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 Recommended Hotel


We recommend that you stay in either Jade Palace Hotel (Tel: +86-10-62628888) or Tianhong Plaza Hotel (Tel: +86-10-82356699) because we have blocked 30 rooms in each hotel and negotiated a better rate for you. When you make a reservation, please mention "ACM Multimedia". 
The deadline will be July 4. Please make your reservation before that day.
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Jade Palace Hotel
Star Rating: 
Address: 76, Zichun Road, Haidian District, Beijing, China
Post code: 100086

Tel: +
86-10-62628888- ext reservation
Fax: +86-10-62638255

Special Rate: 550RMB/night

Tianhong Plaza Hotel
Star Rating: 
Address: 25, Zhichun Road, Haidian District, Beijing, China
Post code: 100083

Tel: +86-10-82356699
Fax: +86-10-82356688
Email:
sales@radisson-bj.com

Special Rate: 472RMB/night
 Sightseeing

The Great Wall
Stretching 3,950 miles, the Great Wall is a symbol of the ancient Chinese civilization, which was built as a defensive structure during the warring period of 476 - 221 B.C. The best preserved and most imposing section of the wall is at Badaling, 50 miles north of Beijing.


Forbidden City
The Forbidden City is also known as the Palace Museum. It¡¯s the largest and most well preserved imperial residence in China today and also as the largest palace in the world. Located in the center of Beijing, it was built between 1406 and 1420 under Ming Emperor Yongle, and served as the imperial palace for the Ming and Qing dynasties, representing the absolute authority, supremacy, and richness of feudal emperors.


The Temple of Heaven
Covering an area of 273 hectares the Temple of Heaven is the largest temple in China, where the emperors of Ming and Qing Dynasties worshiped the god of heaven for good harvest. The magnificent Hall of Player for Good Harvest is one of the symbolic buildings in China.

 Restaurant

Quanjude Restaurant
Address:
No. 14, Qianmen West Street, Beijing
Tel: +86-10-63048987
Email: intl@chinaquanjude.com
Main Dishes: Roast Duck,
  Hot and Spicy Shredded Duck Wing, Mustard Duck Web, Seasoned Duck Gizzard, Quick-fried Three Duck Whites in Distilled Grain Sauce, Crystal Duck Delicacy, Dry Fried Four Delicacies, more......


Green Tianshi Vegetarian Restaurant
Address:
No.57 Dengshikou Street, East   District, Beijing, China
Tel: +86-10-65242349
Email: friend@greentianshi.com

Main Dishes: Fried vegetarian Prawns filling with pineapple slices, Tianshi Banquet Duck in Soy Sauce, Fried Vegetarian Squirrel Fish with Pine Nuts in Sweet-sour Sauce, The Best Vegetarian Dish in Potato Nest, more......


Fei Teng Yu Xiang Restaurant
(Sichuan Cuisine)
Address:
No. 17 Zhichun Road, Haidian District, Beijing
Tel: +86-10-82311286

Email: N/A
Main Dishes:
Spicy fish,  more......
 Shopping

Silk Alley (Xiushui Street)
Silk Alley lies in Xiushuidong Jie off Jianguomenwai Dajie, near US Embassy. It is a good place to buy cheaper goods and the resident foreigners in Beijing come here frequently. Whatever you want to buy, like bags, shoes, handicrafts or sweaters, you can bargain with the owners.


Wangfujing Street
Wangfujing, a seven hundred-year-old commercial street, is located to the east of Tiananmen Square and stretches from Chinese Art Gallery to the Dongchan'an Avenue. It houses a wide variety of shops and boutiques where you can find all kinds of commodities, some of which are of world-famous brands. The recently finished Oriental Plaza (Dongfang Guangchang) adds more charm to Wangfujing.


More Beijing travel information can be available at here.

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