Starting April 9, the National Aquatics Center in Beijing, also known as the “Water Cube” or “Ice Cube,” is undergoing a weeklong trial operation for public visits and curling activities, while an authentic Winter Olympic experience will be on offer to visitors until May 15. According to the plan, visitors are not only able to try their hand at curling on world-leading ice rinks, but can also tour the dual-Olympic venue’s equipment zones, changing rooms, podium areas, and media halls used during the Winter Games. With the Olympic-standard ice sheets and visual elements of Beijing 2022 retained, the venue seeks to bring people closer to authentic Winter Olympic competitions and further contribute to China’s post-Games pledge of sustainability. In addition, the venue’s winter sports center, which has been designed to help promote curling, ice hockey, and ice skating, is scheduled to open to the public in May. The venue also has plans to host international curling…

I. Four points are mainly focused in the formulation of the Measures: It highlights the full implementation of the national poverty alleviation policy. In terms of implementation, it is committed to helping micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Beijing to benefit from preferential policies as much as possible. It highlights the demands of enterprises. The Measures fully responds to and puts forward specific actions to address the most urgent concerns of enterprises such as housing rents, pandemic increasing costs for pandemic prevention and control, tax relief, and financing channels. It highlights targeted assistance. Supporting policies will be tilted to industries hit hard by the pandemic, such as catering, retail, tourism, civil aviation, highway and railway transport, and performance art. According to the Measures, in 2022, regular nucleic acid tests shall be carried out free of charge for employees of MSMEs in…

Planning and Construction  6. Urban renewal   This refers to continuous efforts to improve and adjust the city's spatial organization and urban functions in the developed areas. Beijing will strictly control large-scale demolition and construction, implement strict safety standards, and rigorously protect the ecosystem. This renewal is small scale, incremental and sustainable. It focuses on the following: strengthening Beijing's position as "the four centers"[1] and the capital of the nation; improving infrastructure such as urban public spaces, public service facilities and public transportation; optimizing residential housing conditions as well as the environs and supporting facilities of residential communities; upgrading under- or mis-utilized buildings; protecting and utilizing historical and cultural areas, and transforming and renovating industrial parks and old industrial buildings. [1] This refers to the capital's strategic…

Innovative Governance 11. Jingban, Jingtong and Jingzhi mobile terminals  Jingban is an inter-agency office platform that serves as a unified work portal for government staff at the municipal, district, sub-district and community levels. Jingtong is the city's unified public service platform that coordinates online and offline services, and provides direct government and public services to individuals and businesses. Jingzhi is a comprehensive service platform that combines and manages different categories of apps for decision-making, designed to facilitate informed decision-making of authorities at all levels. It also pools data across the city to bolster the development of such apps and improve the efficacy of government decision-making. 12. Digital infrastructure for a smart city This digital infrastructure consists of seven components, namely, the city QR code, spatial layout maps, basic toolkit, computing resources, sensing systems,…