Severe convective weather hit Beijing on Tuesday evening, resulting in thunderstorms, hailstorms and strong winds in multiple districts of the capital city.
The harsh weather started around 20:20 local time, moving from northwest to southeast across the capital and ending after the midnight.
Fangshan District was hit by hailstones as large as palm-sized, while Haidian district experienced thunderstorms accompanied by hail.
The hail weather in Shijingshan District lasted about 10 minutes. A section of the released video shot by a resident near Shougang Exhibition Center showed that hailstones, about the size of a table tennis ball, pouring down, smashing onto roads with a loud crackling sound.
A senior engineer at Beijing Fire Brigade said by Tuesday night they had not received any emergency call for rescue or help because of the hail and rain.
Earlier the same day, the Beijing Meteorological Service issued a yellow hail warning, a yellow thunderstorm warning and a blue wind warning, and advised the public to take shelter from hail.
Hailstorms hit multiple districts of Beijing
Hailstorms hit multiple districts of Beijing
Hailstorms hit multiple districts of Beijing
President of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Lee Jae Myung said on Wednesday that his country and China can build a mutually beneficial relationship amidst competitions.
At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Lee will pay a state visit to China from Jan 4 to 7. It will be Lee's first visit to China since he took office in June 2025.
In an interview with the China Media Group (CMG) in Seoul, capital of the ROK, on Wednesday, Lee said that the ROK and China both place great importance on the development of high-tech fields, and this inevitably creates competitions between the two countries, but will also presents ample cooperation opportunities for both sides.
"To my knowledge, the Chinese government has made tremendous efforts in high-tech investment, research and development investment, and the talent cultivation in the field of basic research, just as the ROK has done. From this perspective, the ROK and China share similarities in economic growth strategies, which certainly creates competitions between the two countries, but it also presents broad cooperation opportunities for both sides. I believe that if we can explore areas for cooperation amid competitions and enhance our respective strengths through cooperation, we can build a mutually beneficial relationship that not only supports China's sustainable development strategy but also promotes ROK's growth strategy," Lee said.
ROK president eyes mutually beneficial relationship with China amid competitions
