1. Morning Exercise (included in the registration fee)

Shadow boxing (taijiquan) is both a martial art and a physical and fitness exercise. It has a long history in China. Professional coaches will be invited to teach Shadow boxing so that the participants can enjoy the pleasure of fitness exercise, experience the charm of China’s martial art, and feel China’s traditional culture.

Time: 7.30 – 8.30 a.m. every day, 21-23 September

Venue: Beijing Olympic Green

All participants should gather in the lobby at 7.15 a.m. and will be led to the venue by our staff.

2. Visit Olympic Venues (included in the registration fee)

The National Stadium (Bird’s Nest) and the National Swimming Centre (Water Cube) were the main venues for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad held in 2008. As its steel structure resembles a bird’s nest woven with tree branches, the National Stadium is also called the “Bird’s Nest”. This is where the opening and closing ceremonies, the track and field events and the football final were all held. After the Olympic Games, it became a major venue for cultural events, sport, fitness, shopping, catering, entertainment, tourism and exhibitions. The National Swimming Centre was the main aquatics venue of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad held in 2008. Also called the “Water Cube”, the centre is the largest membrane structure in the world and also the only major public building completely enclosed with membrane structure. After visiting the National Stadium and the National Swimming Centre, participants will have dinner in the Bird’s Nest.

Time: 6 – 9 p.m., 22 September

Venue: Beijing Olympic Green

All participants should gather at the conference site and will be led to the venue by our staff.

3. Beijing Evenings (included in the registration fee)

(1) Peking Opera

The programme to be presented by the artists of the Beijing Peking Opera Theatre will include meticulously chosen famous episodes. Performers with paintings on their faces, representing different characters and roles, each have their own specialties. To watch these performances, viewers sit around old-fashioned square tables and taste famous Chinese tea and snacks. This experience will certainly be an absolutely fascinating artistic pleasure.

Time: 7.30 – 9.30 p.m., 23 September

Venue: Qianmen Theatre

(2) Acrobatics

Enjoy acrobatic performances by the China National Acrobatic Troupe, which is the top acrobatic performance team in China. Their original shows and performances have received many international awards.

Time: 7.30 – 9.30 p.m., 23 September

Venue: Chaoyang Theatre

4. City Tours (charged)

Beijing, the capital city of China, is a historically and culturally famous city with splendid cultural heritage, scenic spots and garden landscapes. It is also a commercial centre with featured commodities from around China. The organising committee has prepared sightseeing and shopping activities for the accompanying persons. Four routes are available every day. The services will be provided by professional travel agencies.

Departure Time: 9 a.m. every day, 20-24 September

Route 1: Tian’anmen Square, Palace Museum, and Temple of Heaven

Price: 820 yuan/person

The Tian’anmen Square in Beijing’s central area is the largest downtown square in the world. The Palace Museum, formerly called the Forbidden City, is the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is the largest and best-preserved wooden architectural cluster in the world.

The Temple of Heaven is where the emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties worshipped Heaven.

Route 2: Great Wall, Sacred Way and Ming Tombs

Price: 1,050 yuan/person

The Great Wall is the general term for the mammoth military project built in ancient China in different historical periods to resist the invasions of northern nomadic ethnic groups. As its total length from east to west is about 10,000 li (one li = half a kilometre), it is also called the Wanli Great Wall.

The Ming Tombs are a group of tombs of the Chinese emperors of the Ming Dynasty. The Sacred Way is the first scenic spot in the area of the Ming Tombs, which comprises a stone archway, red gate, stone animals, and the dragon-phoenix gate.

Route 3: Summer Palace, Yonghe Lama Temple and Hutong Tour

Price: 830 yuan/person

The Summer Palace is an imperial garden museum, which is the largest in architectural scale, best-preserved and of highest cultural value in the world.

The Yonghe Lama Temple, built in the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, is 300 years old. It is the largest temple of Tibetan Buddhism in Beijing.

“Hutong” is a term that refers to the small old alleys in Beijing. Numbering several thousands and surrounding the Forbidden City, most of them were formed in the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Route 4: Shopping Tour

Price: 730 yuan/person

The shopping tour covers the Dongwu Silk Market, the Chaboshi Market, the Hongqiao Market, the Fanghua Market and the Yashow Market.

Payment in foreign currency shall be converted in accordance with the BOC buying rate prevailing at the time of payment. Please refer to www.boc.cn/sourcedb/whpj/enindex.html for details

The currency exchange rate on 1 March 2011(for reference only):

RMB1000 = USD 150,

RMB1000 = EUR110.