Chinese scientists announced Thursday that they had completed sequencing the genome of the coconut.
An exhibition entitled "Sailing the Seven Seas: Legends of Maritime Trade of Ming Dynasty" will open here on Friday.
The environmental protection authorities in Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei Province recently strengthened coordinated law enforcement efforts in air pollution control.
According to a report issued on Oct. 30, by the end of 2016, Beijing’s registered population aged 60 or over reached 3.29 million.
Progress has been made in restoring water ecosystems of the Yongding River and the Luan River under the Outline of the Plan for Coordinated Development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region.
Beijing has completed more than 30 emission reduction tasks ahead of schedule, with the average PM 2.5 density in the first three quarters of this year.
China's AV500 unmanned helicopter climbed to an altitude of 5,006 meters during a test trial, the maximum achieved by a domestically-made unmanned helicopter.
An all-in-one card for public transportations in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei Province will cover the Beijing rail transit network by the end of December, according to the Beijing Municipal Commission of Transport.
Beijing is building its sub-center in Tongzhou District into a demonstration zone for green travel, as a total of 1,895 charging piles will be set up to create a 900-meter charging circle during the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020) period.
Beijing is currently building seven regional senior care centers in Fengtai, Tongzhou, Yanqing, Fangshan, Changping, Miyun and Pinggu districts, and over 70 percent of the beds in these centers will be provided to senior citizens with disabilities.