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Preparatory work for the Ninth China (Beijing) International Garden Expo is proceeding as scheduled and the event will receive its first visitors on time, despite the fire that partly destroyed one of its main attractions, authorities said on Tuesday.

Waiters wearing special costumes from the game Super Mario work at a restaurant in Tianjin, April 8, 2013.

13 people died and 15 others were injured when a passenger bus plunged into a ravine beside an expressway in Southwest China's Yunnan province Monday afternoon, local authorities said.

Dongzhimen subway station is considering offering airport check-in service, where passengers can check in their luggage and get a boarding pass, Beijing Morning Post reported on Friday, citing a source at Beijing airport express.

Construction of an airport check-in hall inside the subway station would involve multiple parties, and the subway company would be mainly responsible for organizing the traffic flow of passengers, said Chen Youjun, a station director of Beijing airport express.