FM, diplomats mark founding of service bureau
2012-01-21 08:09:21
Joined by hundreds of high-level foreign diplomats, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi celebrated the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Beijing Service Bureau for Diplomatic Missions (BSBDM) on Friday.
NGOs: Residents should set off fewer fireworks
2012-01-21 07:51:42
As the quality of the city's air continues to give rise to concerns, many NGOs are asking the public to refrain from shooting off fireworks during the Spring Festival.
New rule to fine taxi drivers for refusals
2012-01-19 08:04:36
Starting on April 1, taxi drivers who, without justification, refuse to take passengers or deliberately take longer routes to increase fares could face more fines.
Beijing rolls out huge forestation plan
2012-01-13 21:04:28
Millions of trees that cover an area of 1 million mu (66,667 hectare) will be planted in Beijing in the next three years.
Post offices in Beijing selling train tickets
2012-01-13 17:18:16
Twenty-four post offices in Beijing began selling train tickets, providing another way to buy tickets during the Spring Festival travel rush, Beijing Times reported Friday.
Food safety among Beijingers' top concerns
2012-01-13 10:04:13
Food safety ranked among the top 10 topics capital residents are concerned about and one of the topics most discussed by local political advisers, an online poll found.
Housing policy to continue
2012-01-13 07:56:07
Beijing pledged to restrict property purchases and build more government subsidized housing this year to continue to cool the property market.
Beijing to release real-time air-quality data
2012-01-11 22:34:20
Authorities in the Chinese capital will release real-time air-quality data on the Internet for local residents to check starting Thursday, an environment official said Wednesday.
Beijing theaters took in $22m in 2011
2012-01-11 21:19:32
Theater performances in Beijing took in about 1.405 billion yuan ($22.3 million) in 2011, up 28.9 percent year-on-year, according to the Beijing Trade Association For Performances (BTAP).
PM2.5: Easy to monitor but hard to control
2012-01-10 19:57:46
Despite forthcoming tighter monitoring standards nationwide, it is no easy task for Beijing and other cities to implement PM2.5 standards and then further control pollution, insiders have said.
Van runs into bus stop in Beijing, 1 dead
2012-01-10 18:07:27
At least one person was killed and 11 more injured after a van careened into a crowded bus stop Tuesday morning in suburban Beijing, authorities and witnesses said.
Dinosaur footprints discovered in Beijing
2012-01-09 19:53:02
Paleontologists say several hundred fossilized footprints in a Beijing suburb are those of dinosaurs.