Beijing Hotel

It is located at the southern end of Wangfujing Street, at the corner with East Chang'an Avenue, 1.5 km from Beijing railway station with views of the Forbidden City and part of Tiananmen Square.

[1] The first wing of the Grand Hôtel de Pékin, a five-story red brick structure, was completed in 1915.

[4] Later, the banquet hall served guests such as Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai at the inauguration of the People's Republic.

The hotel usually caters to foreigners and wealthy domestic guests, providing restaurants and bars in a Western and Asian style.

This was the site where Associated Press photographer Jeff Widener took the famous "Tank Man or Unknown Rebel" picture during the Tiananmen Square protests.