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

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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