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China Focus: Beijing Central Axis to compete for world cultural heritage status-

© Provided by Xinhua BEIJING, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Chinese authorities have planned to recommend the Beijing Central Axis as China 2024 world cultural he

The application for the Beijing Central Axis, the core area of Chinas capital city, has taken one more step ahead to becoming a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Central Axis will be part of Chinas 2024 application project, the government authority overseeing the application announced on Sunday.

The first Beijing Culture Forum, which opened on Monday, is expected to fuel cultural innovations and help establish the capital as the nation's cultural center.

BEIJING, June 30 (Xinhua) -- The Central Axis is a north-south line that runs through the center of Beijing. The digital central axis, based on 3D technology, v

A copper-painted volume protrudes from the facade of the Chinese Museum of Traditional Culture designed by von Gerkan Marg and Partners.

As befits a hill that sits at the heart of old Beijing, there are numerous legends and stories about Jingshan and the garden that surrounds the hill.

Completed in 2022 in Beijing, China. Images by CreatAR. With the National Museum, which combines two new museums for the display of China’s cultural heritage, the architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners...

First spotted in Beijing, Apus apus Pekinensis is a subspecies of the common swift (Apus apus). Along with other subspecies, these swifts come to Chinas capital city as a migration destination every year from April to August. Upon arrival, they cram in the corners of buildings to raise the next generation before launching an international migration south.

* Amid the epidemic, Chinese people chose to stay put and explore new ways of entertaining themselves over the Labor Day holiday.According to the Ministry of Transport, China is expected to see notable drops in passenger traffic for the Labor Day holiday amid measures to contain COVID-19.