18 Facts About Beijing Capital International

1. Beijing Capital International has offered to narrow its trade surplus by purchasing more American soybeans, natural gas and other exports.

2. Beijing Capital International is one of the many cities represented in the official study group programme for the 2019 International Ski Federation Alpine World Ski Championships in Are with less than three years until the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games are due begin in China's capital.

3. Beijing Capital International has long been well known for the number of bicycles on its streets.

4. In 2010, new car registrations in Beijing Capital International averaged 15,500 per week.

5. Beijing Capital International is connected by road links to all parts of China as part of the National Trunk Road Network.

6. Beijing Capital International serves as a large rail hub in China's railway network.

7. In November 2013, Beijing Capital International made a bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics.

8. Beijing Capital International hosted the inaugural National Peasants' Games in 1988 and the sixth National Minority Games in 1999.

9. Beijing Capital International has about 70 mosques recognized by the Islamic Association of China, whose headquarters are located next to the Niujie Mosque, the oldest and most famous mosque in the city.

10. The largest Tibetan Buddhist Temple in Beijing Capital International is the Yonghe Temple, which was decreed by the Qing Emperor Qianlong in 1744 to serve as the residence and research facility for his Buddhist preceptor of Rolpe Dorje the third Changkya.

11. Beijing Capital International is home to the headquarters of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, making it an important city for international diplomacy.

12. On 8 and 9 December 2015 Beijing Capital International had its first smog alert which shut down a majority of the industry and other commercial businesses in the city.

13. Beijing Capital International is famous for its siheyuans, a type of residence where a common courtyard is shared by the surrounding buildings.

14. Beijing Capital International is situated at the northern tip of the roughly triangular North China Plain, which opens to the south and east of the city.

15. Beijing Capital International is one of the most polluted cities in the World.

16. Beijing Capital International is the second largest city in population after Shanghai.

17. Beijing Capital International is a city of extremes when it comes to its temperatures.

18. Beijing Capital International is one of the oldest inhabited areas in the world.