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# 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]: [Dongcheng](/en/places/dongcheng-110101.html), [Xicheng](/en/places/xicheng-110102.html), [Chaoyang](/en/places/chaoyang-110105.html), [Fengtai](/en/places/fengtai-110106.html), [Shijingshan](/en/places/shijingshan-110107.html), [Haidian](/en/places/haidian-110108.html), [Mentougou](/en/places/mentougou-110109.html), [Fangshan](/en/places/fangshan-110111.html), [Tongzhou](/en/places/tongzhou-110112.html), [Shunyi](/en/places/shunyi-110113.html), [Changping](/en/places/changping-110114.html), [Daxing](/en/places/daxing-110115.html), [Huairou](/en/places/huairou-110116.html), [Pinggu](/en/places/pinggu-110117.html), [Miyun](/en/places/miyun-110118.html), [Yanqing](/en/places/yanqing-110119.html).

## 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

[Peking University](/en/organizations/peking-university.html) is in Beijing. The [May Fourth Movement](/en/events/may-fourth-movement.html) began with student demonstrations here in 1919.

更新时间：2026-10-25

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## 来源

- 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