The Beijing municipal people's congress are now mulling a proposal to expand a pilot project that will see all registered dogs fitted with ID chips.
As part of a push to lay to rest public doubts about the Chinese capital's efforts to monitor air quality, seven people came to the city's environmental-monitoring center on Tuesday.
A planned "medical city" for east Beijing's Tongzhou district is eyeing the growing demand for high-quality medical services and has set a goal of becoming a medical tourism site.
Many restaurants are seriously polluted by tobacco smoke despite a national smoking ban.
Real estate tycoon Pan Shiyi on Sunday joined a growing group of media and public intellectuals to call for using tighter monitoring standards to rein in Beijing's air pollution.
Beijing will increase the number of its fleet of electric taxis from 50 to 150 by May 2012, said an official from Yanqing, a county in northwestern Beijing where an electric car pilot operation is underway.
Patriotism, innovation, inclusion and social morals, this group of words is what residents in the capital feel best sums up this bustling metropolis.
The capital's free Wi-Fi service, to be launched in a number of areas, is safe, officials said, amid fears that personal information and privacy may be compromised.
Beijing plans to build the best environment for the development of new energy vehicles in China, according to a statement released Thursday.
Beijing set up its first general aviation manufacturing company on Tuesday in order to launch research and development, manufacturing as well as sales and operation.
Beijing municipality has taken steps to strengthen the supervision of programs that use public funds to send officials and government workers overseas for training.
Heavy fog hung over Beijing for the fourth consecutive day Saturday, with five interprovincial expressways closed and bumper-to-bumper traffic on urban roads.