The China Education Expo 2012 kicked off on Saturday in Beijing, attracting more than 500 overseas institutions and education bureaus from 38 countries and regions across the world.
Beijing will preserve historical building and the former residences of famous people under a draft bill by the Beijing Municipal Commission of Urban Planning.
Cremation facilities at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery will be relocated to Beijing's outskirts within five years, a local official said.
In Tian'anmen Square in the heart of Beijing, tourists from all over the world are gazing up at the two big LED screens set up in the center of the square.
Real-time data regarding particulate matter (PM) 2.5 will be released regularly starting from Friday, an official from the Beijing Environmental Protection Monitoring Center said.
Many kindergartens require their teachers to carry out educational research as part of their work, which sparks public debate.
China Zun, a 528-meter building, will dwarf all the other buildings in the central business district in Beijing upon its completion.
Three young bachelors have posted their pictures and personal information on a billboard on a bustling Beijing street and are waiting for calls from their future wives.
The capital will not restore compulsory premarital medical checkups but they will be available on a voluntary basis, the Beijing Morning Post reported.
A record 1-million-plus people in Beijing competed for fewer than 20,000 registration certificates qualifying them to buy cars through a lottery system.
A council of trustees has been established in two public hospitals in Beijing as part of an ongoing medical institution reform in the municipality.
Five successful career women gave speeches at the recent Third Annual of Women and Youth Leadership Conference in Beijing.