Beijing

Welcome to Beijing, the capital city of China!

As the capital city of China, Beijing enjoys a high reputation for international education with a batch of prestigious universities and abundant resources. There are six CCN member universities in Beijing. Please click the links below to find out more about the universities.

Beihang University
Beijing Foreign Studies University
Beijing Jiaotong University
Beijing Normal University
Capital University of Economics and Business
University of International Business and Economics

Explore Beijing

Fast Facts

What’s Special

Sci-tech Innovation

Places to Visit

Cuisines to Try

CCN Students’ Sharing

Fast Facts

Location: Nestled on the north of the North China Plain, Beijing borders Tianjin Municipality on the east and Hebei Province in all other directions.

Population: 21,893,095 (2020)

GDP: RMB 4,026.96 billion in 2021

What’s Special

As the capital city, Beijing is the political center, cultural center, international communication center and scientific and technological innovation center of China. It is a world-famous ancient capital and a modern international city.

Beijing is the area most densely packed with technology and talents in China and it is also a city that is the most exuberant in innovation and entrepreneurship activities and most suitable for business.

Over recent years, Beijing has been actively building itself into a scientific and technological innovation center with global influence, and speeding up its development into an international metropolis that is more open and integrated, full of innovation vitality, business-friendly and environment-friendly.

With its rich culture and long history, Beijing has seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites that have particular cultural, scientific or historical significance.

Sci-tech Innovation

Beijing has the “three science cities and one hi-tech area” program as the main platform for its center for scientific and technological innovation, including:

Zhongguancun Science Park;
Huairou Science City;
The Future Science City;
Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area.

The city is also building a number of world-class research institutes such as Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences, Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence, exploring new models with a stable supportive mechanism and a model for open-minded recruitment.