2026-10-26
On October 26, cartoon graffiti of Xi Jinping appeared on a restroom wall at a high school in Huangzhuang, Beijing; the school subsequently forced the restroom locked and carried out renovations.
2026-10-22
The Beijing Municipal Tax Service publicly disclosed on its official website that tax notices had been served on 21 natural persons, reflecting the continuing increase in pressure on local finances and tax recovery.
2026-10-25
Hunan officially announced that Jin Wei, member of the Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and vice mayor of Beijing, was parachuted into Hunan to serve as deputy secretary of the provincial Party committee.
2026-10-22
The CCP Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission officially issued a notice announcing that Xia Linmao, member of the Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and deputy mayor of Beijing, is under investigation for suspected serious violations of discipline and law.
2026-10-22
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced that Xia Linmao, member of the Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and executive vice mayor, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and is undergoing investigation.
2026-10-22
The Huairou District Tax Bureau in Beijing has issued public notices to 21 individuals, including Chao Mouzhe, requiring them to self-examine and declare personal income tax on offshore trusts in accordance with the law.
2026-10-22
On October 22, the CCP Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission announced that Xia Linmao, member of the Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and executive vice mayor, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and is undergoing disciplinary review and supervisory investigation. Xia is an alternate member of the 20th CCP Central Committee, just 4 days before the scheduled opening of the Fifth Plenary Session.
2026-10-22
On the day the news of Xia Linmao's investigation was announced, Beijing Party Secretary Yin Li presided over a meeting of the Municipal Party Standing Committee, expressing support for the decision of the CCP Central Committee and demanding the resolute elimination of "two-faced people."
2026-10-22
On October 22, the Huairou District Tax Bureau of Beijing issued an announcement, serving 21 individuals with Notices of Tax Matters, requiring them to self-inspect the establishment of and participation in offshore trusts, submit materials within 15 days, and declare and pay individual income tax in accordance with the law.
2026-10-20
X user Cyberxinfang posted recent footage of petitioning at the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration reception office at No. 1 Jia, Yongdingmen West Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, and tagged #CyberPetitionBureau.
2026-10-04
Recently, several veterans who had traveled to Beijing to petition appeared in the alley where the reception office of the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration (commonly known as Jia Yi) is located on Yongdingmen West Street, Xicheng District, Beijing.
2026-10-03
Beijing stipulates that no drones may be kept anywhere in the city starting November 15, and says eligible individuals may ship their drones free of charge to an address outside Beijing.
2026-09-30
Netizens have published a dictionary entry for petitioning, introducing the queuing voucher issued by the Reception Office of the State Bureau for Letters and Calls at No. 1 Jia, Yongdingmen West Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, to petitioners visiting the capital. Those holding the small ticket can return to their original place in line after leaving to eat or use the restroom during the overnight wait.
2026-09-30
On September 30, a netizen posted that their friend tried to send a drone out of Beijing via EMS through the government-designated channel, but it was rejected. EMS claimed the package was too large to ship, yet photos showed the drone was not of a particularly large size.
2026-01
From January to May 2026, Beijing's total retail sales of consumer goods fell by 2.5% year-on-year.
7月20日
Villagers in Baoshang Village, Anping Town, Langfang, Hebei, discovered that the authorities replaced the original temporary isolation panels with permanent isolation walls topped with razor wire, equipped with surveillance cameras and concrete barriers, intending to permanently cut off the daily passage between the village and neighboring Beijing. Villagers gathered to protest, stating that entering Beijing is now harder than going abroad.
2026-09-22
Recently, a large number of petitioners gathered near the reception office of the National Bureau of Letters and Calls, located at No. Jia 1, Yongdingmen West Street, Xicheng District, Beijing.
2026-09-22
The Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People's Court announced the first-instance verdict in the corruption and bribery case of Zhao Lei, former general manager of the Beijing Cultural Investment Development Group, sentencing him to life imprisonment, depriving him of political rights for life, and confiscating all his personal property.
2026-09-21
It is reported that 17 municipal hospitals in Beijing have explicitly rejected bids for imported products in centralized medical equipment procurement, fully implementing domestic substitution.
2026-09-21
Beijing announced that starting November 15, except under special security circumstances, the possession and storage of drones and their core components are prohibited.
2026-09-19
On September 19, the Beijing Municipal Market Regulation Bureau announced that it has launched investigations into four online hotel and travel platforms—Fliggy, Tongcheng, Tujia, and Meituan—for suspected illegal activities. On the same day, the China Hotel Association pointed out that these platforms are involved in issues such as high commissions, forced bundling, and data opacity, and called on them to make their search ranking and commission rate rules public.
2026-09-15
The Beijing Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Development reported that the China Institute of Building Standard Design and Research Co., Ltd. issued five inspection reports for ductile iron manhole covers with fabricated data without conducting load-bearing tests. Surveillance verification confirmed that the pressure testing machine involved was not turned on during the relevant dates. The commission fined the institute 62,500 yuan and suspended its municipal engineering material testing business for one year.
2026-09-13
On September 13, 2026, the Beijing municipal government announced at a press conference that personal possession of drones will be completely prohibited within the urban area, with the ban slated to take effect in mid‑November 2026. Previously, the city had implemented a ban on drone sales in May 2026; this further tightening of regulation is said by officials to aim at safeguarding public safety and preventing illegal filming. The Associated Press reported the news.
2026-09-13
The 26th meeting of the 16th Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal People's Congress voted to pass the Beijing Unmanned Aircraft Management Regulations, which stipulate that from November 15 flying is strictly prohibited throughout all urban districts of Beijing, and the possession and transport of drones and their core components is also banned.
2026-09-10
On September 10, Shao Tianlan, founder and CEO of Mech-Mind, posted on his WeChat Moments, accusing Galaxy Core, a company valued at over 20 billion yuan and featured on the Spring Festival Gala, of fabricating revenue through related-party transactions to rush its IPO. He publicly questioned whether Beijing municipal leaders support such companies going public.
2026-09-10
On September 10, the Beijing Qianqian Law Firm issued a document introducing the women's safety and rights platform 'Feimo'. The project originates from the German Chinese date rape case, integrating SOS one-click help, encrypted evidence preservation, scripted practice for reporting crimes, as well as legal and psychological resources. It does not collect user data and is currently in the internal testing phase.
2026-09
Beijing has released newly revised regulations on drone management. Effective November 15, 2026, except under special safeguard circumstances, the possession and storage of drones and their core components within Beijing's administrative area is prohibited.
2026-08-31
Wei Xiaodong, former chairman of the Beijing Municipal CPPCC Committee, Jiangxi Governor Ye Jianchun, and Liu Jianyang, member of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee and head of its Organization Department, have successively been placed on file for review and investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission.
2026-08-12
On August 12, 2026, a public government procurement disclosure showed that the procurement budget for the 38th China Golden Rooster Hundred Flowers Film Festival reached 32.4 million yuan, funded by the Publicity Department of the Beijing Municipal Committee, sparking public doubts about spending large amounts of fiscal funds on a celebrity gala.
2026-08-06
The Beijing Municipal Party Committee decided that Zhai Haijie, former head of Xicheng District, would be promoted to Party Secretary of Xicheng District; meanwhile, the name of Chen Xiansen, head of Dongcheng District, appeared in the leadership team of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee.
2026-08
Wei Xiaodong, former chairman of the Beijing Municipal CPPCC Committee, is alleged to have confessed to investigators; his case subsequently implicated Xue Kan, Party secretary of Shanghai's Yangpu District, who was placed under investigation.
2026-07-28
On July 28, the Organization Department of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee publicized that Zhou Tongwei, deputy director of the Municipal Commission of Planning and Natural Resources, is proposed to be nominated as the candidate for chief of the Fengtai District Government.
2026-06-22
A fire broke out at No. 16 Dashilan Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, severely damaging a two-story building. Official fire reports stated no casualties, while external doubts linger over whether it involved an Xianzhong attack or retaliatory motives.
2026-06-06
The website of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Commission of Supervision reported that Wei Xiaodong, Chairman of the Beijing Municipal Political Consultative Conference, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and is undergoing disciplinary review and supervisory investigation.
2026-06-06
On June 6, 2026, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission announced that Wei Xiaodong, chairman of the Beijing CPPCC, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and is under investigation; he had served as head of the Organization Department of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee since 2021.
2026-06
A small plane crashed into the tallest building in Beijing. The program said the crash site was very close to Zhongnanhai, and the air defense system failed to stop the plane.
2026-06-01
On June 1, 2026, the Beijing Public Security Bureau formally notified the June Fourth victims' family group, the Tiananmen Mothers, that they are strictly forbidden from visiting Wan'an Cemetery on June 4 to mourn their killed relatives, changing a convention of many years and marking the first time in over 30 years that the victims' families have been completely banned from holding a public memorial.
2026-05-28
On May 28, 2026, the Beijing and Shanghai Municipal Market Supervision and Administration Bureaus signed a cooperation framework agreement, established a coordinated governance mechanism for online catering food safety, and jointly carried out administrative guidance on Meituan, Taobao Shanguo, and JD Food Delivery.
2026-05-25
On May 25, 2026, the Beijing Municipal Administration for Market Regulation convened a joint conference on online market regulation, summoning 17 key e-commerce and platform companies for talks and demanding that they implement anti-involution competition and eliminate large-scale irrational subsidy promotions.
2026-03-29
At 12:00 on March 29, at the Dahanji market in Fangshan District, Beijing, someone suspected of lashing out at society allegedly drove a loader into a crowd. On-site videos show multiple vendors and passers-by knocked to the ground, their conditions unknown.
2026-03-09
On March 9, 2026, Tianyancha showed that a 9 million yuan stake in Wuhu Dongrunfa Investment Co., Ltd. under Zhao Wei's name was judicially frozen once again by the Dongcheng District Court in Beijing, with the freeze period extended to March 8, 2029; the freeze has been renewed multiple times since 2021.
2026-03
Reports indicate that Xia Linmao, Vice Mayor of Beijing and former Party Secretary of Daxing District, has been investigated and removed from office, drawing outside attention to the movements of the Cai Qi faction.
2025-10-31
The Transit Corps of the Beijing Public Security Bureau released a proposed hiring list of 80 auxiliary police officers, which includes graduates from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China University of Political Science and Law, University of International Business and Economics, and Communication University of China.
2024-10-31
On October 31, 2024, the Beijing Municipal Party Committee simultaneously decided that Liu Dongwei would serve as Secretary of the Xicheng District Party Committee, and Zhi Haijie would serve as Deputy Secretary of the Xicheng District Party Committee and be nominated as candidate for district mayor.
2020-11-23
On November 23, 2020, the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission announced its approval in principle of Baoshang Bank entering bankruptcy proceedings, and the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court announced a ruling the same day accepting the application for bankruptcy liquidation of Baoshang Bank.
2020-09-22
The Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People's Court sentenced Ren Zhiqiang to 18 years in prison and fined him 4.2 million yuan on charges of embezzlement, bribery, misappropriation of public funds, and abuse of power by personnel of state-owned companies.
2020-09-22
Ren Zhiqiang, who was once active in Alashan SEE and published articles criticizing the supreme leader, was sentenced to 18 years in prison in September 2020 on charges including corruption and bribery.
2020-07-23
Ren Zhiqiang's expulsion from the Chinese Communist Party was announced.
2020-07-23
The Chinese Communist Party issued a notice on disciplinary action against Ren Zhiqiang, listing as a problem his publication of articles publicly opposing the Four Cardinal Principles.
2020-03-12
Ren Zhiqiang was taken away by special personnel from the Beijing municipal discipline inspection commission; his eldest son and long-time secretary were arrested the same day.
2016-05-02
The Xicheng District Committee of Beijing has decided to place Ren Zhiqiang on probation within the party for one year, finding that he has repeatedly made erroneous remarks.
2009-12
Li Botan founded the Moutai Club in a government-owned courtyard house in Beijing, gathering red aristocrats, financial tycoons, and private entrepreneurs to form a covert organizational platform connecting power and capital.
2008-11-09
On November 9, 2008, Yang Jia's aunt, Wang Jingrong, went to a psychiatric hospital under the arrangement of Beijing police to see her younger sister Wang Jingmei, who was being held there. This was the first time the family had seen Wang Jingmei since she disappeared four months earlier. She had been confined at the Compulsory Treatment Management Division of the Beijing Public Security Bureau, known externally as Ankang Hospital.
2008-08-18
During the Beijing Olympics, the authorities set up a demonstration zone. On August 18, the Beijing Public Security Bureau said it had received 77 applications involving 149 person-times in total, and not a single one was approved.
2008-07-02
The night after the Yang Jia case occurred, his mother Wang Jingmei was first taken to the Datun Police Station in Chaoyang District, and was then sent by Shanghai and Beijing police to the Ankang Psychiatric Hospital of the Beijing Public Security Bureau in Shunyi District and forcibly detained. Her family only learned of her whereabouts four months later, and legal professionals pointed out that there was no regulatory basis whatsoever for sending her to a psychiatric hospital.
2004-09-13
Yitaohutu Forum, one of China's largest campus forums, was shut down by Peking University because it was flooded with political commentary and active discussions about the Sun Zhigang case.
2003-04-20
On April 20, 2003, the CCP Central Committee decided to remove Zhang Wenkang, Party Secretary of the Ministry of Health, and Meng Xuenong, Deputy Secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, from their posts. On the same day, Beijing's case figures were revised upward from 37 to 339 and changed to daily releases; Meng Xuenong subsequently resigned as mayor, and Zhang Wenkang was removed as Minister of Health on April 26.
2003
The Beijing municipal government invited entrepreneurs to discuss economic policy. While Pan Shiyi was speaking, Ren Zhiqiang took over the topic, criticized the policy, and demanded that officials uphold the credibility of the market.
2001-12-06
The Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court ruled at first instance that China International Television Corporation had committed infringement, and ordered it to stop distribution, issue a public apology, and pay Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao more than 330,000 yuan in compensation.
1995-04-27
With the suicide of Beijing Vice Mayor Wang Baosen and Chen Xitong's resignation taking responsibility, he was subsequently removed from office and sentenced to 16 years in prison for embezzlement and dereliction of duty.
1989-04-24
The Beijing Municipal Party Committee, at Deng Xiaoping's behest, reported to the Standing Committee of the Politburo, and put forward the theory of a "black hand in the Central Committee."