the Terminal of Beijing Daxing International Airport I’d like to talk about the terminal of Beijing Daxing international airport. The airport was put into use on September last year. It’s located at the frontier between Beijing and Hebei province, about 50 kilometers south of Ti'anmen square, so we can reach there with 30 minutes by high-speed train, by subway or by taxi. The terminal is the world’s largest single-structure airport terminal, 700,000 square meters, as big as about 100 football fields. It takes only 5 years from construction to operation, which is considered to be a miracle. The building is designed by the famous architect Zaha-Hadid and her team workers. They say that the design inspiration is draw from phoenix, a holy bird in Chinese legend. But someone says that from above it looks more like a starfish, a big six-armed alien starfish. It is a four-stories building, supported by 8 C-shaped columns. This design provides a direct and clear line of sight to where you need to go. The security check and immigration inspection are in the central part of the starfish and there’re more that eighty departure gates at the six arms, so it takes passengers no more than 8 minutes to walk to any of them. It’s really convenient and efficient. By the way, the terminal is an energy-efficient building. The big windows and skylights bring tones of natural light in, which helps save a great deal of power for lighting. Photovoltaic power generation and rainwater collection equipment are implemented. And many kinds of energy management technology are introduced and used in the building. For example, through energy management software，offices can monitor energy consuming and find procedures that can be improved to save more power. It’s really an excellent masterpieces, both aesthetically and pragmatically.