The central axis of Beijing, from Yongdingmen to the Bell and Drum Tower, has a total length of 7.8 kilometers. It is a great creation of Chinese civilization in urban planning and construction. On August 7, 2022, it was designated by my country as a 2024 World Cultural Heritage Application Project.

  The central axis started from the planning and design of the capital city of the Yuan Dynasty, and runs through the center of the convex-shaped city outline of the old city of Beijing. It has a history of more than 700 years.

Historical and cultural elements such as the Forbidden City, Taimiao Temple, Sheji Altar, Di'anmenwai Street, and Qianmen Street have jointly constructed the unique and upright and magnificent order of Beijing's central axis.

  The traditional central axis extends northward, through the Bird's Nest, the Water Cube, the Olympic Forest Park, to the Yanshan Mountains; it extends southward, through the Daxing International Airport, to the Yongding River system.

The traditional Chinese culture of Zhongzheng Hehe is organically integrated into the modern urban pattern, where tradition and modernity, China and the world blend.

  In 2011, the Beijing Municipal Party Committee proposed that "the central axis of the cultural bloodline of the capital should be specially protected and planned, and strive to declare it as a world cultural heritage".

In 2017, "actively promoting the application of Beijing's central axis" was written into the "Beijing Urban Master Plan (2016-2035)", and the application for the World Heritage entered an accelerated and critical period.

Today, this extension line has expanded the functions of international exchanges and ecological protection on the basis of cultural functions.

Ancient and modern civilizations blend here. The central axis that comes from history carries the essence of Chinese civilization and will usher in new vitality in the inheritance and innovation of Chinese civilization.

Chief planner: Yu Lan and Hu Fang

Producer: Wu Qingcai

Producer: Zeng Nai

Chief Director: Chen Xingang and Wang Kai

Project Editor: Cao Hangyu Ma Xueling

Presidential fundraiser: Zhao Anyuan is appointed as the handsome Zhu Na

Written by: Li Hongjiang, Sun Jingbo and Huang Yuhan

Editor: Zhao Zilong Wang Xueer

Visual Effects: Sun Hongliang

Music effect: Huan Rui

Promotion: Wang Shanshan, Fang Min, Zhou Jing

Dubbing: Chen Zhongrui

Responsible editor: [Wang Yi]