Patent submissions up in Beijing

(BEIJING, May 8) – Patent submissions in the Chinese capital increased to 31,680 in 2007, breaking the 30,000-mark for the first time, the chief of the Beijing Municipal Intellectual Property Office, Liu Zhengang, said on Thursday.
The performance was up 19.3 percent over 2006 and included 18,763 patent submissions for inventions, which accounted for 59.2 percent of […]

First technology rehearsal for Beijing Games complete

(BEIJING, May 8) – Atos Origin, worldwide Olympic partner for the Beijing Olympics, and the Beijing Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games (BOCOG) Technology Department announced on the 100-day countdown to the Olympics that the first technology rehearsal for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad has been completed.
The test showed that technological staff, systems and procedures […]

Citybrief of Beijing

  Beijing, Jing for short, is the nation’s political, economic, cultural and educational center as well as China’s most important center for international trade and communications. Together with Xian, Luoyang, Kaifeng, Nanjing and Hangzhou, Beijing is one of the six ancient cities in China. It has been the heart and soul of politics and society throughout […]

Beijing metro stations start security checks to deter terrorists

Three metro stations in Olympic host-city Beijing started security check on Sunday to deter terrorists, subway sources said on Monday.    The three stations are Dongzhimen and Xizhimen, both transfer stations, and Datun, the site of the Olympic village, said a subway staff member surnamed Zhang.
    ”This is a trial,” he said, “we plan to have all 90 […]

Beijing

Location: Beijing- The capital of China is located in the northern part of the North China Plain and its terrain is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. 
 Area: 16,807.8 sq km 
 Climate: The climate in Beijing is of the continental type, with cold and dry winters, due to the Siberian air massses that move […]