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Beijing China used to be a lagged city in the western's eyes. It developed quickly with the adoption of reform and open-up policy in the late 20 years.
As China's Capital city, Beijing is facilitated with state of art transportation systems: besides transportation hubs such as Beijing Airport, Beijing Railway Station and Beijing Subway, the city also has more than 20,000 buses in operation.
Boasting on its 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 of China, Tiananmen Square, the Palace Museum or the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace are the most popular attractions that you can't miss during your stay in Beijing.
With the approaching of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, China government puts a lot of money and materials to upgrade its environment for travel accommodation: so far, the city has more than 800 star hotels including more than 40 luxury five- star hotels, 100 four- star hotels, more than 200 three-star hotels, 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 your life by strolling around itsSilk Street, Wangfujing or Antique Store.
With more and more people come to visit China, Beijing internationalizes itself as well. 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 even reached 4 million in last year.