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