The Great Hall of the People (Chinese: 人民大会堂; pinyin: Rénmín Dàhuìtáng) is located to the west of Tian'anmen Square, and is the place where national conferences are held.

It is not at all exaggerating if you call the Great Hall magnificent. It covers an area of 171, 800 square meters, with 320 meters in length by 206.5 meters in width.

Built in September 1959, the Great Hall consists of three sections. The central of Great Hall is the "ten thousand people hall" with volume of 90, 000 cube meters. The northern section is the banquet hall with an area of 7,000 square meters. It can hold 5, 000 people having banquet simultaneously. The south part is office building of Standing Committee of People's Congress of China.

Now, some of the sections of the hall is open to the tourists. If you've been to the Capital Hill in U.S. or Parliament in other countries, it will be interesting to compare these congress halls with The Great Hall of the People.