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Beijing: Beijing Municipality
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Beijing has become the second largest industrial center in China after Shanghai. The industrial growth extends to outlying towns in the municipality’s rural areas; there are now major factories in Shijingshan (a major iron and steel mill), Tongxian (motor vehicles), Fengtai (machinery), and Fangshan (petrochemicals). In the early 1990s more than 2.1 million workers were employed in industry in Beijing. Processed foods, textiles, paints, paper, high-quality lubricants, and electronic products are now produced in Beijing. Construction activity has ... increased rapidly. New buildings, factories, and improvements to the infrastructure are widespread.
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The political and administrative center of the world's most populous country, Beijing is ... China's cultural and educational center and a major industrial city as well. Beijing is one of three Chinese cities designated as a special, or national, municipality.
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As the capital of the People's Republic of China, Beijing is located in northern China, close to Tianjin Municipality and partially surrounded by Hebei Province. The city covers an area of more than 16,410 square kilometers (6336 square miles) and has a population of 14.93 million people.
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Tourism has become increasingly important to the Beijing economy. Visitors are drawn not only to the historical and cultural attractions of the central city but ... to many sites in the rural areas of the municipality. Probably the best-known outlying attraction is the Great Wall, which can be viewed from designated places northwest and northeast of Beijing.
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