Exhibition at Capital Museum explores Beijing's history

Editor's Note: The "Eternal Witness of Civilization: History of Beijing" exhibition, which opened on Feb. 10, 2024, at the Capital Museum, charts Beijing's 700,000 years of human settlement, 3,000 years of urban growth, and 800 years as China's capital. Artifacts from prehistory to the present show Beijing's rise as a cultural and political center. The exhibition also highlights how the city's legacy shapes its current development strategy.

This photo, taken on June 5, 2025, shows the preface to the exhibition "Eternal Witness of Civilization: History of Beijing," on display at the Capital Museum in Beijing. The exhibition traces the city's evolution as a living testimony to Chinese civilization, highlighting continuity, unity, innovation and inclusiveness from prehistoric times to the present. [Photo by Liu Ziying/China.org.cn]