– Passport expiration date must be 6 months after the last date of visit and must have at least one blank page. (1 year after date if you are requesting a one year multiple entry visa)
– Two Passport Photos
– Visa processing can be completed in 5-6 business days
– If you are non-U.S citizen students, you need the valid U.S visa to come back
•
Passport Services (these will charge additional fee, but enable tracking and can answer questions)

Jin (Jennifer) Pan
Managing Director, ChinaSense
Phone: (86 10) 82072606
Cell: (86) 13910285665
Fax: (86 10) 82072606
E-mail: jp@chinasense.cn
Room 6318, Garden Business Building
No. 30 Huayuan Donglu, Haidian District,
Beijing, P.R.China 100191

• You should check your health insurance coverage for overseas travel.

– Weather in Beijing and Shanghai is similar.
Average temperature in Beijing ranges from
60 o F (night) to 86 o F (daytime). It is slightly warmer in Shanghai.
– Wear lightweight clothing, but also bring a thin coat in case the temperature becomes cooler.
• Comfortable closed shoes such as pumps, sling backs or sports shoes.

Business casual dress code is the same as in the
United States.
• Slacks and Suit Pants
– Reasonably colored and patterned cotton, wool, blended or synthetic fabric slacks and suit pants.
• Skirts, Dresses, and Skirted Suits
– skirts or dresses that are split at or below the knee are acceptable.
• Shirts, Tops, Blouses, and Jackets
– Long sleeve casual shirts, polo-styled shirts. Suit jackets or sport jackets are also acceptable attire for visits.
• Shoes and Footwear
– Loafers, boots, flats, fashion clogs, dress heels, and leather deck shoes.
– Closed toe and closed heel shoes in operational manufacturing areas.

• Jewelry, Makeup, Perfume, and Cologne
– As in the US, fashion accessories, make-up and scents should be in good taste. Avoid visible body piercing other than pierced ears.
• Hats and Head Covering
– Caps (and hats) are not appropriate for office business visits in China. Head covers that are required for religious purposes or to honor cultural traditions are allowed.

• Always arrive on time or slightly early if you are the guests. The
Chinese view punctuality as a virtue and a sign of respect.
• Greet the host with a slight bow or gentle eye contact as soon as the host appears.
• Lead professor shall introduce the delegation and the purpose of the visit at the beginning of a meeting.
• If the delegation is less than 15 people, it will be helpful if each person does a 10 second self-introduction. Otherwise, only do so upon the host ’s request.
• Exchange business cards either at the beginning or end of the meeting.
You can decide the timing by following the lead of the host. Hold the card in both hands when offering it. Spend a few seconds examining the cards you receive.

• Ask simple and to-the-point questions. Avoid using jargons that nonnative English speakers are not familiar with. Speak slowly. If you wish to ask sensitive questions, state that you do not know if it is appropriate to ask this question first, but still ask.
• Ask the host if you can raise questions in the middle to the presentation or leave them to the end. When you ask questions, thank the host for his presentation first.
• Have a student from the delegation present a small token gift to the host. Shake hands and take pictures.
• When leaving, each guest should thank the host again.
• At the end of the meeting, feel free to ask the host for his business card. You will may a great impression on him if you send him a thank
-you email within 3 days after the visit.

In general, airlines will accept only ONE piece of checked baggage with a maximum weight of 50 pounds (23 kg) and a maximum outside dimension of 62 inches (157 cm) . Some airlines will charge additional fee for the second checked luggage (e.g. United charges $100 on the second bag). For more detailed information, please check with your airlines.
Remember, most things are made in China ;-)

• Drink bottled water and drinks (Hotel usually provides two bottles in your room each dayhotel’s exercise facility will also have additional)
– Be sure to check that the bottle hasn’t been previously opened
• In smaller restaurants you may want to order bottled drinks without ice and avoid salads
.
• There are plenty of restaurant chains you are familiar with (e.g., KFC, Pizza
Hut, McDonalds, etc.)
• Street vendor food may smell delicious, but can be risky, better to avoid eating them

• Do not exchange USD to Chinese RMB at American airports, because you get terrible conversion rate. Wait till you are in China to exchange money.
• All hotels, ATM, banks have the same currency conversion rate in China.
• You are advised to bring around $200 in small notes as pocket money when you arrive China.
• You can get money from ATMs. Make sure that you advise your bank about your travel to China and remember your pin code.
• Many stores take international credit cards. Make sure that you inform your credit card company about your China trip.

Renminbi (RMB)People’s Currency made up of dollars or “Yuan”or ”Kuai”
Using an exchange rate of 1 USD=6.06 CNY for
17 Feb, 2014
United States Dollar (USD)
1.00 USD 5.00 USD
6.06 CNY 30.32 CNY
Chinese Yuan (CNY)
1.00 CNY
0.16 USD
5.00 CNY
0.82 USD
10.00 USD
60.64 CNY
10.00 CNY
1.65 USD
50.00 USD
303.21 CNY
50.00 CNY
8.25 USD
100.00 USD
606.43 CNY
100.00 CNY
16.49 USD
250.00 USD
1,516.07 CNY
250.00 CNY
41.23 USD
500.00 USD
3,032.14 CNY
500.00 CNY
82.45 USD
ATM are plentiful in
Beijing
1 jiao 5 jiao 1 yuan

If your phone is
Internationally enabled, you can use it
Cost: High
Buy a long distance calling card, known on streets as an "IP Card”. Dial a local access number from your hotel or pay phone, enter the card number and pin, then do the dialing. Cards are "valued" at 500, 200 and 100 RMB but are actually worth 1/3 that. Follow the instructions on the back of the card.
When you dial overseas enter 00 + country code + area code + number. If you don't enter the "00" it won't work.
Prepaid calling card used from pay phone
Cost: Varies, not too bad
Call from hotel.
Cost:
Exorbitant
If your GSM cell phone is unlocked, you can buy a China Mobile SIM card fairly reasonably. Especially good for local calls. International rates are high.
You can use Skype or some other VOIP to call back home via your PC 0r internet cafe ¨ |
Cost: 2.1 cents/min.

•
A good international phone rental company - Panda Phone
(pandaphone.com).
• Rental Fee
Phone Model First Week Additional Day
Nokia $10 $1
Motorola(RAZR V3) $20 $2
•
Shipping and Handling
China USA
Delivery $10 $20
Return $10 By renter at own expense
Cell phones can be delivered to a U.S. address by USPS, or to a hotel anywhere in mainland China.
• Airtime Rates (in China)
Domestic calls(incoming & outgoing) $0.29/min.
International calls to U.S. or Canada $0.59/min.
International calls to other countries $0.89/min.

Follow the signs
Clean
Bathroom
Opportunity
Have your forms filled out
Please keep the Departure Card until you leave China

Skytrain in Terminal 3
Skytrain at Terminal 3
Through Health Check
Luggage Trolley at Terminal 3
Use luggage cart for free
Show your Arrival Card

At the immigration hall look for the Foreigners line There will be ATM
At the airport where you can get local cash
(i.e., RMB). Be sure to get cash before you leave the airport to use for taxis.
If nothing to declare, go green
Find a metered taxi and ignore any offers of a private taxi, you will surely overpay.

Beijing International Hotel, an international standard luxury hotel, was located in the heart of Beijing.
•Add: No.9 Jiangguo Mennei Street,
Beijing
•Tel: (86-10)-6512 6688
•Website
: http://www.bih.com.cn/en
•Internet cost:
– Cable and wireless in room for free
– Wireless at lobby for free

Ticket cost 2 RMB with unlimited transfers.
Pass security check
Signs show which side of the platform you should board on and allows you to calculate how many stops you need to go.

• Taxi driver can’t not speak English
. Your hotel offers a card for use with Taxis.
It will have the name and address of your hotel written down in Chinese characters.
Show this to your driver.
• Taxis are metered . So just get in the taxi and pay the fare when you get off. The machine will also print out receipts automatically if you need one.
• Catch a taxi on the right place.
Taxis cannot stop anywhere they want usually if there is a solid white line and it is a busy place with police around, they are likely to ignore your hailing. Try a side street or look for a taxi stand. Given Beijing traffic, try to catch a taxi on the correct side of the road.

Forbidden City Tian’anmen Square
Great Wall of China Olympic Park

Olympics Stadiums Peking Opera Lama Temple
Temple of Heaven Summer Palace
Hu Tong (narrow alley of traditional homes)

• We will take bullet train to Shanghai from
Beijing.
It takes nearly 5 hours.
• Shanghai is one of fastest growing city in
China.
• Population (2013) 23 million.
• The GDP for Shanghai was 2.16 trillion
Yuan (US$353.9 billion) in 2013, a year-onyear increase of 7.8%.

Courtyard by Marriott Shanghai Puxi is a 4 star hotel that ideally located in downtown .
Tel: (86 21)-2215 3888
Add: 338 Heng Feng Road Shanghai
Website: http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/shapx
-courtyard-shanghai-puxi

The price ranges from 4 RMB to 12 RMB.
Signs show which side of the platform you should board on and allows you to calculate how many stops you need to go.

• Taxi driver can’t not speak English . The hotel offer a card for use with Taxis. It will have the name and address of your hotel written down in Chinese characters.
Show this to your driver.
•
Taxis in Shanghai are metered . So just get in the taxi and pay the fare when you get out. The machine will also print out receipts automatically if you need one.
• Make sure they start the meter . Taxis cannot stop anywhere they want usually if there is a solid white line and it is a busy place with police around, they are likely to ignore your hailing. Try a side street or look for a taxi stand. Given
Shanghai traffic, try to catch a taxi on the correct side of the road.
• Shanghai taxis start at 14 RMB (Chinese dollars).

Yu Garden TV Tower, Pudong Area
The Jade Buddha Temple The Bund

 Beijing
– Presentation by Jennifer Pan
– United Family Hospital http://beijing.ufh.com.cn/en/
– SureLand Capital http://www.surelandcap.com/
– Right At Home http://www.rightathome.net/
 Shanghai
– Jun He Law Firm http://www.junhe.com/en/index.asp
– Baosteel http://www.baosteel.com/group_en/
– U.S Commerce Office http://www.buyusa.gov/ch/en