Beijing authorities have ordered removal of the garbage in a pit near the Miyun Reservoir, a major source of water for the city, the local environmental protection bureau said late Sunday.
The Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau has launched an investigation after media reported that a landfill near Miyun Reservoir is threatening the city's main source of drinking water.
A total of 4,000 tons of pollutants are estimated to be in the air in urban areas of Beijing on serious pollution days.
Magicians may get a college diploma in the future, if a cooperation project between Beijing's Changping district and Beijing Film Academy's College of Continued Education works out.
Ten properties and a car owned by "house sister", a woman alleged to have illegally amassed real estate using multiple identities, were seized by police authorities in Beijing Thursday.
Construction on a terminal of the new airport in Beijing will start in the last quarter of this year, Beijing Daily reported on Jan 31.
A former salesman in a duty-free shop at Beijing Capital International Airport worked with a cleaner to smuggle cigarettes, dodging tax of 550,000 yuan ($88,400).
Beijing police said on Tuesday that a woman who transferred her hukou from Shanxi to the capital did so legally.
Zheng Shi, a city architect and the member of Beijing's political consultative conference, suggested building a 5-kilometer low-speed circle for bicycles and walking.
The Beijing Capital International Airport reminded passengers to arrive early for flights during the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, which started on Jan 26.
Sales of pre-owned homes in Beijing may reach a 24-month high in January, real estate agency Century 21st said in a report on Monday.
Neighboring areas of Beijing have been using poorer quality fuel that threatens to undermine the capital's anti-pollution efforts, experts said.
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