A handbook, designed to help foreigners better understand of
Beijing as easily and quickly as possible, has been published.
Compiled by the Foreign Affairs Office of the Beijing Municipal
Government, the 160-page handbook contains the latest government
policies and regulations, and services information regarding entry
and exit procedures, living in Beijing, employment, taxation,
marriage, adoption of children, schooling, medical services,
religion, laws, traveling, catering and daily life, among
others.
Currently, over 70,000 foreigners work and live in the Chinese
capital, which also hosts over 3.5 million temporary foreign
visitors each year.
The pocket book is written in both Chinese and English.
(Xinhua News Agency November 13, 2006)