Beijing Beijing is the capital of the People's Republic of China and a municipality directly under the central government (division code 110000); it is also a key site of the May Fourth Movement and modern scholarship. ## Administrative division Beijing is a provincial-level division (municipality) of the People's Republic of China[^mca2023]. It has 16 districts[^mca2023]: [[place_cn_110101|Dongcheng]], [[place_cn_110102|Xicheng]], [[place_cn_110105|Chaoyang]], [[place_cn_110106|Fengtai]], [[place_cn_110107|Shijingshan]], [[place_cn_110108|Haidian]], [[place_cn_110109|Mentougou]], [[place_cn_110111|Fangshan]], [[place_cn_110112|Tongzhou]], [[place_cn_110113|Shunyi]], [[place_cn_110114|Changping]], [[place_cn_110115|Daxing]], [[place_cn_110116|Huairou]], [[place_cn_110117|Pinggu]], [[place_cn_110118|Miyun]], [[place_cn_110119|Yanqing]]. ## Basic facts - Administrative division code: 110000[^mca2023] - Area: 16,410.54 km²[^zhwiki] - Resident population: 21.80 million (end of 2025)[^baidu] - GDP: CNY 5.20734 trillion (2025)[^baidu]; per capita about CNY 239,000 (2025)[^zhwiki] - Seat of government: No. 57 Yunhe East Street, Tongzhou District[^baidu] - Telephone area code: 010; postal code: 100000[^baidu] - ISO 3166-2: CN-BJ[^zhwiki] - Licence plate codes: 京A–京Q, 京Y[^baidu] - Climate: warm-temperate semi-humid to semi-arid monsoon climate[^baidu] - Time zone: China Standard Time (UTC+8)[^zhwiki] - City flowers: Chinese rose and chrysanthemum; city trees: Chinese arborvitae and Chinese scholar tree[^zhwiki] ## History - 1368: replaced Dadu (Khanbaliq) of the Yuan dynasty[^wikidata]. - From 1421: named Beijing, until 7 June 1928[^wikidata]. - 8 June 1928 – 28 July 1937: Peiping[^wikidata]. - 29 July 1937 – 2 September 1945: Beijing[^wikidata]. - 3 September 1945 – 30 September 1949: Peiping[^wikidata]. - From 1 October 1949: Beijing[^wikidata]. ## Academic and public life [[organization_pku|Peking University]] is in Beijing. The [[event_mayfourth|May Fourth Movement]] began with student demonstrations here in 1919. Updated: 2026-10-25 Tags: - 中国近现代 - 教育 - 行政区划 Relations: - Contains places: Dongcheng District (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。) - Contains places: Xicheng District (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。) - Contains places: Chaoyang District (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。) - Contains places: Fengtai District (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。) - Contains places: Shijingshan District (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。) - Contains places: Haidian District (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。) - Contains places: Mentougou District (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。) - Contains places: Fangshan District (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。) - Contains places: Tongzhou District (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。) - Contains places: Shunyi District (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。) - Born here: Zhu Houzhao - Born here: Zhu Zaihou - Born here: Zhu Yijun - Born here: Zhu Changluo - Born here: Zhu Youxiao - Born here: Zhu Youjian - Born here: Tan Sitong - Born here: Kangxi Emperor - Born here: Qianlong Emperor - Born here: Empress Dowager Cixi - Operators here: Beijing Capital Metro Corp., Ltd. - Operators here: 北京公交有轨电车公司亦庄有轨公司 - Operators here: Beijing Metro Operation Administration Corporation Limited - Operators here: Beijing Public Transit Tramway Co., Ltd. - Operators here: Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corporation Limited - Operators here: Beijing MTR Corporation - Events here: May Fourth Movement (指1919年5月4日示威起点，不限定全部活动范围。) - Organizations here: Peking University (不限定为同一历史校址。) - Organizations here: 商务印书馆 (1954年总馆迁京后。) Mentioned in: - 北京市地铁运营有限公司 - 北京京城地铁有限公司 - 北京市轨道交通运营管理有限公司 - 北京京港地铁有限公司 - 北京公交有轨电车有限公司 - 北京公交有轨电车公司亦庄有轨公司 - 商务印书馆 - 北京大学 - 朱厚照 - 朱载垕 Sources: - Beijing (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing - 2023年中华人民共和国县以上行政区划代码（民政部） https://www.mca.gov.cn/mzsj/xzqh/2023/202301xzqh.html 代码 110000 北京市 - Wikidata Q956 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q956 - 北京市（维基百科） https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/北京市 信息框 - 北京市（百度百科） https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%8C%97%E4%BA%AC%E5%B8%82/126069 基本信息