Program

Visa

All non-Chinese citizens traveling to China require a visa. You can apply for the Tourist Visa or the Business Visa. If you apply for the business visa, you may need an extra document, called the Official Visa Notice provided by us, before going to the Chinese Embassy in your country. To apply for this visa notice from Peking University, we need a simple CV of yours containing the following information:

• - Full name
• - Date of Birth
• - Passport Number
• - Nationality
• - Education
• - Work experience

The process of application for this notice may take one or two weeks. After getting this notice, we will send a copy to you by fax. Since the visa process may take six weeks, we suggest you to apply as early as possible.

Travel Information

From the airport to the campus of Peking University, the most convenient way is to take a taxi. It costs about 100 or 110 yuans including 10-yuan highway toll. Alternatively, if you come alone and arrive before 22:00 pm, you may take the airport shuttle bus No. 5 with the final stop in Zhong-guan-cun. Then take a taxi to the campus. It costs 16 + 10 = 26 yuans. Be aware there are three terminals in the Beijing Capital Airport (PEK). This is particularly important on your way back.

Within the city, the most convenient way is to take a taxi. It is cheap (in the Western standard, 2 yuans per kilometer) and safe. You pay exactly the amount shown in the meter. Do not pay tips. Tips and tax are included in the price. The night rate (between 23:00pm-6:00 am) is 120% of the regular price. Be aware that an unlicensed taxi may overcharge you. The plate number of a licensed taxi begins with B. Alternatively you may take the metro for a long-haul trip (e.g. to the downtown). Although the bus services can get you to any point and the cost is low (1 yuan per ride), I do not recommend it because it is slow and very crowded.

Local Money and Foreign Currency Exchange

Local Money is RMB. The basic unit is Yuan (meaning disk). You will certainly need a small amount of local money, and can exchange US dollar or Euros at the airport. The rate and surcharge (if any) are the same at every exchange site. Please check the rate at http://www.boc.cn/sourcedb/whpj/enindex.html. For other currencies you may have to go to a large branch of the Bank of China. You may also get local money from ATM by inserting your credit card. A Citibank office is not too far from the campus.

At any location of major banks in Beijing, you can change major foreign currency to RMB. We suggest you to make changes from the banks at the airport as the rates are universally the same in all locations while there is no line in the airport. At the bank in the airport, you can also change RMB back to foreign currency when you leave.

Hotels and Restaurants

Shao-Yuan, the guest house of Peking University. It is just conveniently located on campus, and is in short supply during the summer. If you have not been offered a room, you have to find a place by yourself. Here are some hotels around the campus.

• - Xi Hua Hotel (next to the campus) Tel: 86-10-62646688, Fax: 86-10-62640522,
• - Resource Hotel (on the boundary of the campus) Tel: 86-10-62757199, Fax: 86-10-62750102
• - FuramaXpress ZhongGuanCun (4 stars) Tel: 86-10-58986688
• - The Lake View Hotel (5 stars) Tel:82689999 Fax:82689998
• - Wenjin Hotel (5 stars) Tel: +8610 62525566 Fax: +8610 82621556
• - Beijing Post&Telecom Conference Center Tel: 86-010-62547799 ext 3623; Fax: 86-010-62642402.
• - Xi-Jiao Hotel (3 stars) Tel: 86-10-62322288 ext 5608, Fax: 86-10-62311142

Enjoy the authentic Chinese food which can be further classified as Sichuan, Cantonese, Shandong, etc. The well-known Peking duck is a Shandong cuisine. A typical dinner costs 100 yuans and a meal at MacDonald is about 25 yuans. Some restaurants around the campus.

• 1.The restaurant in Building 7 of Shao Yuan (conveniently located and clean)
• 2. QuanJuDe (Peking Duck) strongly recommended, Phone: 82150018 82151015 Tsinghua Science Park
• 3. New Kaiyuan (Zhejian cuisine) Phone 82886001 82886002, West of the campus
• 4. Kang Long Prince (Hubei cuisine) Phone 62695777 62695888 South of the campus crossing the 4th Ring Road
• 5. Sky Kitchen (vegetarian) Phone:010-62797078，62780859，89833390

you need food badly but have a trouble with the Chinese menu, there are fast food restaurant also available.

• 6. KFC exit the south-west gate and cross the street
• 7. MacDonald, exit the south-west gate and go south all the way down, near the church.

Map of Campus

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