Location: north China. Between 115° 20' - 117° 32' east longitude and
39°23'-41°05' north latitude
Average temperature: 8-12 °C
Population: 13.82 million (by November 1, 2000), the third largest city in
China.
Land area: 16,807.8 square kilometers. The city is divided into 13 districts
and five counties.
History: the city was first established more than 3,000 years ago. It used to
be the capital city of several ancient dynasties for over 800 years.
Area of Forest: trees and grass cover 43% of the land of Beijing (by 2000).
The ratio will be raised to 48% by 2005.
Air Quality: The number of days with good and excellent air quality accounted
for 45% of the total in 2000. The ratio will be raised to 70% in 2005. In 2000,
the emission of such gas pollutants as sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide,
floating particles and carbon monoxide were reduced by 41%, 18%, 7% and 21%
respectively over 1998.
Olympic venues: 37 competition venues and 59 training venues will be used for
the Olympic Games. Among them, 15 competition venues have already been completed
and the other 22 competition venues will be built by 2007.
Number of overseas visitors: 2.82 million per year (2000)
Number of hotels: 458 star-grade hotels with 84,812 rooms (by 2000). The
figure will grow to 800 in 2008, with a total of 130,000 rooms. If other hotels,
apartments and guesthouses are included, the city has a total of 219,481 guest
rooms now.
Number of museums: 112 (by 2000)
Number of hospitals: more than 50 large-scale and speciallized hospitals,
some 5,940 communicty hospitals, clinics and healthcare centers
TV signal: 200 channels for international TV signal transmission by more than
8 submarine cables and 5 satellites in 2008
Number of cellular phone subscribers: 3.3 million (by 2000). The figure will
grow to 10 million in 2008.
Number of Internet access subscribers: 2.8 million, accounting for 12.4
percent of the country's total
Number of office buildings with wide-band Internet accession: over 3,000 (by
2000)
Airport: The Beijing International Airport handles 35 million passengers
every year (by 2000). The handling capacity will increase to 48 million in 2008.
It is linked with 62 international air routes with 468 flights per week and 85
domestic air routes with over 3,000 flights per week.
Railway: Beijing has 8 railway lines and 3 railway stations.
Length of subway: 54 kilometers (by 2000). More than 100 kilometers will be
built from 2001-2005.
Length of roads: 1,200 kilometers (by 2000). More than 700 kilometers will be
built from 2001-2005.
Number of automobiles: 1.58 million (by 2000)
Number of bicycles: 8 million
Traffic control: Beijing has developed a sophisticated network consisting of
a state-of-the-art traffic control center, a computerized drivers' information
management system, a computer network of police command and deployment, a
traffic TV monitoring system, a traffic diversion system, police patrol cars
equipped with GPS system and a police hotline. In 2000, traffic congestion were
reduced by 70.5% over 1998.
Per capita GDP: US$2,700 (2000)
Economic Growth Rate: 10% per year (1996-2000). The economy is expected to
grow at 9% per year in the next five years, higher than the national average.
Per capita income: US$1,251 (by 2000)
Government revenue: US$4.14 billion in 2000
Foreign trade volume: US$11.65 billion in 2000
Foreign direct investment: US$21.6 billion in 2000
Number of foreign-funded companies: 15,882 (by 2000)
Investment in infrastructure construction: US$16.7 billion (1996-2000). The
figure will grow to US$21.8 billion from 2001 to 2005.
Investment in environmental protection: US$12 billion from 1998-2007.
Waste disposal: 49% sewage water and 80% garbage were treated in an
environmentally friendly way (by 2000). The ratios will be raised to 90% and
100% in 2007.
Clean Energy: Beijing now burns one billion cubic meters of natural gas every
year. By 2005, natural gas, electricity and other clean fuels will make up more
than 75% of the total consumption of fuels. Enditem
