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The 2 counties of Beijing govern very distant towns and rural areas:
The above districts and counties are further subdivided into 318 township-level divisions: 142 town s, 40 township s, 5 ethnic township s and 131 subdistrict s.
The Beijing CBD area around Dawangqiao and Dabeiyao, as seen from the Jingtong Expressway. In 2002 Beijing's total gross domestic product was 313 billion Renminbi, an increase of 10.2% from the previous year. GDP per capita was 27,746 Renminbi, which converts to about US$ 3355 by market exchange rates. (Note that GDP per capita is usually converted by purchasing power parity instead, which would yield a US$ value about four times higher in this case.)
Beijing's real estate and automobile sectors continue to boom in recent years. In 2002 a total of 16.044 million square metres of housing real estate was sold, for a total of 81.38 billion Renminbi. In the same period Beijing saw the sale of 260,000 automobiles. The total number of automobiles registered in Beijing has now exceeded two million, of which 64% are privately-owned.
The Beijing CBD, centered at the Guomao area, has been identified as the city's new central business district, and is home to a variety of corporate regional headquarters, shopping malls, and high-end housing. The Beijing Financial Street, in the Fuxingmen and Fuchengmen area, is a traditional financial center. The Wangfujing and Xidan areas are major shopping districts. Zhongguancun, dubbed "China's Silicon Valley", continues to be a major center in electronics- and computer-related industries, as well as pharmaceuticals-related research.
There are three predominant styles of architecture in Beijing. First, there's the "traditional" architecture of imperial times gone by (examples include the massive gate north of Tian'anmen, despite being the PRC's trademark building). Next there is what is sometimes referred to as the "Sino-Sov" style from the 1950s and the 1970s; boxy and generally poorly made. Finally, there are much more modern architectural forms — most noticeably in the area of the Beijing CBD. Pictured below are some images of Beijing architecture — blending the old and the new in a sometimes bizarre, sometimes beautiful, but always very Beijing manner.
| The boxy look of buildings made in the 1970s. | ||
A bizarre and striking mix of both old and new styles of architecture can be seen at the Dashanzi Art District, which mixes 1950s-design with a blend of the new.
The Wangjing neighbourhood, in Chaoyang District, Beijing, is known for its high concentration of South Korean expatriates.
The total population of Beijing municipality in 2003 was 14.56 million, of whom about 11.49 million had a Beijing hukou (residency card) and 3.07 million were on temporary residence permits. In addition, there is a large but unknown number of migrant workers who live illegally in Beijing without any sort of residence permit.
The vast majority of Beijing residents are Han Chinese. There are also some Manchu, Hui, and Mongol people who call the city home. In recent years there has been an influx of South Koreans, who live in Beijing predominantly for business and study, and are concentrated in the Wangjing and Wudaokou areas.
The northern, northeastern and eastern parts of the Beijing urban area are densely populated and house the foreign community in the capital. The southwest and southern parts of the Beijing urban area are less densely populated.
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