Shunyi, Beijing

Shunyi District is an administrative district of Beijing, located to the northeast of the city's urban core. As of 2014, the population of the district is around 983,000, of which approximately 601,000 have local residency permits. In 2020 a population number of 1,324,044 was counted. The Beijing Capital International Airport is located in the geographical boundaries of the district, though it is technically under the jurisdiction of Chaoyang district. Shunyi borders the Beijing districts of Pinggu to the east, Tongzhou to the south, Chaoyang to the southwest, Changping to the west, Huairou to the north, and Miyun to the northeast, as well as Hebei province to the southeast.

Shunyi has large communities of foreign expatriates.

Overview
Shunyi District has an area of 1020 km2 and a long-term resident population of approximately 983,000 as of 2013. The district is divided into 5 subdistricts of the city of Shunyi, the Airport subdistrict, and 19 towns. The urban area of Shunyi (2000 Census population 104,952 in Subdistricts) has an area of 19 km2 and has an estimated urban area population of 190,000. Other important urban areas are Tianzhu/Jichang (55,000 estimated population, Jichang is an exclave of Chaoyang District surrounded by Shunyi District), Houshayu (45,000), Yangzhen (22,000), and Mapo (22,000).

The Tianzhu Development Zone region abutting the airport to the west contains the largest international exhibition centre in China, the New China International Exhibition Center.

The International School of Beijing (ISB) is located in Shunyi District in the region known as the "Beijing Central Villas District" - the area immediately to the south of the new International Exhibition Centre - and more particularly just north of Yosemite Villas. Across the road from ISB is the new campus of the British School of Beijing which moved to this location during the summer of 2009. From west to east, the villas include EuroVillage, River Garden, Le Leman Lake, Capital Paradise, Gahood, Yosemite and Dragon Bay Villa and Rose & Gingko. In addition to having many different housing complexes there are also several small shopping malls nearby including Europlaza, Pinnacle Plaza and Lakeview.

The Beijing 2008 Olympics rowing, canoeing, and kayaking events were held at the newly built Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.

When Beijing Capital International Airport was first built, Shunyi was a subdistrict of Chaoyang. When Shunyi was promoted to full districtship, Chaoyang maintained direct control over the airport, so although the airport is completely surrounded by Shunyi district, it is not administratively in Shunyi; it pays its taxes to the Chaoyang government.

Administrative divisions
There are 6 subdistricts and 19 towns with 7 towns of which carry the "area" (地区) label within the district:

Transport
The district is linked to the city proper through a series of arterial roads. The Northern Approach Route of the Airport Expressway passes through Shunyi District. Shunyi district is served by Line 15 of the Beijing Subway.

The urban center of Shunyi is near the north-eastern 6th Ring Road.

Metro
Shunyi is currently served by two metro lines operated by Beijing Subway:


 * - China International Exhibition Center, Hualikan, Houshayu, Nanfaxin, Shimen, Shunyi, Fengbo
 * - Terminal 3

Economy
In 2017, the regional GDP of the district is 171.59 billion yuan, with GDP per capita at 152.1 thousand yuan.

Air China has its headquarters in Zone A of the Tianzhu Airport Industrial Zone (天竺空港工业区) in the Shunyi District. Okay Airways has its headquarters in a separate Air China facility.

Beijing Hyundai Motor Company, a joint-venture with Korean auto manufacturer Hyundai Motor Company and the Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co. has its head office and factory in the Linhe Industrial Development Zone (林河工业开发区) in Shunyi District.

Ritchie Bros Auctioneers (Beijing) Co. Ltd. (利氏兄弟拍卖（北京）有限公司), a subsidiary of Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers of Canada, is an investor in the Tianzhu Free Trade Zone and is the first wholly foreign-owned auction company in China.

Diplomatic missions
The warehouse of the Embassy of the United States, Beijing is located in the Beijing Tianzhu Airport Industrial Zone in Shunyi.

Education
Public high schools:
 * Beijing Shunyi District No. 1 High School (北京市顺义区第一中学)
 * Niulanshan No.1 High School
 * Beijing Shunyi District Yangzhen No. 1 Middle School (zh)

International schools located in Shunyi District include:
 * International School of Beijing Shunyi Campus
 * The British School of Beijing, Shunyi
 * Dulwich College Beijing
 * International Montessori School of Beijing River Garden Campus and Champagne Cove Campus
 * Beijing New Talent Academy
 * Beijing International Bilingual Academy
 * Springboard International Bilingual School

Closed:
 * Swedish School Beijing - Gahood Villa (嘉浩别墅)
 * Beijing REGO British School

Notable areas

 * Pinnacle Plaza
 * China International Exhibition Center
 * Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park

Climate
Shunyi District has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dwa). The average annual temperature in Shunyi is 12.3 C. The average annual rainfall is 571.3 mm with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 26.3 C, and lowest in January, at around -4.0 C.