Peking Man site at Zhoukoudian

Peking Man site at Zhoukoudian has been a significant site in paleoanthropology. It has yielded abundant evidence of ancient hominin activities.

At various parts of the site, scientists have unearthed the remains of early human lineage member Homo erectus "Peking Man" that date back more than 500,000 years, as well as of Homo sapiens "Shandingdong Man", identified as a primitive modern human, who lived 30,000 years ago.

The Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian was inscribed in UNESCO World Heritage List in 1987.

National Museum of China

The National Museum of China (NMC) was founded in 2003, merging from the National Museum of Chinese History and the National Museum of Chinese Revolution. But its history can be traced back to 1912 when the Preparatory Office of the National Museum of History was founded.

After a development of more than 100 years, NMC has become an important platform for collection, protection and display of cultural relics, social education and scientific research as well as international historical and cultural exchanges.

With a floor area of nearly 200,000 square meters, NMC is the largest single-building museum in the world.

National Center for the Performing Arts

Resembling a giant egg in the middle of a lake, the National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA) is located in central Beijing and was opened to the public at the end of 2007.

A modern cultural and architectural landmark designed by the French architect Paul Andrau (1938-2018), it covers 21.75 hectares and is surrounded by a vast artificial lake and large tracts of greenbelt, constituting an ideal environment with a thriving neighborhood. As China's top venue for the performing arts, the NCPA contains four major halls with high-standard facilities.