river in china near the capital city of beijing
Beijing Major rivers flowing through the municipality, including the Chaobai, Yongding, Juma, are all tributaries in the Hai River system, and flow in a southeasterly direction. The Miyun Reservoir, on the upper reaches of the Chaobai River, is the largest reservoir within the municipality. Beijing is also the northern terminus of the Grand Canal to Hangzhou, which was built over 1,400 years ago as a transportation route, and the South–North Water Transfer Project, constructed in the past decade to bring water from the Yangtze River basin.
Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway The Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway (or Jinghu high-speed railway, from its name in Mandarin) is a high-speed railway 1,318 kilometres (819 mi) long that connects two major economic zones in the People's Republic of China: the Bohai Economic Rim and the Yangtze River Delta.[3] Construction began on April 18, 2008,[4] and a ceremony to mark the completion of track laying was held on November 15, 2010.[5] The line opened to the public for commercial service on June 30, 2011.[6] It is the world's longest high-speed line ever constructed in a single phase.[7][8][9] It is China's most profitable high speed rail line, reporting a 6.6 billion yuan net operational profit in 2015.[1]