On November 10, the 2025 Ice and Snow Jinghua Opening Ceremony and the series of events for the 12th Happy Ice and Snow Season for Beijing Citizens were launched. The 2025-2026 Beijing Ice and Snow Consumption Season will run through March next year, offering you the chance to take part in lots of winter consumption activities as the snow falls.
Recently, the Beijing International Talent Service Port was officially inaugurated in the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area (BDA). At the launch ceremony, the BDA issued the first batch of third-generation social security cards for foreigners (also known as "Join in Cards") to the representatives of international talents.
On November 6, during the 8th China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai, 52TOYS launched the new products of its "Zootopia's Best Duo" series at Beijing's exhibition area of the "People-to-people Exchanges" section. In the meantime, Caibai Co., Ltd. signed a cooperation agreement with Shanghai Gold Coin.
Since the implementation of the Regulations of Beijing Municipality on Improving the Language Environment for International Exchanges (hereinafter referred to as the Regulations), the Beijing Municipal Health Commission has rolled out a series of measures to make the city's healthcare services more accessible to international patients. Recently, a range of new improvements were made in the healthcare sector's foreign language services.
From the first train on November 8, the official opening of Dahong Men Station marks the full connection of the entire Beijing Subway Line 8. Known as the "Underground Central Axis", Line 8 now runs north-south through the city. And the new station enables bidirectional transfers with Line 10, making travel much smoother for commuters along the route.
On November 7, at this year's World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit, the SinoGuide app, developed under the joint guidance of the Cyberspace Administration of China and the National Immigration Administration, was officially launched. It was simultaneously made available on major Android app stores.
Renmin University of China recently released the "Dual Carbon-Society-Governance" City Index Report of China, which assesses the sustainable development trends of the country's 296 prefecture-level and provincial-level cities, whereby Beijing ranked first nationwide.
Beijing wins the 2025 Bloomberg Philanthropies Local Leaders Climate Award on Tuesday during the COP30 Local Leaders Forum in Rio de Janeiro.
Recently, a small green icon with the Chinese character "宠" (pet) has started to appear beside certain train numbers shown on the official ticketing platforms of the Railway 12306. This icon indicates that the trains concerned offer pet consignment service.
China will extend its unilateral visa-exemption arrangements for more than 40 countries to December 31, 2026.