Local Information

ICWL 2004 will be held at the
FIT building, Tsinghua
University, Beijing,
P.R.China , August 8-11, 2004

Travel:  You will be
flying into the Beijing
Capital International
Airport. Tsinghua
University is in the northeast of the city. The Tsinghua
Unisplendour International Center(清华紫光国际交流中心) is near the main gate (east gate) of the campus. And the Guest
House(近春园) is located in the
campus.

Taxi (40-60 minutes): One-way fare is around RMB100.

Bus: A much cheaper way is taking the airport shuttle
bus from the airport. You should take off at ZhongGuanCun(中关村) station (RMB16). Then it  will cost you about RMB10 to take a taxi
to the Unisplendour
International Center near the East Gate of
Tsinghua University. The Chinese addresses are listed below for your
convince.

Hotel:

The Tsinghua
Unisplendour International Center situates near the east gate of Tsinghua University.

The Guest House locates in the campus.

Maps:

Campus map
of Tsinghua University

Map of
Conference Events

Address in Chinese:

Tsinghua Unisplendour International
Center

Tsinghua University

East Gate of Tsinghua

·
ZhongGuanCun

East Main Building

Phone calls:

Tsinghua Unisplendour International
Center: 62791888

Emergence: 110

Hospital: 62799120

Campus Police: 62783996, 62782001

Country and area code (8610)

RMB:

Only at the Bank of China can you
exchange foreign concurrency. Foreigner MUST CARRY his PASSPORT to
exchange the money.

Around:

Campus
tour of Tsinghua University

Climate: Beijing summers are very hot.
It’s hot in daytime but cold at night. The temperature of daytime
usually reaches as high as more than 32C.