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Beijing Travel Questions and Answers

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1.What is the best time to go to Beijing for a visit?
Basically the scenery of Beijing is different from season to season. So you can visit Beijing anytime you expect. April, May, September and October are the hotest season for Beijing tourism.

2. If I need help from our embassy in Beijing, how can I contact them?
Here is a link for Embassies Address & Telephone Numbers in Beijing You can contact them with the source in the web.

3.How about the overnight train in China?
The overnight train are very comfy if you book soft sleeping berth or hard sleeping berth. Now more and more westerners prefer overnight train to plane.

4.Is it convenient to use credit cards and traveler's checks in Beijing?
Special arrangements have been made for about 110,000 shops in Beijing to accept bank cards. Around Olympic stadiums about 90 percent of all points of sale accept renminbi cards and foreign credit cards. Foreigners and Chinese residents can use their cards in places that carry Unionpay, Visa and other logos.

5. How can I change foreign currency to renminbi?
There are 2,400 institutions including bank outlets and qualified currency exchange institutions providing currency exchange services in the Chinese capital. They are located in hotels, the three terminal buildings of Beijing Capital International Airport and other sites. ATMs in some of them make it easier.

6.How to change renminbi back to foreign currencies?
All the outlets and institutions mentioned above can do it. But they should pay attention to the regulations issued by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange. According to the regulation, total amount converted by an individual per day cannot exceed $1,000 at locations in customs areas. Up to $50,000 can be exchanged back with valid identity documents in the city's Chinese banking outlets. If they have more money than that, an exchange memo, which is available when converting foreign currencies to renminbi, should be provided.

7.How can foreign customers detect counterfeits? What can they do if they get counterfeit currency?
Consumers could get a copy of the security guide from banking outlets that outlines security technologies of the fifth series of the renminbi and ways to confirm real notes. In case of counterfeit notes, our suggestion is to hand them in to police or outlets of the Bank of China. Obviously, it's rare to get counterfeit currency in Beijing.

8.If I meet trouble in Beijing, what can I do?
Here are some sources maybe you can use when you meet trouble in Beijing.

Emergency Numbers
Fire:119   Traffic:122   Ambulance:120   Police:110   Traffic Accident: 122
Beijing Public Security Bureau English Service: 84020101
International SOS Assistance: 64629100

Other Useful Numbers
BCNC Car Rental Toll-free: 800-810-9001
Beijing Customs: 65396114 (in Chinese)
Bus Hotline: 96166
Customer Complaint: 12315 or 96315 (in Chinese)
International Phone Directory: 115
Local Phone Directory: 114 (in Chinese)
Master Card: 65101090/95
Public Transport Superpass Hotline: 88087733 (in Chinese)
Tourist Information: 651308208
Weather Forecast: 121121 (in Chinese)