Water resource of Beijing is insufficient. In Beijing, per capita water possession amount is only 1/6 of that amount of the whole country. The amount of water resource can be used, including surface water and ground water is 7.731 billion square meters. There are more than 200 rivers in Beijing. The Yongding River flowing in the southwest part of Beijing is the largest river in Beijing. There are 85 reservoirs in Beijing. Guanting reservoir and Miyun reservoir are two largest surface water bases; the total storage capacity of these two reservoirs is 9.35 billion square meters and occupies 92.98% of the total reservoir storage capacity. They are two main water resources for agriculture, industry and living uses of Beijing.

　　Beijing is divided into 14 parts, including 4 close suburb districts (Chaoyang District, Haidian District, Fengtai District, Shijingshan District), 8 far suburb districts (Mentougou District, Fangshan District, Tongzhou District, Shunyi District, Daxing District, Changping District, Huairou District, Pinggu District) and 2 far counties (Miyun county, Yanqing County). There are 150 towns and 3995 villages in Beijing.

　　Beijing’s climate type is half-humid monsoonal type in North Temperate Zone. The sunshine is adequate all over the years and the change of seasons is obvious. In spring it is droughty and windy, in spring it is sweltering and rainy, in fall it is cool and comfortable and in winter it is dry and cold. The annual solar radiation amount is 4378-5365 mega-joules. The annual average temperature is 11.8 centigrade. The annual average precipitation is 624.4mm but its distribution is not symmetrical. The annual sunshine time amount is 2084-2873 hours and the frost-free period is about 180-200 days.

　　The total area of Beijing suburbs is 15.8 thousand square kilometers, occupying 94% of the total area of Beijing. Among this area, the mountain area is 10.4 thousand square kilometers. The area of agriculture land is 986.8 thousand square hectares, occupying 59% of the total suburbs’area. The area of non-agriculture land is 685.3 thousand square hectares, occupying 41% of the total suburbs’area. Among agriculture land, 249.2 thousand square hectares are farmland, occupying 25.3% of the agriculture land area. 612 thousand square hectares are forest, occupying 62% of the agriculture land area. 110 thousand square hectares are pastureland; 103.5 thousand square hectares are garden land and 11 thousand square hectares are water area.

　　In 2002, the amount of permanent resident population of Beijing suburbs was about 8.956 million’occupying 78.8% of total permanent resident population of Beijing. The amount of population who live in towns was 5.662 million, occupying 63.2% of total permanent population of Beijing suburbs; the amount of population who live in rural area was 3.294 million, occupying 36.8% of total permanent population of Beijing suburbs. The population density was 536 people per square kilometer.

　　In 2002, the amount of employees in Beijing Suburbs was 1.656 million. Among them, 641 thousand people were employees of the first industry, occupying 37% of total; 487 thousand were employees of the second industry, occupying 29.4% of total; 528 thousand were employees of the third industry, occupying 31.9% of total.

　　Beijing locates on North longitude from 39 28’to 41 5’and East latitude from 115 25’to 117 30’.The total area is 16.8 thousand square kilometers. The altitude of northwest part is higher than that of southeast part. The area of hills and mountains higher than 100 meter occupies 62% of the total area. The highest peak—Lingshan is 2303 meters above the sea level. The plain lower than the elevation of 100 meters occupies 38% in the total area. The lowest altitude is 8 meter above the sea level. There are various physiognomies in Beijing suburbs. The local nature conditions are complicated. Climate, vegetation and soil show regular and vertical distributions, and are suitable for various economic plants.