Beijing News You Might Have Missed This Week, Dec 21

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

Timetables for Line 3 and 12 Released: Timetables have been released for Line 3 and 12 coinciding with the opening of the two lines on Dec 15, according to local media. Both lines have first trains setting off from their respective terminus stations at or around 5.30am, while the last trains depart from their terminus at around 11.30pm. You can view the timetables below.

First Wholly Foreign-Owned General Hospital Opens in Tianjin: Pengruili Hospital, the first third-tier foreign-funded general hospital, opened in Tianjin on Dec 16, according to WeChat news account Jingshou Shi’er. The hospital, which is funded by the Pengruili Group of Singapore, is a general hospital with 500 beds specializing in orthopedics, eye, ear, nose, throat, kidney and immune diseases and more. The hospital will serve the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.

Imported Fruit Port Opens at Daxing Airport: A designated port for imported fruit has opened at Beijing Daxing International Airport as of Dec 4. The port will provide a new channel for imported fruit including Chilean cherries to enter Beijing, and since opening it's already seen over 5,000kg of fruit entering the city from abroad. 

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