The expressway linking Beijing's new airport on the southern outskirts is expected to open in June 2019, the Beijing Municipal Commission of Transport announced Saturday.

Renewable energy will take up more than 10 percent of the Beijing Daxing International Airport's energy consumption mix when construction is completed next year, said the municipal authorities on late Wednesday.

Workers have started to lay tracks for a subway line connecting downtown Beijing with its new international airport, local authorities said Wednesday.

Performers in traditional opera costumes were photographed during a Peking Opera staged in Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area (BDA), Nov 23.

The first tram line in Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area (BDA) is currently undergoing tests, according to the local planning bureau.

Beijing Daxing International Airport, now rising on former farmland south of the city, will be much more than an airport. When completed by October 2019, it will be a hub for air, high-speed rail, subway, highway - and even bicycle - traffic.