Beijing Capital International Airport is located in Shunyi District, 28 kilometers northeast of the city center, it is about 40 minutes' drive (one hour during rush hour) along the expressway. The cheapest way to get to the airport or the city center is to take the airport shuttle buses, and it needs about 100 yuan by taxi.

From Beijing, people can fly to all the main cities in the country (excluding Taiwan), and 54 cities of 39 countries and regions in the world. More than 40 foreign air companies have set up agencies in Beijing.

Beijing has four railway stations, of which Beijing West Railway Station is the largest. Passengers can go from Beijing to all the main cities in China by train, except Hainan Island and Taiwan. There are direct short-distance trains from the North Railway Station to the nearby regions throughout the day. International trains to Moscow, Pyongyang (North Korea) and Ulaanbaatar arrive at and leave Beijing Train Station, trains for Hong Kong and Vietnam leave from Beijing West Train Station.

Special tourist trains to other famous tourist cities are also available

Beijing is the hub of several expressways heading in all directions to Shenyang, Tianjin, Harbin, Guangzhou, Zhuhai, Nanjing, Kunming, etc.

The subway is an excellent way to get around the city quickly and conveniently. The metro system is being expanded for the 2008 Olympic Games. Beijing now has four subway lines-no.1, 2 and 13 lines, and Batong Line.

• Line 1 runs from Pingguoyuan industrial area in the west to Sihui East in the east, following the Chang'an Avenue through the commercial districts of Xidan, Wangfujing and Dongdan.
• Line 2 is the loop line and follows the 2nd Ring Road. The line is linked to Line 1 at Fuxingmen and Jianguomen, and to Line 13 at Xizhimen and Dongzhimen.
• Line 13, also known as the City Rail Line, is an extended northern semi-loop serving the northern suburbs of the city. Most of the line is above ground, with some sections elevated several meters above street level.