Beijing is a global city
As a megacity, Beijing is the second largest Chinese city by urban population after Shanghai. [16] The majority of China's largest state-owned corporations have their headquarters there, along with the largest concentration of Fortune Global 500 companies and the four largest financial institutions in the world by total assets.
The Beijing Capital International Airport has been the second busiest in the world by passenger traffic (Asia's busiest) since 2010,[19] and, as of 2016, the city's subway network is the busiest and longest in the world. The biggest single-structure airport terminal in the world is found at Beijing Daxing International Airport, a second international airport in Beijing.
Beijing, one of the world's oldest cities with a rich history spanning more than three millennia, combines both traditional and modern style architecture. Beijing, the final of China's Four Great Ancient Cities, has served as the nation's political hub for the majority of the last eight centuries[22] and, for much of the second millennium CE, was the world's most populous city. [23] Beijing was strategically developed to be the residence of the emperor and was therefore the ideal location for the imperial capital. Mountains surrounded the inland city on three sides, in addition to the old inner and outer city walls. The city is famed for its sumptuous palaces, temples, parks, gardens, tombs, walls
One of the most popular tourist destinations in the world is Beijing. After Shanghai, Beijing was the world's second-highest earning tourist destination in 2018. [25] Seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including the Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace, Ming Tombs, Zhoukoudian, and portions of the Great Wall and the Grand Canal, are located in Beijing. Beijing is also home to numerous national monuments and museums. [26] Siheyuans, the city's distinctive housing design, and hutongs, the winding lanes that connect siheyuans, are popular tourist destinations in urban Beijing.
The Zhongguancun district of Beijing is a global innovation hub for science, technology, and business. Since 2016, Beijing has been ranked as the city with the highest output of scientific research by the Nature Index[31][32]. The city has played host to numerous national and international sporting events, with the 2008 Summer Olympics and Summer Paralympics Games being the most notable. Beijing made history by being the first city to ever hold the Summer and Winter Olympics, as well as the Summer and Winter Paralympics, in 2022.
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