Social Programme
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FIDIC 2005 Beijing offers an exciting and varied social programme. Included
in the participants' and accompanying persons' registrations are the Welcome
Reception, Opening Ceremony, Local Colour Night and Gala Dinner. Extra
tickets can be purchased for these events. Tickets must be purchased for all
other events and tours.
Accompanying persons can be registered and paid for online
and using the offline registration
form, where tickets for optional events, and extra tickets for events
included in the conference and accompanying persons' registrations, can also be
booked and paid for.
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| SUNDAY 4 September |
| 14:00 - 16:30 |
City Tour: Forbidden City |
Tian'anmen Square is flanked by the Great Hall of the
People, the meeting place of the National People's Congress of China,
and by the Imperial Palace – the Forbidden City, the world's
largest palace complex, that served as the imperial palace in the Ming and Qing Dynasties from 1420 to 1911. |
| Buses leave from the Beijing Hotel. |
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Chang An Avenue, the China's "No.1 Avenue". |
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Tian'anmen Square, the heart of Beijing, the largest square in the world. |
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The Great Hall of the People |
| Return to the conference hotels. |
| 17:30 |
Buses leave from the Novotel Xinqiao and the China Peoples Palace hotels for Beijing Hotel. |
| 18:00 - 22.00 |
Welcome Reception
(included)
Beijing Hotel roof garden; Block A, Floor 19 |
Beijing Hotel, the conference venue, is
a luxurious, century-old, five-star hotel located near the Forbidden
City. |
| 22:00 |
Buses leave the Beijing Hotel for the Novotel Xinqiao and the China Peoples
Palace hotels. |
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MONDAY 5 September
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08:30 |
Buses leave from the Novotel Xinqiao and the China Peoples Palace hotels for
the Beijing Hotel. |
Temple of Heaven, built in 1420 during the Ming Dynasty and occupying
272 hectares, was where the emperor worshipped and prayed for good harvests. The north part
is round and the south a square, meaning that Heaven is round and the Earth is square. The main buildings are the Hall for the
Praying for Good Harvests, the Round Altar, the Echoing Wall, and the Imperial Vault of Heaven. |
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08:30 - 10.00 |
Opening Ceremony (included)
Beijing Hotel; Block A, Banquet Hall |
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10:00 - 10.30 |
Coffee |
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10:30 - 16.00 |
Optional Day Tour: Daxing District
An environnmental-friendly, pollution-free farming area.
Buses leave from Beijing Hotel and return to the three conference hotels. |
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Lunch in Daxing District |
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Temple of Heaven |
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Return to the conference hotels. |
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17:20 |
Buses leave the Novotel Xinqiao and the China Peoples Palace hotels for the Beijing Hotel. |
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17:45 - 22.00 |
Local Colour Night (included)
Summer Palace
Buses leave from the Beijing Hotel and return to the three conference
hotels.
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The Summer Palace, now
called the Imperial Garden Museum, integrates perfectly the essence of Chinese garden
arts. Originally a royal garden and a home for Qing Dynasty emperors, it was
rebuilt and renamed as the Summer Palace in 1888. The Palace's 291 hectares include
Longevity Hill and the Kunming Lake covering three-quarters of the area. |
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TUESDAY 6 September
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08:30 |
Buses leave from the Novotel Xinqiao and the China Peoples Palace hotels for
the Beijing Hotel. |
The Great Wall, running from the east coast to the western desert for 6,400 km, has become a
"must-see" for every visitor to China. It was started 214 BC by Qin Shi Huangdi,
China's first emperor, as a defensive system along the northern border. The Badaling
section near Beijing i mainly dates from the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644). |
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08:50 - 14.00 |
Optional Day Tour: Badaling Great Wall
Buses leave from Beijing Hotel and return to the three conference hotels. |
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Badaling Great Wall |
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Lunch |
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Ming Tombs |
Ming Tombs - the name given to the mausolea of 13 emperors of the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644). The
mausolea are perfectly preserved, as are the necropolii of the emperors. Owing
to its long history and the palatial and integrated architecture, the site has a high cultural and historic value. The layout and arrangement of all thirteen
mausolea are very similar but vary in size as well as in the complexity of their structures. |
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18:30 |
Buses leave from the Novotel Xinqiao and the China Peoples Palace hotels for
the Beijing Hotel. |
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19.00 - 22.00 |
Optional evening events
Buses leave from the Beijing Hotel and return to the three
conference hotels. |
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Acrobatic show, Chaoyang Theatre, where every night top-class performers from all over China present stunning shows.
Many international, awarding-wining acts are on the programme. |
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Chinese Gong-fu |
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Peking Opera, Liyuan Theatre, where participants can enjoy classic
acts while sipping Chinese tea and tasting Beijing snacks. |
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WEDNESDAY 7 September
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08:30 |
Buses leave from the Novotel Xinqiao and the China Peoples Palace hotels for
the Beijing Hotel. |
Yuanmingyuan - the Garden of Perfect Splendor - is renowned for its fabled charms and association with
China's recent history. Extolled as the "Versailles of the East" during
its heyday, the garden was an imperial summer resort, painstakingly built and repeatedly expanded under the personal supervision of five Qing
Dynasty emperors. In 1860, Anglo-French forces sacked and looted Yuanmingyuan, and
burnt it to the ground. |
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09:00 - 14.00 |
Optional Day Tour: Ruins of
Yuanmingyuan
Buses leave from Beijing Hotel and return to the three conference hotels. |
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Beihai Park, with its nearly 1000 year-old history, and is one of the best preserved imperial gardens. |
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Lunch at the Imperial Restaurant, Beihai Park |
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Prince Gong's Palace Garden |
Prince Gong's Palace Garden which is over 200 years' old, ranked first among
the hundreds of the Princes' residences in Beijing, and was called the pearl of the inner city.
Participants will enjoy the essence of the traditional tea ceremony while tasting Chinese tea. |
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18:00 |
Buses leave from the Novotel Xinqiao and the China Peoples Palace hotels for
the Beijing Hotel. |
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19.00 - 22.00 |
Gala Dinner: Great Hall of the People
Buses leave at 18.30 from the Beijing Hotel and return to the three
conference hotels. |
The Great Hall of the People, the meeting place of National People's Congress,
Participants will be able to visit several of the amazing provincial halls,
each decorated in a province's unique style. |
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THURSDAY 8 September
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08:30 |
Buses leave from the Novotel Xinqiao and the China Peoples Palace hotels for
the Beijing Hotel. |
Lama Temple, the temple for the yellow section of Tibetan Buddhism, houses a 26
metre high Buddha statute made of white sandalwood. It was the Emperor Yongzhen's
residence before he ascended to the throne in the Qing Dynasty. |
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09:00 - 17.00 |
Optional Day Tour: Lama Temple
Buses leave from Beijing Hotel and return to the three conference hotels. |
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Lama Temple |
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Liulichang (Colored Glaze Plant) Street, a famous shopping street for ancient books,
artwork and
antiques. |
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Lunch - Beijing roasted duck, the dish that gives Beijing its global
reputation. |
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Yansha Shopping Centrec |
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09.00 - 17.00 |
Optional Day Tour: Forbidden City
Buses leave from Beijing Hotel and return to the three conference hotels. |
The Forbidden City, the world's largest palace complex, gives on to the
Tian'anmen Square. It is divided into the Outer Court, where fourteen Ming dynasty
and ten Qing dynasty emperors ruled, and the Inner Court was where the royal
family lived. |
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Forbidden City |
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Lunch - Beijing roasted duck, the dish that gives Beijing its global
reputation. |
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Old-fashioned shopping area. |
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Yansha Shopping Centre |
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19:30 |
Buses leave from the Novotel Xinqiao and China Peoples Palace hotels for Beijing Hotel. |
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19.00 - 22.00 |
Optional Evening Event: Lao She Tea House
Buses leave from Beijing Hotel and return to the three conference hotels. |
Lao She Tea House, named after China's well-know writer Lao She, has interior decoration
which is simple but classic and with a strong Beijing style. It is not only a tea house where you
can sip a wide variety of teas from all over China and savor Beijing snacks
but also a museum of Beijing folk culture. Chinese traditional arts such as
the Peking Opera are performed every night. |
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FRIDAY 9 September
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08:30 |
Buses leave from the Novotel Xinqiao and the China Peoples Palace hotels for
the Beijing Hotel. |
| 09:00 |
Post-Conference Tours
- Xi'an - Three Gorges (five days)
- Guilin - Hangzhou - Shanghai (six days)
- Beijing (two-day; hotel not included) |
| See Post-Conference Tours |
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