Beijing Public Transport Holdings,Ltd (BPT) is a large state-owned enterprise mainly operating surface public transport. By the end of 2005, BPT has 24,091 operating vehicles of various kinds and 773 bus routes, with annual mileage and pass...

There were cities in the vicinities of Beijing by the 1st millennium BC, and the capital of the State of Yan, one of the powers of the Warring States Period (473-221 BC), was established in present-day Beijing. After the fall of the Yan, th...

Beijing (北京) literally means Northern capital, in line with the common East Asian tradition whereby capital cities are explicitly named as such. Other cities similarly named include Nanjing (南京), China, meaning southern capital; Tok...