Beijing is an important world capital and global power city, and one of the world’s leading centers for politics, economy and business, finance, education, culture, innovation and technology, architecture, language and diplomacy. It is home to the headquarters of most of China’s largest state-owned companies and houses the largest number of fortune global 500 companies in the world, as well as the world’s four best financial institutions. Combining both modern and traditional architecture, Beijing is one of the oldest cities in the world. The mountains to the west and north of the city are home to a number of protected wildlife species including leopadrd, wolf, red fox, raccoon dog, and mandarin rat snake.
The city flowers are the Chinese rose and chrysanthemum. The city trees are the Chinese arborvitae, an evergreen in the cypress family and the pagoda tree also called the Chinese scholar tree, a deciduous tree of the fabaceae family.
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