Jinhai Lake is located in Jinhaihu Town, at the east of Pinggu District, Beijing. You can take Airport Expressway to Shunping Road or Jing-Shun Road to Shunping Road and then directly reach the scenic spot. It is 85 kilometers away from Beijing's 2nd Ring Road. It includes the Haizi Reservoir and the surrounding area of 27 square kilometers. Construction of the Haizi Reservoir began in early 1959, continued in 1968, and was expanded in 1974, forming a beautiful artificial high峡 lake. It has a water surface of nearly 6.6 square kilometers with a total capacity of 120 million cubic meters.