
• http://beijing-travels.com/beijing_guide/overview/geog
• http://www.cbeex.com
.cn/article/en/
http://www.dailymail.
co.uk/news/article-
2558548/Air-pollution-
Beijing-city-
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