Beijing's Largest Forest Resort Opens

The Chinese capital's largest resort, Beijing Green Resort, opened Sunday in suburban Shunyi district.

The new facility has 200 hectares of forest, more than 130 hectares of water and 33 hectares of beaches.

A series of cultural and environmental activities and exhibitions will be scheduled in the coming days, a resort source said.

Beijing now has a total of 15 forest parks, which received some two million visitors in 1999.



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