Yunhe Cultural Square [Photo via tuchong.com]

Tongzhou District is in the southeast of Beijing, at the northern terminus of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. Covering an area of 905.95 square kilometers, it is home to the Beijing Municipal Administrative Center. The district administers 10 towns, one Hui ethnic township, and six sub-districts.

With a long history, human activities were found in the district as early as the Neolithic Age. It has been established and administered for over 2,200 years, under the profound impacts of the canal culture. In 2014, the Grand Canal was successfully inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, becoming the 46th World Heritage Site in China.

Tongzhou has distinctive location advantages. The district is close to Beijing's Central Business District (CBD), 13 kilometers to the west from the China World Trade Center and 16 kilometers to the north from the Beijing Capital International Airport. The district also borders Tianjin and Hebei. Its location provides a conducive environment for the capital to participate in the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region.

In 2024, Tongzhou's GDP reached 150.81 billion yuan. By the end of 2024, its permanent population was 1.846 million.

Currently, the main structure of the Beijing Sub-Center Railway Station Integrated Transport Hub is nearly complete. The hub is expected to become operational by the end of this year. In the future, passengers from there will be able to reach the Beijing Capital International Airport in just 15 minutes, the Beijing Daxing International Airport and the Tangshan Railway Station (Hebei Province) within 35 minutes, and the Xiong'an New Area (Hebei Province) and Binhai New Area (Tianjin Municipality) within one hour.