On May 10, 2006, Beijing South Railway Station officially began to be renovated and opened for operation on August 18, 2008. The reconstructed Beijing South Railway Station has become China's chief high-standard and modern passenger dedicated line large passenger station, known as the "first station in Asia. The project covers an area of 499,200 square meters and a construction area of 420,000 square meters. The main station building area is 31. 10,000 square meters, the building has two floors above ground and three floors underground. The total amount of steel used in the entire steel structure is 65,000 tons.