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Jingxi Hotel
The Jingxi Hotel is a hotel located in the Haidian District of Beijing, China, located near the Military Museum and Defense Ministry and run by the Agency for Offices Administration of the Central Military Commission. The hotel is heavily guarded and closed to the general public. Overview Built in 1959 for the 10th anniversary of the People’s Republic, the hotel soon became a place for top-level meetings. It has been the venue of plenary sessions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and has witnessed historical events, such as Luo Ruiqing's attempted suicide, the "show trial" of General Chen Zaidao during the Cultural Revolution, the decision to crack down on the Gang of Four, as well as a meeting held less than three weeks after the military crushed the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, where the Central Committee affirmed that the party had “achieved a decisive victory in stopping the unrest and quelling the counter-revolutionary rebellion.” Oth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3rd Plenary Session Of The 11th Central Committee Of The Communist Party Of China
The 3rd Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was a pivotal meeting of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party held in Beijing, China, from December 18 to December 22, 1978. The conference marked the beginning of the "Reform and Opening Up" policy, and is widely seen as the moment when Deng Xiaoping became paramount leader of China replacing Chairman Hua Guofeng, who remained nominal Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party until 1981. The meeting was a decisive turning point in post-1949 Chinese history, marking the beginning of the wholesale repudiation of Chairman Mao's "''Cultural Revolution"'' policies, and set China on the course for nationwide economic reforms. The meeting took place at the Jingxi Hotel in western Beijing. Preparation Before the plenum, demands for a repudiation of the Cultural Revolution increased, especially by those who were persecuted during Mao Zedong's last year. In October 1976, the radical Gang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hotels In Beijing
A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a refrigerator and other kitchen facilities, upholstered chairs, a flat screen television, and en-suite bathrooms. Small, lower-priced hotels may offer only the most basic guest services and facilities. Larger, higher-priced hotels may provide additional guest facilities such as a swimming pool, business centre (with computers, printers, and other office equipment), childcare, conference and event facilities, tennis or basketball courts, gymnasium, restaurants, day spa, and social function services. Hotel rooms are usually numbered (or named in some smaller hotels and B&Bs) to allow guests to identify their room. Some boutique, high-end hotels have custom decorated rooms. Some hotels offer meals as part of a room and board arrangement. In Jap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Hotels In Beijing ...
This is a partial list of hotels in Beijing. Hotels in Beijing * Beijing Hotel * China World Hotel, Beijing * Diaoyutai State Guesthouse * Fairmont Beijing * Grand Hyatt Beijing * Jingxi Hotel * Lusongyuan Hotel * Minzu Hotel * Morgan Plaza See also * Lists of hotels – an index of hotel list articles on Wikipedia References External links * {{portal bar, Companies, China, Lists Hotels Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diaoyutai Guesthouse
The Diaoyutai State Guesthouse (DSG) () is a diplomatic complex in Haidian District, Beijing, China, where the Chinese state leadership offers receptions to visiting foreign dignitaries. It includes a number of villas and gardens. The hotel complex is mentioned as one of the Ten Great Buildings, a list of landmarks constructed in 1959 for the 10th anniversary of the People's Republic of China. The guesthouse is located in Beijing's Haidian District, to the west of Sanlihe Road and to the east of Yuyuantan Park. It is where Chinese president and Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping offered tea to visiting British Prime Minister Theresa May in 2018. The guesthouse is used to house visiting foreign dignitaries and provincial government officials. During the Mao era, Kang Sheng, Mao's primary hit-man against his opponents, used the complex as his base to organize a team of ideologues to campaign against Soviet revisionism. In the times of widespread poverty, the people here ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beijing Subway
The Beijing Subway is the rapid transit system of Beijing Municipality that consists of 25 lines including 20 rapid transit lines, two airport rail links, one maglev line and 2 light rail lines, and 463 stations. The rail network extends across 12 urban and suburban districts of Beijing and into one district of Langfang in neighboring Hebei province. With 3.8484 billion trips delivered in 2018, an average of 10.544 million trips per day, the Beijing Subway is the world's busiest metro system. Single-day ridership set a record of 13.7538 million on July 12, 2019. The Beijing Subway opened in 1971 and is the oldest metro system in mainland China and on the mainland of East Asia. Before the system began its rapid expansion in 2002, the subway had only two lines. The existing network still cannot adequately meet the city's mass transit needs. Beijing Subway's extensive expansion plans call for of lines serving a projected 18.5 million trips every day when Phase 2 Constru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Line 9, Beijing Subway
Line 9 of the Beijing Subway () is a rapid transit line in western Beijing. The line runs from the in Haidian District to in Fengtai District with 13 stations. All stations are fully underground. Line 9's color is chartreuse. History In 1989, the State Council decided to build Beijing West railway station on the Beijing-Kowloon railway. Subway planning had determined that Beijing West railway station would be the interchange between Lines 7 and 9. However, no provision for an interchange station was added in the railway station's design. The railway station was completed in 1996. 15 years later Beijing West Station was rebuilt and expanded with provisions added to the basement of the station for Lines 7 and 9. In 2002, in preparation for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, it was proposed that the first section of Line 9 should be built between Baishiqiao and Beijing West railway station (today's National Library to Beijing West railway station section). The entire length of the propos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Line 1, Beijing Subway
Line 1 of the Beijing Subway () is the oldest and one of the busiest lines of Beijing's mass transit rail network. Line 1 runs underneath Chang'an Avenue, the city's grand east–west thoroughfare, right through the heart of Beijing with stops on either side of Tiananmen Square. Line 1's color is red. Through operation with the Batong line started on August 29, 2021. Ridership As the oldest line of the Beijing Subway, Line 1 was also the most heavily used from the time the subway opened in 1971 until January 2013, when the near-completion of the Line 10 loop caused ridership on that line to surge past Line 1. Recent traffic relief efforts have been completed in recent years. The opening of the first phase of the parallel Line 6, caused an 8.46% decrease in daily demand and a 10-20% reduction in peak flow during rush hour. In addition Beijing BRT line 2 parallels the eastern section of Line 1. In the meantime between 2014 and 2015, Line 1 again upgraded its signals to a communic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Museum Station
Junshi Bowuguan (Military Museum) station () is an interchange station on Line 1 and Line 9 of the Beijing Subway. It located near the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution. Line 9 did not stop at this station until 21 December 2013.(Chinese) (Chinese) (Chinese) Transfer The transfer hall between Line 1 and Line 9 opened on 21 December 2013. Station Layout Both the line 1 and 9 stations have island platforms. Exits The station has 9 exits, lettered A, B, C1, C2, D, E1, E2, G, and H. Exit A is accessible. Gallery Platform of L9 Military Museum Station (20210208175705).jpg, Line 9 platform Military Museum Station (Line 9) Hall 20161114.jpg, Line 9 concourse 9号线军事博物馆站装饰.JPG, Artwork in the line 9 concourse (Theme: “The Art of War ''The Art of War'' () is an ancient Chinese military treatise dating from the Late Spring and Autumn Period (roughly 5th century BC). The work, which is attributed to the ancient Chinese military str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Secretary Of The Communist Party Of China
The general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party () is the head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Since 1989, the CCP general secretary has been the paramount leader of the PRC. Overview According to the Constitution of the Chinese Communist Party, the general secretary serves as an ''ex officio'' member of the Politburo Standing Committee, China's ''de facto'' top decision-making body. The general secretary is also the head of the Secretariat. Since 1989, the holder of the post has been, except for transitional periods, the Chairman of the Central Military Commission, making the holder the supreme commander of the People's Liberation Army. The position of general secretary is the highest authority leading China's National People's Congress, State Council, Political Consultative Conference, Supreme People's Court and Supreme People's Procuratorate in the Chinese government. As the top leader of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping ( ; ; ; born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician who has served as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), and thus as the paramount leader of China, since 2012. Xi has also served as the president of the People's Republic of China (PRC) since 2013. The son of Chinese Communist veteran Xi Zhongxun, Xi was exiled to rural Yanchuan County as a teenager following his father's purge during the Cultural Revolution. He lived in a yaodong in the village of Liangjiahe, Shaanxi province, where he joined the CCP after several failed attempts and worked as the local party secretary. After studying chemical engineering at Tsinghua University as a worker-peasant-soldier student, Xi rose through the ranks politically in China's coastal provinces. Xi was governor of Fujian from 1999 to 2002, before becoming governor and party secretary of neighboring Zhejiang from 2002 to 2007. Following dismissal of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
