TENTATIVE Summer 2012 China travel course itinerary

Shanghai and hangzhou

May 14-20, 2012

DAY 1 May 14(Monday) Depart

Attire: Casual

Time / Activities
AM / Depart from Omaha

DAY 2 May 15 (Tuesday) Arrival

Attire: Casual

Time / Activities
Evening / Arrive Shanghai Pudong International Airport, airport pick up to hotel
Renaissance Shanghai Putuo Hotel

Welcome Dinner
FengShouRiRsetaurant
Evening Free (Suggestion: Hengshan Road Entertainment District)

DAY 3 May 16 (Wednesday) Business

Attire: Business casual

AM / Breakfast at hotel
Corporate visit: Tsingdao Beer Brewery Shanghai
Noon / Back to hotel for a short rest
Lunch on your own
PM / Shanghai Museum
People’s Square
Nanjing Road
Bin Jiang Garden in Lu JiaZui
Evening / Dinner and night cruise on Huangpu River
Free evening. Suggestion: Bund area and 2010 World Expo site.

DAY 4May 17 (Thursday) Business

Attire: Business casual

Morning / Breakfast at hotel
AM / Corporate Visit: Valmont Industries (China) Co., Ltd.
Noon / Sandwich Lunch on the way to Hangzhou City
PM / Hotel check-in
Overseas Chinese Hotel-Hangzhou
Hangzhou city tour
Xi Hu (West Lake)
He Fang Jie Market
Evening / Dinner on your own

DAY 5 May 18 (Friday) Business

Attire: Casual

Morning / Breakfast at hotel
AM / Hotel check-out at 8:00am
Xixi National Wetland Park (including tickets and boat rides)
Noon / Group Lunch at Grandma’s Home Restaurant
PM / Back to Shanghai in the afternoon
Hotel check-in
Evening / Dinner on your own
Acrobatic Show: ERA

DAY 6 May 19 (Saturday) Cultural

Attire: Casual

Morning / Breakfast at hotel
AM / Yu Garden and Temple District
Noon / Lunch on your own
PM / HuaiHai Road and XinTian Di
Evening / Shanghai Closing Banquet: Xing Kai Yuan Restaurant
Free evening. Suggestions: Hunshan road entertainment district, XinTian Di, and TianZi Fang.

Beijing

May 20 – May 27

DAY 7 May 20(Sunday) Transit

Attire: Casual

Time / Activities
Morning / Breakfast at hotel
Check out, load the luggage on the bus
AM / 11:00 High-speed train to Beijing (G16)
PM / 15:55 Arrive in Beijing South Station
China World Hotel

Evening / Welcome Peking duck dinner in Beijing
Free night after dinner. Suggestions: Sanlitun Embassy District

DAY 8May 21 (Monday) Cultural

Attire: Casual

Morning / Breakfast at hotel
AM / Lecture – by Jennifer Pan, Managing Director of ChinaSense
Cultural-Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City
Noon / Group lunch – 天津狗不理包子
PM / City tour:
Qianmen Cultural Street (前门文化街)
WangfujingPedetrian Street (王府井步行街)
Evening / Group dinner – A Fang Ti Restaurant
Free after dinner. Suggestion: 2008 Olympics Stadium and Sanlitun area

DAY 9 May 22 (Tuesday) Business

Attire: Business casual

Morning / Breakfast at hotel
AM / Beijing Capital Museum (北京首都博物馆)
Silk Market (秀水街)
Noon / Group lunch – Hot Pot restaurant (甲甫甲甫)
PM / P&G Asian R&D Center visit
Bus drop-off: Beijing zoo – Panda
Evening / Dinner on your own
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DAY 10 May 23 (Wednesday) Arrival

Attire: Business Casual

Morning / Breakfast at hotel
AM / VanceInfo Corporate visit
Noon / Group lunch – Old Beijing Noodle House (老北京炸酱面)
PM / Right At Home Corporate visit
Visit a Wal-Mart store in Beijing
Bus drop-off: The Place
Evening / Dinner on your own

DAY 11 May 24 (Thursday)

Attire: Casual

Morning / Breakfast at hotel
AM / Dirt market (潘家园) early morning
Pearl Market
Noon / Lunch on your own
PM / Microsoft Corporation visit
Evening / Dinner on your own

DAY 12 May 25 (Friday)

Attire: Casual

Morning / Breakfast at hotel
AM / Hyundai Beijing Plant Corporate Visit
Non-Profit: New Hope Foster Home Visit
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Noon / Lunch on your own
PM / Cultural with the following options:
  • NanluoGuxiang (南锣古巷)
  • Hutong Tour (胡同游) visit family courtyard
  • Houhai entertainment district (后海酒吧街)

Evening / Dinner: Zhong 8 Lou (Yun Nan restaurant)

DAY 13 May 26 (Saturday)

Attire: Business casual

Morning / Breakfast at hotel
Hotel check-out
AM / The Great Wall – Mutianyu
Noon / Group lunch
PM / Summer Palace
Peking University campus tour
Evening / Closing Banquet: dinner and performance at Da Zai Men (大宅门工体店)
Bus drop-off: SanlituanVillage
Spend the night at Long Mai Hot Spring Resorts

DAY 14 May 27 (Sunday)

Attire: Casual

Morning / 4:00am
AM / Hotel check-out
To Beijing Capital Airport
Flight back to U.S.