Beijing, located in the north China plain, Beijing has an average altitude of 43.5 meters. The elevation of Beijing plain is 20 ~ 60 meters, the mountain is 1000 ~ 1500 meters, covering an area of more than 16800 square kilometers. Beijing has a history of more than three thousand years and more than eight hundred and fifty years of construction of Dou Shi, first seen in the record of the name " thistle". During the Republic of China, called Peiping. After the founding of new China, is the capital of the people 's Republic of China, referred to as " Beijing", is now one of China 's four central municipalities, the country 's second largest city and political, transportation and cultural center. Beijing is the capital of the people 's Republic of China, the central municipality and the national center of China