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Brief introduction of Beijing

Beijing, referred to as "Beijing" for short, is the capital, municipality directly under the Central Government, national central city, megacity, international metropolis, national political center, cultural center, international exchange center and scientific and technological innovation center of People's Republic of China (PRC). The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CCCPC), People's Republic of China (PRC) Central People's Government, National People's Congress, Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and China.

Beijing is located in the northern part of North China Plain, backed by Yanshan Mountains, and adjacent to Tianjin and Hebei Province. Beijing's climate is a typical semi-humid continental monsoon climate in the north temperate zone.

Beijing is one of the first national historical and cultural cities, and also the city with the most world cultural heritage in the world. The history of more than 3,000 years has given birth to the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven, the Badaling Great Wall, the Summer Palace and many other places of interest. As early as 700,000 years ago, the primitive tribe "Beijingers" appeared in Zhoukoudian, Beijing. In BC 1045, Beijing became the capital of thistle, swallow and other vassal states. Since 938 AD, Beijing has successively become the capital of the northern government of Liao, Jinzhongdu, Yuandadu, Ming and Qing Dynasties and the Republic of China, and became the capital of China people on 1949+00+00.

GaWC, a global authority, rated Beijing as a first-tier city in the world. According to the UN report, Beijing's human development index ranks second in China. In 20 17, Beijing's per capita disposable income reached 57,230 yuan, ranking first in the country in terms of total household deposits and per capita household deposits. In 20 17, the number of high-tech enterprises in Beijing reached 20 183, ranking first in China. In Forbes 20 17 "Best Business City in Chinese mainland", Beijing ranked third.

Extended data

Beijing is located at east longitude115.7-17.4, north latitude 39.4-41.6, with its center at 39 54' 20 "north latitude and east longitude1/kloc-. Located in the northern part of North China Plain, adjacent to Bohai Bay, with Liaodong Peninsula on the top and Shandong Peninsula on the bottom.

Beijing's climate is a typical semi-humid continental monsoon climate in the north temperate zone, with high temperature and rainy summer, cold and dry winter and short spring and autumn. The frost-free period of the whole year is 180 ~ 200 days, which is shorter in the western mountainous area. In 2007, the average rainfall was 483.9 mm, which is one of the most rainy areas in North China. The seasonal distribution of precipitation is very uneven. 80% of the annual precipitation is concentrated in June, July and August in summer, and there are heavy rains in July and August.

20 10 the data of the sixth national census show that the population of Han nationality is1881kloc-0/000, and the population of ethnic minorities is 80 1000. The top five ethnic minorities are Manchu, Hui, Mongolian, Korean and Tujia, accounting for 90.2% of the ethnic minority population. Among them, Manchu has the largest population of 336,000, accounting for 41.9%; Followed by the Hui population, 249,000 people, accounting for 31.1%; The Mongolian, Korean and Tujia populations are 77,000, 37,000 and 24,000 respectively, accounting for 9.6%, 4.7% and 2.9% of the minority population respectively.

Beijing is the city with the largest number of world heritage sites (7 sites) and the first capital city with a world geopark in the world. Beijing has more than 200 tourist attractions open to the outside world, including the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven, Beihai Park, the Summer Palace and Yuanmingyuan, as well as Badaling Great Wall, Mutianyu Great Wall and Gongwangfu, the largest quadrangle in the world. There are 7309 cultural relics in Beijing, 99 national key cultural relics protection units (including the Great Wall and the Beijing section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal), 326 municipal cultural relics protection units, 5 national geological parks and 0/5 national forest parks.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Beijing