A new round of afforestation projects carried out from 2018 to 2022 added 1.02 million mu (about 68,000 hectares) of green areas in Beijing, local authorities said on Feb 2. By the end of 2022, Beijing's forest coverage rate had reached 44.8 percent, expanding the capital's green ecological space significantly, according to the Beijing Municipal Forestry and Parks Bureau. In the past five years, Beijing built 180 urban leisure parks and 323 small parks and green areas, and 88 percent of residents lived near parks and green spaces within a radius of 500 meters. From 2012 to 2017, Beijing launched a round of afforestation projects covering 1 million mu. The new round of afforestation projects between 2018 and 2022 highlighted the collaborative governance of mountains, rivers, forests, farmlands, lakes, grasslands, and deserts, and comprehensively strengthened biodiversity protection. Beijing has restored 10,200 hectares of wetlands over the past five years and has 596…

Convenient services for global investment Malaysia Mailai International Holding Group, a foreign investment enterprise promoted by the Hong Kong branch of the Beijing CBD Global Investment Promotion Liaison Station, has successfully resided in CBD lately. Now the Beijing CBD Global Investment Promotion Liaison Station has built five branch stations, including Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Singapore. By holding investment promotion events, sci-tech innovation forums, and other online and offline events, it has expanded its influence to cover the global market. As one of the first comprehensive pilot demonstration zones for expanding opening-up in the service sector in Beijing, Chaoyang District has seen an improvement in foreign investment utilization despite a challenging situation. From January to December 2022, 424 new foreign investment enterprises were established in Chaoyang District, accounting for 30.1% of the city's total; the paid-in foreign investment of Chaoyang…