Beijing is the capital of the People's Republic of China, and municipalities directly under the central government and the national central city, is a national political, cultural, educational and international communication center, is the world famous ancient capital and modern international city, is also the central people's government of the People's Republic of China and the National People's Congress's office is located。
Located in the north of the north China plain, Beijing lies on yanshan, the yongding river flows through the southwest of the old city, along with tianjin and hebei province。
Beijing dongcheng district, xicheng district, chaoyang district, haidian district, fengtai district, the shijingshan district, mentougou district, fangshan district, daxing district, tongzhou district, shunyi, changping district, pinggu district, huairou district, miyun county, yanqing county, etc。
16 districts and counties。At the end of 2013, the city had a permanent population of 211。48,000。
Beijing is one of the four big ancient capital in China, owns six world heritage, is the world's cities, with the largest number of cultural heritage the number is a having founded more than three thousand years history, more than eight hundred and sixty years of capitals of historical and cultural city, has many historical monuments and the humanities landscape。