High-end industries drive Beijing’s growth

[unable to retrieve full-text content]The added value created in Beijing’s industries above designated size from January to February increased by 9.5 percent over the same period last year, mostly driven by the high-tech manufacturing and modern manufacturing industries with their added value rising by 19.9 percent and 16.5 percent respectively, surpassing the city’s average by 10.4 and 7 percentage points.



Beijing police detain man for causing air pollution for first time

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Beijing police have detained a man on Mar. 13 for discharging untreated emissions into the air. It is the first time that Beijing police have put someone behind bars since an air pollution crackdown was launched in February.



Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region to build world-class airport cluster

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Beijing, Tianjin and Shijiazhuang will join hands to build a world-class airport cluster.There will be about 260 airports across China in 2020 when the new airports in Beijing and Chengdu and other major projects are constructed and put into operation.



Guizhou reports new H7N9 case

[unable to retrieve full-text content]One human infection of H7N9 bird flu has been reported in southwest China’s Guizhou Province, local health authorities said on Thursday.



Dinosaur tracks found in NE China

Dinosaur tracks have been found in northeast China’s Jilin Province, according to an announcement by scientists from China, the Republic of Korea and the United States.

Dinosaur tracks have been found in northeast China’s Jilin Province, according to an announcement by scientists from China, the Republic of Korea and the United States.

The tracks were found on a rural mountain road in Longjing City in the Korean Autonomous Prefecture of Yanbian, Jilin in August 2015.

“The tracks include footprints of hadrosaurs that are 55 centimeters long. The trackmaker’s body could have reached 7 meters long,” Xing Lida, associate professor from China University of Geosciences, told Xinhua.

Several tracks of carnivorous dinosaurs were also discovered with various footprint sizes ranging from 43 to 21 centimeters, Xing said.

The discovery will help with research to understand the region’s landscape during the Cretaceous period, Xing added.