China Study Tour Itinerary
10 nights in China for the tours-only program; 12 nights for those who will
combine the tour and GPN Congress in Zhenjing.
Book your own international tickets. Make sure your departure time is ONE
day ahead of the arrival date; you will lose one day in traveling from the
U.S.
Special airfares are available at the East Travel Agency; attention Alice
Chou, 212-334-8333.
Day 1
October 20-21, Monday/Tuesday
International traveling
Arrive Beijing, meet and transfer to hotel
Buffet dinner at hotel
Overnight at Beijing New Otani Chang Fu Gong Hotel (5 stars) including breakfast
Day 2
October 22, Wednesday
Beijing
AM: Program Kick-off at the National Library of China
Exclusive Exhibition for the program:
Rare Collection of the Ancient Chinese Maps and City Plans
Special Lectures:
Professor Xu Ziqiang, Chief-Librarian of the NLC: The Chinese Sense of
Space — on the rare collection of ancient maps and city plans at the library
Mr. Wang Jun; Journalist and author of "Beijing Record": The
Rise and Fall of an Imperial City: Beijing (1100 AD – )
PM: Visit Tian'anmen Square and Forbidden City
Peking Duck dinner at Quan Ju De Restaurant
Overnight at Beijing New Otani Chang Fu Gong Hotel including breakfast
Day 3
October 23, Thursday
Beijing
AM: Visit the Great Wall; lunch at a fishing farmer's home restaurant
PM: Visit the Summer Palace
Boat ride on Lake Kunming with Empresses' afternoon tea
Royal Banquet at the Tingliguan
Overnight at Beijing New Otani Chang Fu Gong Hotel including breakfast
Day 4
October
24, Friday
Beijing — Xi'an
AM: Planning Forum 1 (at Hotel Conference room)
Two Speakers from the delegation
on planning in the U.S. for an audience of Chinese planners, architects, developers
PM: Visit the Temple of Heaven;
Beijing to Xi'an by air; Arrive Xi'an, meet and transfer to hotel
Dumpling dinner at De Ga Chang Restaurant
Overnight at Hyatt Regency Hotel Xi'an (5 stars) including breakfast
Day 5
October 25, Saturday
Xi'an
Full day visit The Qin Tomb Museum (Terra-Cotta Warriors)
Lecture:
Professor Wu Yongqi; Chief Curator of the Museum: The Discovery of the
New World's Wonder: Qin Emperor Tomb
Exclusive tour for the program: the new archaeological works
Lunch at Museum Restaurant
Museum tour
Evening: Tang Dynasty Dance show and dinner
Overnight at Hyatt Regency Hotel Xi'an (5 stars) includng breakfast
Day 6
October 26, Sunday
Xi'an — Hangzhou
AM:
Lecture:
Professor An Jiayao; Chief Archaeologist of Ancient Xi'an Department
National Institute of Archaeology on The First Capital City of the Central
Kingdom: Xi'an (300 BC–800 AD)
PM: Tour of City (City Wall; Bell Tower; Big Goose Pagoda);
Departure transfer to airport: Xi'an / Hangzhou by evening flight
Overnight at Shi Mao Hotel Hangzhou (5 stars) including breakfast
Day 7
October
27, Monday
Hangzhou
AM: City tour and West Lake boat ride
Lunch-time
Lecture:
Professor Huang Zi; Director of Hangzhou Inst. Of Historic Preservation: Landscape
of the Ancient Capital Hangzhou
Professor Zhang Zhiping; Chief-Engineer, National Historic Preservation Inst.:
Chinese Ancient Cities and Today's Challenge
PM: Visit Lingyin temple followed by visit to
Dragon-Well Green Tea Plantation
Evening: Dinner at Lou Wai Lou restaurant
Overnight at Shi Mao Hotel Hangzhou, including breakfast
Day 8
October 28,
Tuesday
Hangzhou — Nanjing
AM: Fly to Nanjing
PM:City tour; walk on the City Wall and streets
Lecture:
Mr. Yuan Liu, APA China Program Managing Director: Nanjing's Three Historic
Plans from 900AD–1400AD
Overnight at Xuanwu Hotel Nanjing (5 stars) including breakfast
Day 9
October 29, Wednesday
Nanjing
Full day city tour: visit Ming Royal Tombs and Dr. Sun's Mausoleum; Qixia Temple
Dinner with local planners at Future Hotel Restaurant
Overnight at Xuanwu Hotel Nanjing incl. breakfast
Day 10
October 30, Thursday
Nanjing — Yangzhou — Zhenjiang (Global Planners Network)
Visiting historic city of Yangzhou
Slender West Lake; Merchants Gardens;
Lunch at Fuchun Teahouse
The group will be divided in the evening:
- Tour-only members will return to Nanjing and will leave China or on
their own travel destinations next day. APA will help with ground transportation
(airport, railways)
- Tour-plus-GPN members will go on to Zhenjiang. Overnight at Zhenjiang
Biyuyuan Resort Hotel (5 stars) including breakfast.
Day 11
October 31, Friday
Zhenjiang (Global Planners Network Congress / City Tour)
AM: GPN Registration and City Tour: Ancient port and historic old town
PM: GPN Congress and evening banquet at GPN Congress
Overnight at Zhenjiang Biyuyuan Resort Hotel including breakfast
Day 12
November 1, Saturday
Zhenjiang
GPN Congress
Overnight at Zhenjiang Biyuyuan Resort Hotel including breakfast
Day 13
November 2, Sunday
Zhenjiang (Global Planners Network Congress) — Shanghai
AM: GPN Closing
PM: Bus Transfer GPN attendants to Nanjing Airport or Zhenjiang Railway Station
Return to the U.S. (same day), or to your own next destinations
Bus to and stay in Shanghai (optional and additional fees)
Overnight at Hengshan Hotel Shanghai (4 stars) including breakfast
Day 14
November 3, Monday
Return to the U.S. Same-day arrival or on your own
plan
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