As China's capital city, Beijing is now facilitated with state of art transportation systems: besides transportation hubs such as Beijing Airport, Beijing Western Railway Station, the city has also more than 20,000 operational buses. Beijing subway length even reached 200 kilometers in 2008.
Boasting on long history and rich culture, Beijing is honored as one of the“ Six Ancient China Cities”. Another five cities are Xi'an, Luoyang, Kaifeng, Nanjing and Hangzhou. Great Wall, Tiananmen Square, the Palace Museum, the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace are well known Beijing China attractions even for people around the world.
To hold a successful Summer Olympic Games, Beijing China government invested a lot to upgrade its travel accommodation facilities: so far, the number of star hotels in Beijing has exceeded 800 including more than 40 luxury five star hotels, 100 four star hotels, more than 200 three star hotels and nearly 300 two star hotels.
The variety of culture attributes to Beijing with different kinds of arts: opera, Shadow Puppet and acrobatics. You can also entertain yourself by strolling around Beijing Silk Street, Wangfujing or Antique Store.
With more and more people come to visit China, Beijing has evolved into an international level city. Latest information shows that the number of permanent expatriate residences in Beijing has exceeded 110 thousand by the end of 2007; the number of inbound tourists to Beijing even reached 4 million in the same period.
If you are a new resident to Beijing, we have Beijing Bus Map ready for you. Try to spend some time and get yourself familiarize with the city please. Enjoy your life in Beijing China!