Starting October 1, 2021, Beijing's basic pension insurance will be available to individuals possessing a Foreigner's Permanent Residence Card or Residence Card for Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan residents.

Along with Beijing Municipal Finance Bureau, Beijing Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau recently announced that Beijing's basic pension insurance will be available to unemployed Beijing residents between 16 and 60 years old (excluding students), who possess a valid Foreigner's Permanent Residence Card or Residence Card for Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan residents.

An exhibition aimed at helping children understand the potential and benefits of mixing art and technology opened in Beijing's Today Art Museum.  

The organizers of the exhibition - titled "Art has NO Boundaries" or ANOBO - have created an immersive art and tech space for children.  

The exhibition is divided into four sections, including air, land, sea and planet. With the theme "One World," art works are created based on ecological environment.  

The 2021 World Winter Sports (Beijing) Expo (WWSE) will be held in the National Convention Centre and Shougang Park from September 2nd to the 7th. Internationalization is one of the highlights of the WWSE. How will this year's Expo present internationalization?

Co-sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Association for Science and Technology and the People's Government of Beijing Municipality, the 2021 Zhongguancun (ZGC) Forum will be held in Beijing from Sept. 24 to the 28. The theme of this year's forum is "Intelligence•Health•Carbon Neutrality".

Huo Xuewen, Director of Beijing Local Financial Supervision Administration, recently stated that as a national financial administration centre, Beijing possesses world-class advantages along with tremendous opportunities for development in terms of market conditions, business environment, reform and innovation, etc. In recent years, more than 60 foreign-funded financial institutions have been settled in Beijing.

The 1.8-km cruise line along Liangma River, from Yansha Bridge to Sun Park, will make its debut this weekend, when passengers will be able to enjoy the light show on river banks.

Tickets will be available on the official Wechat account "Liangma River Cruise".

An online conference focusing on promotion of "Two Zones" was recently held to mainly target investors from the UK and the US. As the fifth session of the overseas online promotion activities organized in , the UK/US session promoted policies for a wide range of fields and shared a large number of items, the latest data, and various other information, which was well received by the participating representatives. The online promotion activity was held by Beijing Investment Promotion Service Centre and supported by the China-Britain Business Council.

To accelerate the building of an e-CNY payment environment for Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, with the aim of "promoting the spirit of striving forward", Beijing initiates a pilot program to use e-CNY, "Digital Carnival for 'JingCai' Strivers" (hereinafter referred to as "the activity"), in the latest consumption season.

A recently released communique by Beijing Municipal Ecology and Environment Bureau (BMEEB) indicated that in 2020, 82 species of natural and semi-natural ecosystems, including forests, scrublands, brushlands, meadows and grasslands, and wetlands, were recorded in Beijing based on field survey. A total of 5,086 species in Beijing were recorded, and 70 new species were found during this field survey, of which 12 were species newly registered in China.

Construction of the "Two Zones" brings new opportunities and challenges to the development of talents for intellectual property rights (IPR). On April 22, the forum "IPR Talents and the Two Zones", part of the talent exchanges activities for 2021 Beijing Intellectual Property Week took place. At the forum, Beijing Municipal Intellectual Property Office (the Office) and Beijing Overseas Talents Centre signed a cooperation agreement on intellectual property service for overseas talents.

Upgrading of IPR service for overseas talents