Acknowledgements

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Acknowledgements

• The following presentation is prepared by Ms
  Lee Tuen Yee Lydia, teacher from United Christian
  College (East Kowloon). The Education Bureau has
  made amendments on the flow of learning and word
  usage, while keeping the authors original
  meaning.

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Beijings Tourist Attractions - A case study
An Overview of Beijing
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An Overview of Beijinghttp//english.gov.cn/about
.htm

• Area 16,410 km2
• (Covering 0.18 of the Mainlands total area,
  the 29th biggest city of China).
• Total population14.927 million (2004)
• (1.1 of the Mainlands total population, the
  26th most populated city)
• Neighbouring cities Hebei, Tianjin

• Abbreviation Jing
• Administrative division Direct-controlled
  Municipality
• City flower Chinese rose, Chrysanthemum
• City tree Chinese Arborvitae, Pagoda tree

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http//english.gov.cn/links/brief20050923.htm
Beijing
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An Overview of Beijing http//english.gov.cn/abou
t.htm

• Climate
• Beijing lies in the temperate monsoonal
  continental climate zone, i.e. with marked
  seasonal distinctions, a fairly brief spring and
  autumn and a longer winter and summer. The annual
  average temperature is 12.3C . The lowest
  average temperature is -3.7C in January, and the
  highest being 26.2C in July. In recent years,
  Beijing and Northern China have experienced heavy
  dust storms in spring, which has a negative
  effect to Beijings image.

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An Overview of Beijing

• Functions
• Capital of the Peoples Republic of China the
  political, cultural and international business
  centre of the country. Beijing is one of the most
  famous cultural and historical centres of the
  world, it is also the national cultural,
  technology and education hub.
• History
• Starting from 221 B.C., the year when Emperor
  Qin Shi Huang unified China, until 937 B.C.,
  Beijing has always been an important city in
  North China and a capital of the regional
  government. Beijing was also named the capital
  city throughout the Chinese history, including
  the Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, for a
  total of 650 years. On 1st October,1949, the
  Peoples Republic of China was founded and
  Beijing became the capital of the new China.

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Administrative Divisions

• Beijing city is one of the 4 direct-controlled
  municipalities of the Peoples Republic of China.
• Beijing is divided into 16 districts and 2
  counties.
• Historically, the inner city refers to the four
  districts, Dong Cheng, Xi Cheng, Chong Wen and
  Xuan Wu located inside Beijing 2nd Ring Road.
• The planned urban area of Beijing city lies
  within Beijing 5th Ring Road (former Gong Lu Yi
  Huan). Due to the rapid urbanization in recent
  years, a few counties have now become
  districts. Since Beijing positions itself as a
  political and cultural centre, its industrial
  infrastructures are slowly moving out of the
  centre.
• Districts Dong Cheng District, Xi Cheng
  District, Chong Wen District, Xuan Wu District,
  Chao Yang District, Feng Tai District, Shi Jing
  Shan District, Hai Dian District, Men Tou Gou
  District, Fang Shan District, Tong Zhou District,
  Shun Yi District, Chang Ping District, Da Xing
  District, Huai Rou District, Ping Gu District.
• Counties Mi Yun County and Yan Qing County.

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Yan Qing County
Huai Rou District
Hai Dian District
Mi Yun County
Chang Ping District
Xi Cheng District
Chao Yang District
Men Tou Gou District
Ping Gu District
Shi Jing Shan District
Shun Yi District
Fang Shan District
Dong Cheng District
Xuan Wu District
Tong Zhou District
Feng Tai District
Da Xing District
Chong Wen District
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Populationhttp//english.gov.cn/links/brief200509
23.htm

• Until the end of December 2004, Beijings total
  population has risen to 14.927 million, among
  which 11.629 million are registered citizens.
• Beijing is home to 56 ethnic groups, of which the
  Han Race makes up 95.7 of the population, with
  12.984 million people. The population of the
  ethnic minorities is 585,000, i.e. 4.3 of the
  total population.

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Language

• On 31st October 2000, the Law of the Peoples
  Republic of China on the Standard Spoken and
  Written Chinese Language stated that Putonghua
  is the countrys official language as well as the
  common language for Chinese People.
• The standard pronunciation of Putonghua is based
  on the Beijing dialect.

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Economy

• Beijings Gross National Product was only second
  to that of Shanghai in 2005.
• The scale of its tertiary sector has surpassed
  that of Shanghai, being the first among all
  Chinese cities. According to the standard of the
  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
  Nations (FAO) , Beijing has developed into a
  Well-being society. However, the poverty gap in
  Beijing is still widening.
• Beijing is one of Chinas most important
  financial and commercial centre, and the home to
  the four major state-run commercial banks. Due to
  the rapid economic development in China, Beijing
  has managed to attract many multinational
  corporations to set up regional headquarters in
  here.
• Beijing is still having problems with its
  economic structure. The main problem rests in the
  over-expansion of population such that the growth
  rate of Beijings per capita labor productivity
  still lags behind other major cities.
• In the Beijing Overall Urban Planning (2004 to
  2020) approved by the State Council in 2005,
  Beijing was classified as a National Capital,
  International city, Cultural Centre and
  Residential city.

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Culture

• Beijing is a classical city and a cultural centre
  in the East. It is home to a number of famous
  academic institutions such as the Beijing
  University and the Tsinghua University etc.
• All kinds of museums can be found in Beijing the
  largest library in Asia, 24-hour radio and TV
  broadcasting and first-class artistic performance
  groups.
• The Eastern Opera, also known as Beijing opera,
  is a well-known artistic performance in Beijing
  and is considered as the quintessence of Chinese
  culture. Beijings Chang An Theatre is one of the
  most famous and traditional theatres in China.
• Acrobatics, one of the most ancient Chinese
  performing art, is also very popular among
  tourists from all over the world.