China’s capital city Beijing sets yearly GDP growth target at between 4.5-5% in coming five years

A sunrise view over Honglingjin Park and the CBD in Beijing on November 20, 2025 Photo: VCG. Beijing has set its annual GDP ...
China Daily

Visiting Beijing in midwinter can be very rewarding

For me, it was an opportunity to reminisce about the 39 years since first visiting China. I would follow the 'moving map' on ...

Beijing becomes China's second city with GDP exceeding 5 trillion yuan, after Shanghai

Chinese capital Beijing's GDP exceeded 5.207 trillion yuan (about 743.79 billion U.S. dollars) in 2025, up 5.4 percent year on year, surpassing the 5 trillion yuan mark for the first time, according ...
The Economist

China’s urban planners could determine the future of city life

In THE first decade of Xi Jinping’s rule, builders in China poured more concrete than America did in all of the 20th century. Urban areas expanded by 40%. No longer. In the past five years the ...

Beijing Won Its War for Blue Skies, but Villagers Are Paying the Price

China banned the burning of coal for heat around Beijing, but natural gas subsidies have run out, leaving many villagers ...