Yu Du Mountain [Photo via tuchong.com]

Yanqing District is located in the northwest of Beijing. With an average altitude of over 500 meters, it enjoys cool summer and cold winter and is referred to as Beijing's "Summer Resort". Covering a total area of 1994.88 square kilometers, in which 105 are of tropical land, the district is rich in shallow geothermal resources. It has over 2800 hours of sunshine a year, the most abundant area of solar energy resources in Beijing. The main peak of Haituo Mountain, located in Yanqing, is 2241 meters above sea level, the second highest in Beijing.

By the end of 2023, Yanqing District had a permanent population of 343,000.

Yanqing District is the capital's ecological conservation and development area, which has been honored as the National Demonstrative County of Afforestation and the National Forest City. It is widely recognized as Beijing's green barrier and back garden. Yanqing District has a sound living environment. Its per capita green area has reached 53.14 square meters,and the per capita green area of parks has exceeded 46.8 square meters per capita. Among them, Guishui Park covers an area of 6,000 mu (400 hectares), with a water surface of 5,000 mu (333 hectares), making it the biggest water park in Beijing.

Yanqing is the host of the 2019 Beijing World Horticultural Expo, and will be the co-host of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympic Games (part of events).

Based on the function positioning of the capital's ecological conservation, Yanqing District vigorously develops the green economy and strives to build a green, high-tech industrial system with its own characteristics.