Beijing has a very long history. The discovery of Peking man and Neanderthal sites around Zhoukoudian proves that the history of human activities in Beijing can be traced back to at least 700,000-200,000 years ago.

In the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Wuwang once enfeoffed Zhao Gong here, calling it Yan or Beiyan.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the capital of Yan was called Ji.

In the Qin Dynasty, Yuyang County belonged to Beijing.

In the Sui Dynasty, Beijing was called Zhuo Jun, which was the starting point of the Grand Canal.

In the Tang Dynasty, it was called Youzhou, and the famous poet Chen Ziang once left a famous sentence on the tower of Youzhou.

It was Nanjing in the Northern Song Dynasty.

It was Zhongdu or Yanjing in the Southern Song Dynasty.

By the Yuan Dynasty, Beijing had begun to take shape.

The Ming and Qing Dynasties continued to expand and transform on the basis of the Yuan Dynasty, and officially changed its name to Jingshi, also known as Shi Jing in the Qing Dynasty.

During the National People's Congress, Beijing was renamed Beiping. After the founding of New China, Beiping was changed to Beijing and was designated as the capital of People's Republic of China (PRC).