Beijing News You Might Have Missed This Week, Mar 6

Joey Knotts, Contributing Editor | Mar 6, 2021 11:30 am | Add a comment | 338 reads

Beijing is a happening city! Don't miss a thing with our weekend roundup of the latest news.

Last week of heat: Beijing’s central heating has kept us warm for the winter, but it’s time to say goodbye. Central heating will no longer operate after Mar 15, so be ready to grab a blanket in case the weather doesn’t catch up.

Two Sessions: If you found it particularly difficult to do things like grab a Didi the past few days, that's because the National People’s Congress met in Beijing this week to set national targets and policies for the upcoming year. The top policies will include fostering a carbon trading market, promoting vaccine development, and preventing the return of poverty. You can read more about the meeting in English from China Daily here.

Rockin' the Lunar New Year with Lunar Rocks: At the end of 2020, China became the third country to bring back rock samples from the earth’s moon – the first such stones to be brought to earth in four decades. Now those samples are on display in the National Museum of China (pictured at top). The museum's director told The Telegraph that he hopes the display will help “inspire people to dream, create, and strive for the Chinese dream of national rejuvenation.”

Vaccine Passports: Beijing, in cooperation with Hong Kong and the EU, is mulling over a “vaccine passport” system that could ease international travel for inoculated individuals, The Wall Street Journal reports. The system would likely operate digitally, much like Beijing’s Health Kit app, and might be used to allow holders to skip the quarantine period, provided they can also turn up a negative COVID-19 nucleic acid test.

Summer Palace pics: The Old Summer Palace recently released a series of photographs of the palace that date back to 1882. The photos, which are currently on display, depict the construction, maintenance, and restoration of the palace.

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