TOURS INFORMATION

1. Local Tour for Accompanying Guests Programme (AG)

AG1 Chinese Ethnical Culture Park Afternoon 16:00-19:30 US$ 15.00

16:00 Leave for Chinese Ethnical Culture Park
16:15 Visit the Chinese Ethnical Culture Park for near 3 hours
19:00 Go back to BICC

AG2 City tour in Beijing 14:00-18:00 US$ 15.00

14:00 Leave for CCTV Tower
14:30- 15:30

Visit National Century Temple, Tian An Men Square and East 3rd Ring Road on Bus

18:00 Arrive at BICC

AG3 Summer Palace Lunch Yonghe Lamasery 08:30-17:30 US$35.00

08:30

Leave for the Summer Palace

10:00 Visit the Summer Palace for 2 hours
12:00 Lunch
14:00 Visit the Lama Temple for 1.5 hours
17:30 Arrive at BICC

AG4 Forbidden City - Lunch - Temple of Heaven 08:30-17:30 US$ 40.00

08:30 Leave for the Forbidden City
09:30 Visit the Forbidden City for 2.5 hours
12:00 Leave for Lunch
14:30 Visit the Temple of Heaven for 1.5 hours
17:30 Arrive at BICC

AG5 Tiananman Square - Beihai Park - Lunch - Hutong Tours, 08:30-17:30 US$45.00

08:30 Leave for Hutong tours
09:30 Hutong tours
11:30 Lunch
14:00 Visit Tiananmen Square
15:00 Go to Beihai Park for sightseeing
17:30 Arrive at BICC

AG6 Shopping in Liulichang Antique Street 08:30-12:30, Free of charge

08:30 Leave for Liulichang Antique Street
12:30 Arrive at BICC

AG7 The Great Wall - Lunch - Ming Tombs - Art Factory, 08:30-18:00 US$ 45.00

08:30 Leave for the Ju Yong Pass of the Great Wall
09:40 Visit the Wall and stay there about one hour and 30 minutes
12:15 Lunch
14:00 Visit the Dingling Tomb, one of the thirteen Ming Tombs
15:30 Leave for visit to the Art Factory
18:00 Arrive at BICC

AG8 Beijing Opera Li Yuan Theater, 19:20 21:30 US$ 20.00

The ticket can be purchased at Tour Information Desk on Sept. 16 17.
Departure: get on bus at 17:30, Sept. 18, in front of BICC.

The local tours will be arranged as follows:

Sept. 16 Sun.

Sept. 17 Mon.

Sept. 18 Tues.

Sept. 20 Thur.

Sept. 21 Fri.

AG1

AG2

AG3

AG4

AG5

AG4

AG5

AG6

AG8

AG7

Note for AG Program:

1.Please gather in the lobby of BICC at least 10 minutes before departure. All the buses will leave ON TIME. The return time is estimated according to the normal traffic situation.
2.If you decide to join an AG program just before it starts, you could buy a ticket from the tour guide only if there is still vacancy. So, you are strongly recommended to purchase the ticket at least 2 days in advance.
3. No refund could be made for cancellation of any AG program.


2. PRE- and POST-CONGRESS STUDY TOURS (POCT)

PRET-3 Beijing Luoyang Xian Beijing

Sept.13, Thu. 05:45 Gather in the lobby of Continental Grand Hotel and leave for airport

Beijing Luoyang by air HU745 07:45 09:50

Visit Longmen Grottoes in the afternoon

Overnight in Xiaolangdi Project Site

Sept.14, Fri. Visit Xiaolangdi.

Luoyang Xian by train K76112:55 19:10

Stay in Shenzhou Hotel (Three Star Hotel)

Sept.15, Sat. Visit Terracotta Warrior, and Huaqing Pool

Stay in Shenzhou Hotel

Sept.16, Sun. Visit Banpo Village, Old City Wall and History Museum

Xian - Beijing CA1202 (17:15 19:00)

Tour ends after arrival in Beijing

NoteIf you have booked a post-congress tour, please reconfirm your reservation and pick up your luggage sticker at the Tour Information Desk when registering.

POCT 2 Beijing-Chendu-Three Gorges-Wuhan

Sept.22, Sat. 0630 Gather in the lobby of Continental Grand Hotel

Beijng- Chengdu City CA1405 (08:45-11:15).

Afternoon, visit Dujiangyan Irrigation System.

Overnight in Minshan Hotel (4 Star).

Sept.23, Sun Morning, sightseeing in Chengdu city (Funan river harnessing).

Afternoon, travel from Chengdu city to Chongqing City by bus. Board

the Yangtze Cruise Ship. Overnight on boat.

Sept.24, Mon. On boat 327 km. Along Yangtze River visit the Three

Sept. 25, Tue. Gorges (Qutang Gorge, Wu Gorge and Xiling Gorge), as well as

beautiful landscape and historic scene, such as the Ghost City, Baidi

City and Lesser. Three Gorges, etc. Meals and accommodation on boat.

No single room on boat available.

Sept.26, Wed. Morning, arrive the Three Gorges Project. Afternoon, visit the Three

Gorges Project, the largest hydroelectric project in the world

(181m, 18,200 MW). Overnight in the construction site of the project.

Sept.27, Thu. Morning, visit the Gezhouba Project and city tour in Yichang.

Afternoon, travel by bus from Yichang to Wuhan city. Overnight in

Wuhan.

Sept.28, Fri. The tour ends after breakfast.

POCT-3 Beijing-Nanjing-Wuxi-Suzhou-Shanghai

Sept.22, Sat. 0600 Gather in the lobby of Continental Grand Hotel

Beijing Najing by flight FM156 0805 0945

Afternoon, visit Dr. Sun Yatsens Mausoleum and Hydraulic Labs. Of Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute. Stay at Siya Garden Hotel in Nanjing

Sept.23, Sun. Travel to Wuxi City by bus.Afternoon Visit Taihu Lake. Stay at Milido

Hotel in Wuxi

Sept.24, Mon. Travel from Wuxi to Suzhou by bus.Visit the Grand Canal.

Afternoon sightseeing in Suzhou.Travel to Shanghai by bus.

Stay in Shanghai

Sept.25, Tue. Morning visit Huangpujiang river flood control project.

Afternoon Pudong Development Zone. Overnight in Shanghai

Sept.26, Wed. Go shopping in the morning. Tour ends after lunch

POCT-5 Beijing-Lanzhou-Dunhuang-Turpan-Urumqi-Korla-Beijing

Sept.22, Sat. 0915 Gather in the lobby of Continental Grand Hotel

Beijing Lanzhou WH2112 (11:2513:35)

Visit Liujiaxia Hydropower project,

Lanzhou Jiuquan by train (22:10 09:00)

Sept.23, Sun. 09:00 arrived at Jiuquan

Visit Jiayuguan (First pass of the Great Wall) and Mural Painting in the Weijin Period Tombs, Jiayuguan Dunhuang by bus.

Stay at Dunhuang Hotel

Sept.24, Mon. Visit Mogao Grottoes and the New-Moon Spring

19:30 Go to Turpan by train (K889)

Sept.25, Tue. 06:56 arrived at Turpan and visit ancient irrigation canal

00:10 go to Korla by train (K882)

Sept.26, Wed. 08:30 arrive at Korla visit Bosteng Lake

22:38 go to Urumqi by train (K884)

Sept.27, Thu. 08:45 arrived at Urumqi and visit Tian Chi Lake at the top of Mountain.

Overnight in Urumqi

Sept.28, Fri. City sight seeing and go to Beijing by air XQ9103 (14:30-18:10).

Stay in Beijing

Sept.29, Sat. Tour end after breakfast

NoteYou can store your big luggage at Continental Grand Hotel before tour starts.

POCT-6 Beijing-Chengdu-Lhasa-Chengdu

Sept.22, Sat. 0630 Gather in the lobby of Continental Grand Hotel

Fly to Chengdu City by air.CA1405 (08:45 11:15)

Afternoon, visit Dujiangyan Irrigation System. Overnight in Chengdu.

Sept.23, Sun. Morning, fly to Lhasa City, SZ4401(06:40 08:20), the capital of Tibet

Autonomous Region. Rest in Hotel in the afternoon. Stay in Lhasa.

Sept.24, Mon. Visit Potala Palace, Jorkhang Temple (Built in the 7th Century)

and Barkhore street. Stay in Lhasa.

Sept.25, Tue. Sightseeeing in Lhasa city, Tsebang Temple (built in 647 B.C.) and

Norbulingka palace. Stay in Lhasa.

Sept.26, Wed. Travel to Xigaze City by bus, the second largest city in Tibet, visit

Tashilunpo Monastery (built in 1447). Stay in Xigaze

Sept.27, Thu. Travel back, on the way visit the upper pond of Yamdro Yumtso Pumped Storage Power Station (4800m a. s. l.). Stay in Lhasa.

Sept.28, Fri. Fly back to Chengdu. Afternoon, sightseeing in Chengdu.

Overnight in Chengdu. Minshan Hotel (4 Star )

Sept.29, Sat. Tour ends after breakfast.