Venue Information

 

The conference will be held at the elegant
Beijing Xijiao Hotel located northwest of the
centre of Beijing. This area contains more than 10
universities including Peking University and Tsinghua
University. Landmarks such as the Summer Palace,
Yuanming Park, and the Fragrant Hill are also in the vicinity.

Address: No.18 Wangzhuang Road , Haidian District, Beijing
Telephone: 86-10-62322288

 

Location and distances

Beijing Xijiao-Hotel is located next to the Fourth Ring and No.13 subway Wudaokou Stop, near Zhongguancun Hi-tech Area, with a bus station nearby;

  • 30 min (40 km) to Capital Airport;
  • 25 min (19 km) to Beijing West Station, 35 min (20 km) to Beijing Station;
  • 20 min (18 km) to downtown area;
  • 10 min (5 km) to Shangdi Hi-tech Area;
  • 10 min (6 km) to Summer Palace;
  • Take tour bus around hotel could go straight to Great Wall or other Places of interest;
  • Go straight to Xizhimen traffic hinge by No.13 subway, and exchange No.2 subway to
    other traffic hinge;

There is a car rental services for guests.

Floor plan of venue

 

 

Places of interest and entertainment nearby

 

Yuanmingyuan

The Old Summer Palace which is also known as the Ruins of the Yuanmingyuan (the Garden of Perfection and Light) is located northwest of Beijing and to the east of the (present-day) Summer Palace. The Garden was first constructed in the year of 1709 during the reign of the Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Over the next 150 years of the Qing Dynasty, this Garden was expanded to be a large-scale Chinese emperors' private pleasure garden, covering a total area of 350 hectares (over 864 acres).

Generally speaking, the Old Summer Palace consists of three parts - Yuanmingyuan, Wanchunyuan (the Garden of Blossoming Spring) and Changchunyuan (the Garden of Eternal Spring). These three gardens are often referred to as one common name: Yuanmingyuan. Hundreds of scenic spots in the Garden are made up of exquisitely constructed halls, pavilions, chambers, kiosks, earth and rock hills, rivers and ponds, and exotic flowers and grasses from different parts of the country. Indeed, it embodies the essence of Chinese ancient landscape gardening.

 

Beijing Plant Garden

The Beijing Botanical Gardens are situated in the western outskirts of the city between Xiangshan Park and Jade Spring Mountain. Although the gardens are not large, with only some 3,000 different plant species, many famous and rare plant specimens are on display.

The hothouse exhibition, in 13 different rooms, is the highlight of the gardens. The first room is filled with evergreens and members of the palm family. The second room is given over to tropical aquatic plants, including water lilies and flowering taros. The third room displays commercial plants and their breeding and propagation. Here there are specimens of the triple-leaved rubber plant, cocoa and coffee trees and the sugar producing sweet-leaved chrysanthemum which has been introduced into China from abroad.

There are rooms for demonstrating medicinal plants, aromatic plants and succulents. The exhibition of ornamental plants is spectacular with its countless varieties if flowers and grasses. There are over 300 different varieties of orchid; among them a rootless one relies on fine hairs to absorb water vapour and nutrients from the air.

Besides the hothouse, there is also a national plant specimen hall with a floor space of 11,000 square meters. Specimen houses, plant classification laboratories, research rooms and a lecture hall are arranged around a courtyard linked by arches and trellises.

Summer Palace

Situated in the western outskirts of Haidian District, the Summer Palace is 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) from central Beijing. Having the largest royal park and being well preserved, it was designated, in 1960 by the State Council, as a Key Cultural Relics Protection Site of China. Containing examples of the ancient arts, it also has graceful landscapes and magnificent constructions. The Summer Palace is the archetypal Chinese garden, and is ranked amongst the most noted and classical gardens of the world. In 1998, it was listed as one of the World Heritage Sites by UNESCO.

Constructed in the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), during the succeeding reign of feudal emperors; it was extended continuously. By the time of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), it had become a luxurious royal garden providing royal families with rest and entertainment. Originally called 'Qingyi Garden' (Garden of Clear Ripples), it was know as one of the famous 'three hills and five gardens' (Longevity Hill, Jade Spring Mountain, and Fragrant Hill; Garden of Clear Ripples, Garden of Everlasting Spring, Garden of Perfection and Brightness, Garden of Tranquility and Brightness, and Garden of Tranquility and Pleasure).

Special buses near hotel go to all Beijing suburbs;
There is a reservation travel agency in hotel where delegates may book personal tours

Theaters

  • Wudaokou Cinema,
  • Haidian Theater,
  • Guo’an Theater;

The Hotel is next to a variety of famous bars (KTV, book bar, etc.)