14:00 The conference buses will leave Beijing Hotel. The passengers
will pass by:
- Chang An Avenue, the "No.1 Avenue of China",
- Tian An Men Square, the heart of Beijing, the largest square in
the world,
- The Great Hall of the People, the meeting place of national people's
congress of China, which located to the west of the Square, then
reach the Imperial Palace - the Forbidden
City, which is 961m long from south to north and 753m
wide and is the largest palace complex in the world. It served as
the imperial palace in the Ming and Qing Dynasties from 1420 to
1911. Now it is known as the Palace Museum.
16:30 back to 3 Conference hotels
17:30 The conference buses will leave from the other two conference
hotels for Beijing Hotel.
18:00-22:00 Welcome Reception at
19th floor in Block A of Beijing Hotel
22:00 The conference buses will drive back people who live in the
other two conference hotels.
September 5, Monday
08:30 The conference buses will take participants and accompanying
persons from the other two conference hotels for Beijing Hotel.
09:00 Opening Ceremony
10:30 The conference buses leave from Beijing Hotel for day
tour to green, pollution-free farming base in Daxing District.
13:00 Lunch in Daxing District.
14:00 Leave for the Temple of Heaven.
The Temple of Heaven
was originally built in 1420 of Ming Dynasty occupying an area
of 272 hectares. It was the place where the emperors of Ming and
Qing Dynasties worshipped Heaven and prayed for good harvests. The
north part of the temple looks like a roundness and the south looks
like a square, which means that the heaven is round and the earth
is square. The main buildings are the Hall for the Prayer for Good
Harvests, the round Altar, the Echo Wall, and Imperial Vault of
Heaven.
16:00 Back to 3 Conference hotels
17:20 the conference buses will leave from the other two conference
hotels for Beijing Hotel
17:45 The conference buses depart from Beijing Hotel for Local
Color Night in Summer Palace.
Summer Palace originally a
royal garden and a dwelling place for emperors of Qing Dynasty,
and reconstructed and renamed as Summer Palace in 1888. The Summer
Palace is mainly consists of Longevity Hill and Kunming Lake, covering
an area of 290.8 hectares, 3/4 of which is covered by water. With
masterly design and artistic architecture and integrating the essence
of Chinese garden arts, Summer Palace has a title of "Imperial
Garden Museum. It is an imperial garden most completely reserved
with richest landscapes and concentrated building.
21:00 Back to 3 Conference hotels
September 6, Tuesday
08:30 The conference buses will take participants and accompanying
persons from the other two conference hotels for Beijing Hotel.
08:50 The conference buses leave from Beijing Hotel for day tour
to the Badaling Great
Wall.
The Great Wall, ran its way from east coast to west desert for 6,400
km, has become a must-see for every visitor to China. It was first
united by Qin Shi Huangdi - the First Emperor of China as a defensive
system on the northern border of the country after 214 B.C. The
Badaling Great Wall in Beijing is mainly remains from the Ming Dynasty
(1368 - 1644).
12:00 Lunch
13:30 Tour to one of the Ming Tombs
- the general name given to the mausoleums of 13 emperors of the
Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644). The mausoleums have been perfectly preserved,
as has the necropolis of each of the many emperors. Because of its
long history, palatial and integrated architecture, the site has
a high cultural and historic value. The layout and arrangement of
all thirteen mausoleums are very similar but vary in size as well
as in the complexity of their structures.
16:00 Back to 3 Conference hotels
18:30 The conference buses will leave from the other two conference
hotels for Beijing Hotel.
19:00 The conference buses leave from Beijing Hotel for three different
evening shows:
1. Acrobatic show at Chaoyang
Theatre, where every night the top-class performers from all over
China present stunning shows on stage, and people will find many
international awarding-wining programs on schedule.
2. Chinese
Kung-fu
3. Peking Opera in Liyuan Theatre
where people could enjoy the classical shows while sipping a cup
of Chinese tea and tasting some Beijing snacks.
Back to 3 Conference hotels
September 7, Wednesday
08:30 The conference buses will leave from the other two conference
hotels for Beijing Hotel.
09:00 The conference buses leave from Beijing Hotel for day tour
to the Ruins of Yuanmingyuan, (Garden of
Perfect Splendor) which
is renowned throughout the world for its fabled charms and association
with Chinese modern history. Extolled as the "Garden of Gardens"
and the "Versailles of the East" during its heyday, it
was an imperial summer resort painstakingly built and repeatedly
expanded under the personal supervision of five emperors of the
Qing Dynasty. In October 1860, the Anglo-French forces sacked and
looted Yuanmingyuan and burned it to the ground.
11:00 Depart for Beihai Park, which has a history of nearly 1000
years and is one of the best preserved imperial gardens. Lunch at
the Imperial Restaurant in Beihai Park
14:00 Leave for Prince Gong's Palace Garden
which has a history of over 200 years, ranked No.1 among hundreds
of the Princes' residence in Beijing at that time and were called
as pearl of the inner city of Beijing.
In the garden, people can enjoy essence of Chinese
traditional tea ceremony while tasting Chinese tea.
16:00 Back to 3 conference hotels.
18:00 The conference buses will leave from the other two conference
hotels for Beijing Hotel.
18:30 The conference buses leave from Beijing Hotel for the Great
Hall of the People, the meeting place of national people's congress
of China, People will have a chance to visit to several amazing
provincial halls.
19:00 Gala Banquet in the People's Great
Hall
22:00 Back to 3 conference hotels.
September 8, Thursday
08:30 The conference buses will leave from the other two conference
hotels for Beijing Hotel.
09:00 The conference buses leave from Beijing Hotel for day tour.
Line 1: Visit to the Lama Temple,
the Buddhist temple for Tibetan Buddhism of its yellow section.
There is Buddha statute made of 26 meter's high white sandal wood
inside the last building. It used to be the residence for Emperor
Yongzhen before his ascending to the throne in the Qing Dynasty.
10:00 Depart for Liulichang (Colored Glaze
Plant) Street, a Beijing famous culture shopping street
for ancient books, artworks and antique.
Line 2: Visit to Forbidden City
12:00 Lunch - People will enjoy Beijing
Roasted Duck the dish that brings the city of Beijing
a global reputation.
13:30 Visit to antique shopping city
17:00 Back to 3 conference hotels.
Opion 1:
18:30 The conference buses will leave from the other two conference
hotels for Beijing Hotel.
19:00 Leave from Beijing Hotel for Lao
She Tea House, which was named after China's well-know
writer Lao She whose famous play is "Tea House" The interior
decoration is simple but classic with a strong touch of Beijing
character. It is not only a tea house where you sip a wide variety
of teas from all over China and savor Beijing snacks. It is also
a museum of Beijing folk culture. Every night, there are performances
of Chinese traditional arts, such as Peking Opera.
