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Is it possible to walk the length and breadth of China within a single day?

One place you could do just that is at the Chinese Ethnic Culture Park, south of the Bird’s Nest and within the Olympic Green.

The huge park has been a labor of love and precisely re-creates life in all 56 of China’s ethnic groups.

From some of the “mountains” or “plateaus,” you can see Beijing’s main Olympic venues, as well as the Three Towers of Dali in Yunnan province, vivid replicas of the Jokhang Temple and many other ethnically significant buildings.

The park covers 45 hectares of land within the North Fourth Ring Road and a leisurely stroll throughout will take six or seven hours. It is also an anthropological museum, the China Nationalities Museum.

When construction started in 1992, it was part of China’s plan to bid for the 2000 Olympics. China lost the bid in 1993, only to win it eight years later for the 2008 Games.

“It is actually a good thing for us, for we had eight more years to do research work for the museum and collect cultural relics from various ethnic groups,” says museum curator Wang Ping.

It took three to five years for the park and museum to prepare the construction of each ethnic group’s area. Although the first phase of the park opened back in 1994, work has been going on non-stop ever since.

“I have done fieldwork in all the ethnic minority regions in China – I have never been to some tourist attractions like the Huangshan Mountain or Taishan Mountain but I have been to many villages around the Himalayan Mountains,” Wang says.
Every ethnic group has a “village” in the park to display its architecture, religion, lifestyle and cultural relics. Various crops are also planted in accordance with different ethnic groups, including paddy rice for the Dong people, highland barley for the Tibetans and buckwheat for the Yi.

“We hope to encourage visitors to enter the lives of different ethnic groups,” says Wang.

Some buildings in the park are original, taken apart at their original spots and then transported to, and reassembled in, Beijing. Others were prepared in the original place and assembled in Beijing.

For example, the symbol of the village of the Salar, a Muslim ethnic group in Northwestern China, is a minaret from the Shangbaizhuang village, Baizhuang township, Xunhua Salar autonomous county, Qinghai province. The minaret was built around 300 years ago, and was moved to the Chinese Ethnic Culture Park in 2003.

In the southern part of the Chinese Ethnic Culture Park, one can visit a replica of the Ermin Tower, an ancient tower in Turpan, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. Standing a towering 44 m, it is exactly the same size as the original. The grey-yellow bricks were all made manually in Xinjiang and assembled in Beijing by Uygur craftsmen from Xinjiang.

In the northernmost part of the park, a drum tower, opera stage and “rain and wind bridge” represent the surroundings of a village of the Dong people. A field of paddy rice and ducks and fish in the lake further add to the idyllic atmosphere of the environment.

The park also features live cultural performances. Every morning real lamas from the Tar Monastery of Qinghai province chant Tibetan Buddhist sutras to pray for peace at the Tibetan monastery, while a dongba priest burns incense and says his prayers at the Naxi village.

Then performers of the Miao minority put on a show of “walking on blades”, a traditional Miao stunt, while singers and dancers of other ethnic groups such as the Va, Jingpo and Tu entertain visitors with their program in each village.
Throughout the year, festivals of various ethnic groups are celebrated, including the Tibetan Shotan Festival, the Water-sprinkling Festival of the Dai people and the Torches Festival of the Yi.

“Most minority people are very good at singing and dancing. Participating in their activities helps us understand and respect their cultures more,” says Lei Feng, a 47-year-old visitor to the park.

Liu Li, a 29-year-old visitor, took part in the “bamboo-pole dance” of the Dai people and found in it a long-lost joy like that of the “skipping elastic band” game in her childhood.

“In the past, I had to travel a long way to experience minority people’s lives but now I’ve found it in Beijing,” she says. “Separated only by a wall from the hustle and bustle of the North Fourth Ring Road, it is a totally different world here.”

Wang says that after the outer construction of the Chinese Ethnic Culture Park and China Nationalities Museum is complete, they will still have a lot of work to do, especially in improving the presentation of ethnic culture and enriching collections.

The China Nationalities Museum has so far collected about 100,000 cultural relics of various ethnic groups. Especially valuable among them are 5,000 cultural relics of the Qiang people, housed in a typical watch tower. In the recent earthquake in Sichuan, the Beichuan Qiang autonomous county was badly hit and many cultural relics were ruined.

“Had we not collected these cultural relics, they would probably have been lost forever,” says Wang.
As an anthropological museum, China Nationalities Museum mainly collects items that reflect ordinary people’s lives and on July 15, the museum will open a new exhibition titled Ordinary People’s Exhibition – Our History and Our Root, displaying items such as needles, bowls and pouches.
The preface of the exhibition states: “Most of the production tools and daily utensils of the common people arelost without any trace in history. However, it is these articles that give us a vivid picture of our life and culture they tell us about our history and help us find our roots.”

“What should we present to the world during the Olympic Games? It’s our culture and our people, I believe,” says Wang.

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  China’s economy grew at the slowest pace since 2005 in the second quarter, prompting the yuan’s biggest drop in seven weeks on speculation the government will slow its advance to protect exporters.
  Gross domestic product rose 10.1 percent from a year earlier, down from 10.6 percent in the first quarter, as exports weakened and the government curbed lending. Consumer prices rose 7.1 percent in June, slowing from 7.7 percent in May, the statistics bureau said Thursday in Beijing.
  The yuan fell 0.2 percent against the dollar, paring a 7 percent advance this year that made it Asia’s best performer. Some Chinese officials are pressing for slower currency appreciation to protect jobs as cooling global demand threatens to trigger a slump in shipments from the world’s fastest-growing major economy.
  “A slower pace of appreciation would mean breathing room for the export sector,” said Jing Ulrich, JPMorgan’s chairwoman of China equities.
  The yuan traded at 6.8270 against the dollar as of 3:55 pm in Shanghai, the biggest drop since May 27.
  GDP growth cooled for the fourth straight quarter. The median estimate of 18 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News was for a 10.3 percent expansion. The US economy grew 2.5 percent in the first quarter.
  ‘Orderly Slowdown’
  China’s growth is still the fastest of the world’s 20 biggest economies and is helping to sustain the global expansion this year as a housing slump and credit-market turmoil threaten to send the US into a recession.
  “This is an orderly slowdown, not a dramatic one,” said Kevin Lai, a Hong Kong-based economist with Daiwa Institute of Research.
  The trade surplus for the second quarter narrowed 12 percent from a year earlier to US$58.14 billion as import costs climbed and US demand faltered.
  Export prospects have deteriorated, with US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke saying this week that the US faces “significant downside risks to the outlook for growth.”
  Rising prices, constraints on agricultural output, lagging rural incomes and global financial market turmoil are problems for China’s economy, the statistics bureau said in a statement.
  The Ministry of Commerce has urged China’s cabinet to rein in currency gains and raise some export rebates, a ministry official said July 14, speaking on condition of anonymity.
  “We’ll Be Dead”
  “We’ll all be dead if the government doesn’t increase tax rebates and slow the appreciation,” Tang Zhenya, a salesman at Changshu Shengtian Knitting & Clothing Co. in Jiangsu province said Wednesday.
  Most textile companies were unprofitable in the first five months of the year, Du Yuzhou, President of China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Textiles said at an industry conference in Shanghai.
  As many as 45 million workers earn their livings in export-oriented sectors, according to Jonathan Anderson, a Hong Kong-based economist with UBS AG. He cites government surveys.
  Inflation has eased from February’s 12-year high of 8.7 percent on smaller gains in food prices. It remains above the central bank’s 4.8 percent annual target and rising commodity costs may keep prices elevated.
  Producer-Price Inflation
  Producer prices climbed 8.8 percent in June from a year earlier, the statistics bureau said, after rising 8.2 percent in May. That is the fastest pace since Bloomberg data began in 1999.
  “The high producer-prices number points to the potential risk of inflation in the coming months,” said Huang Yiping, chief Asia economist at Citigroup Inc. in Hong Kong. “Inflation is still way above the official target so a tight policy will continue.”
  Besides using the currency to cool inflation, China has imposed lending quotas and ordered banks to set aside a record 17.5 percent of deposits as reserves to soak up cash flooding the economy from trade, foreign direct investment and investors betting on gains by the yuan. The central bank hasn’t raised interest rates this year to avoid attracting capital inflows.
  Standard Chartered Bank Plc today cut its forecast for four interest-rate increases this year to none and said policy makers’ next move will be to cut rates in 2009.

Venture capital has been widely studied in the U.S. and Europe, but only recently it has received greater attention in China. As China’s private sector continues to grow, venture capital funds have directed increasing attention to small- and medium-sized technology based firms.

Venture capital in China has many interesting differences from that in Western countries. Venture capital is the term for money invested in young, fast growing companies. VCA members comprise venture capital firms, institutional investors, banks, incubators, angel groups, corporate advisors, accountants, lawyers, government bodies, academic institutions and other service providers to the venture capital and private equity industry.

Venture capitalists are typically very selective in deciding what to invest in; as a rule of thumb, a fund may invest in one in four hundred opportunities presented to it. Funds are most interested in ventures with exceptionally high growth potential, as only such opportunities are likely capable of providing the financial returns and successful exit event within the required timeframe that venture capitalists expect.

Venture capital is most attractive for new companies with limited operating history that are too small to raise capital in the public markets and are too immature to secure a bank loan or complete a debt offering. Venture capital typically comes from institutional investors and high net worth individuals and is pooled together by dedicated investment firms.

venture capital financing investments are generally made as cash in exchange for share in the invested company. Venture capital is a type of private equity capital typically provided to immature, high-potential, growth companies in the interest of generating a return through a;n eventual realization event such as an IPO or trade sale of the company. Please visit online http://www.dynastyresources.net in NewYork city.

The quantity of young kids under the age of 14 and babies, toddler and preschool children in China is over 300,000,000, accounting for 25% of the whole population. Among them 80,000,000 live in the city, which form a great number of toy consumption. Especially in recent years, parents identify with the concept that toys can enlighten children on their intelligence, moreover, majority of modern families in China only have one child, parents are willing to spend money on their child.

In recent years, it has appeared some features and special trends for toy sales in the mainland of China:

1. RC Toys

Appeared with high technology, for instance, electronic toys that can sound or shine, rc toys and interactive toys that can speak or perform a series of actions are salable goods. Presently, various rc toys on sale in the market reach about 1 hundred kinds, mainly are variety of rc toys (remote control toys) and hobby items, such as rc car, rc helicopter, nitro rc car, rc gas boat, remote control helicopter, remote control car etc., each rc car(remote control car) costs about 20-65 dollars?rc gas boat(remote control gas boat) is about 20-50 dollars?and the price of rc helicopter differs between 450 – 2,000 dollars.

2. Model Toys

Electric model toys attract both children and adults, such as tank cars, cars installed with alarm whistle and so on. Though these toys are not cheap in price, especially the electric toys, commonly between 8-10 dollars, some even as high as 80-100 dollars, but they have a strong footing in the market.

3. Adult Toys

Besides the children toys, adult toys in mainland of China are also have large market. According to the latest investigation of China Social Investigation Office, 33% of adults think they are fond of toys and would like to buy them. It is investigated that except for traditional Chinese Chess, I-go and kite, adults prefer rc toys (remote control toys) and hobby items, such as rc car, rc helicopter, nitro rc car, rc gas boat, remote control helicopter, remote control car etc. The last research of China Toys Association shows the acceptable toy price for most consumers in the large and medium sized cities is no more than 15 dollars. However, in some large cities and some medium sized cities, some ingenious and top graded toys reaching up 150 dollars and even 1200 dollars still have their market. It takes an average of about 5% of the whole year consumption for Chinese citizens to buy toys, and with the toy development of top grade, brightness and series, in particular, rc toys (remote control toys) and hobby items, such as rc car, rc helicopter, nitro rc car, rc gas boat, remote control helicopter, remote control car etc., the toy consumption will be in the status of advancing.

4. Plastic Toys

Plastic has taken the place of metal, wood and have become the main material for toys making, because it costs low, easily deals with, safer and light.

Although according to the official statistic, the toy sales in mainland of China are no more than 2,000,000,000 dollars in 2006, it is estimated by people in this industry that the actual market demands should be 9,000,000,000 dollars. People in this industry believe that the forecast demands of Chinese toy market will increase at a rate of 40% per year in the following years, and the consumption of Chinese toy market will hopefully exceed 13,000,000,000 dollars.

Market Entry & Investments

Market Entry in China is by combining the traditional theory on foreign direct investment with the resource-based view of the firm, the influence of various tangible and intangible corporate factors on the degree of commitment towards direct investment in China is analyzed.

Private Equity in China has become the new frontier for private equity investors or private equity funds hoping to attract Chinese investors, also venture capitalists are staking their claim there. With a thriving economy and a booming financial expansion–thanks to a reformation of laws governing private investment–Americans in private equity hurrying to China is akin to miners in the Gold Rush. Today, I will look at some of the differences between China’s private equity and U.S. private equity.

Equity is the Tax and regulation reform have led China’s financial growth, and more changes for China’s private equity sector are in the works, making China a crucial area for American private equity investors.

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Guangzhou, China is known as the South Gate of China. It is a prosperous, metropolitan city, and the capital of Guangdong. Located in the middle of the Guangdong Province, it is located north of the Pearl River Delta. One of the first “open” cities in China, its population has grown enormously. Along with its population, Guangzhou’s economy has grown as well. Rich in history, Guangzhou has been the capital city for three Chinese dynasties. Tourism is an important industry in the region today, and there are many important historic and cultural sites that attract visitors from around the world. The main tourist areas and metropolitan areas are in the northern part of the city. Some popular pilgrimage sites, churches, mosques and temples include: Guangxiao Temple is a popular pilgrimage site for Zen Buddhists. There is also one of the oldest Muslim mosques in China located within the city of Guangzhou. Built in 627, the Huaisheng Mosque is not open to the public. Another historic church, the Shishi Sacred Heart Catholic Church is one of the oldest church structures in Guangzhou. Visitors are also encouraged to visit the Flowering Pagoda at Liurong Temple which dates back to the 6th century. Serene and beautiful, this well-preserved, seventeen-story pagoda is justifiably famous. An interesting part of Guangzhou’s history is found on Shamian Island. This small island was, for several hundred years, the only place in China that allowed European settlements. Its architecture is very unique to the area. The Chinese Medicine Market is an unusual spot located across from Shamian. The front looks like any other modern market, but it is built on a network of ancient, narrow alleys. Shops selling traditional Chinese herbs are located behind the modern exterior. Another historic site to see is the Sun Yat-Sen Memorial, dedicated to the founder of the Republic of China and the Huangpu Military which was founded him. Sun Yat-Sen was a local hero, and this memorial is a popular destination. Museums and galleries are found throughout Guangzhou. The Guangzhou City Art Museum is home to a collection of over 10,000 pieces of art, much of it traditional Chinese paintings and sculpture. For more contemporary art, be sure to visit the Guangdong Museum of Art. Its collection includes an impressive collection of contemporary Chinese art. Political history is a major theme in many Guangzhou museums and historic sites. Among the more interesting are the Guangzhou Uprising Museum which commemorates the site of the first Communist government building in the city and the Peasant Movement Institute, which was founded by Mao Tse-tung as a Communist training center. Fairs and festivals are an important year-round part of Chinese culture, and Guangzhou presents several seasonal celebrations. One of the largest and most important is the Chinese New Year Spring Festival is a fifteen-day celebration of the first lunar month. Colorful and fun, the Dragon Boat Festival takes place in May or June. It commemorates a poet, Qu Yuan, who drowned himself as a protest against the government. Dragon boats race on the Pearl River during this festival. In the fall, Cantonese Moon Cakes are the highlight of the Mid-autumn Festival. Paper lanterns and ferry rides complete the celebration. Even the coming of winter has a celebration — the Winter Solstice features large feasts of duck, sausage and flour dumpling soup. There is much to see and do in the fascinating city of Guangzhou. It is a vital city, and a worthwhile destination for any visitor to China. For more information on Guangzhou, China visit http://guangzhoumicroblog.com and http://www.chinamicroblog.com

This article is about the China vacations and Qingdao travel. You can find some useful information in it if you are planning your Qingdao travel now.

Qingdao, best known in the West by its postal map spelling Tsingtao, is a major city in eastern Shandong province, China. Qingdao today is a major seaport and industrial center of Shandong province. “Qing” means “lush” in Chinese, while “dao” means “island”. This city was recently named China’s 9th-most livable city by the China Daily.
 
German fort at Qingdao in 1898. In 1891 the Qing government decided to make the area a defense base against naval attack and eventually began to improve Tsingtao’s existing fortifications. This Chinese activity was observed and reported by German naval officials during a formal survey of Kiautschou Bay in May 1897. After the Tsingtao region was ceded to Germany in 1898, the German authorities soon turned Tsingtao into a strategically important port administered by the Imperial Department of the Navy (Reichsmarineamt) rather than the Imperial Colonial Office (Reichskolonialamt). The navy based their Far East Squadron here, allowing them to conduct operations throughout the Pacific. From January 1898 the marines of III. Seebatallion were based at Tsingtao. The German imperial government planned and built the first streets and institutions of the city we see today, introduced electrification, a sewer system and a safe drinking water supply; commercial interests established the world-famous Tsingtao Brewery. German influence extended to other areas of Shandong Province, including the establishment of diverse commercial enterprises.

Eat:
The Beer Street is very famous in Qingdao. It is located in the Dengzhoulu Street ( close to the Tsingtao Brewery). This street is not a broad one but you can find lots of good restaurants and bars here. I recommend the Meidaer Barbecue. Lots of people like this restaurant. The price is reasonable and the service here is not bad. You can find the unique plasmogen beer here ( only 30 rmb for a mug of beer ). The Tsingtao Brewery provides fresh plasmogen beer to the restaurants in this Beer Street every day and this is why the beer you can get here tastes so good. (good info for your China vacations)

See:
(1). The Eight critical junction (Badaguan) of Qingdao was built by the German and you can find all kinds of architectures here: Russian, German, Japanese, etc.
Eight critical junction ( Badaguan ) fine scenery, attracted the numerous new people to come here to photograph the nuptial dress to illuminate, the blue tree, the sand beach, the villa, the beautiful woman, formed a nice contrast, too beautiful to behold, caused that the pedestrian poured the foot in abundance.
There are many famous villas here but now the only one villa open to the travellers is the Huashilou (flower and stone villa). The cost is 5 rmb. You can see the beautiful beach and sea from this place. To get here, you can take the Line 15, 26, 202, 228 city buses (helpful info for your China vacations).

(2). Qingdao Beer Museum: It is a very interesting place in Qingdao. You can take the Line 15 city bus here. The cost is 50 rmb. Why so expensive? Because you can have free beers in it,   In this museum, you can see lots of pictures about the history and producton of the Tsingtao beer. I like the old TV advertisements here. In one advertisement, it said that the Tsingtao beer can cure the beriberi.

Some tips for your Qingdao travel:
(1). Qingdao is a city near the mountain and you will not find many people riding bikes ( like other cities in China) here. The public transportation systems are very convinient in Qingdao. Not like other crowded Chinese cities, it is easy to find seats in the Qingdao’s city buses (costs only 1 rmb for one person).

(2). The flag-fall price of the taxicab here is 7 rmb and you will need to pay 1.2 rmb for every kilometer.

(3). A Qingdao map can be very helpful for you. (especailly for the first time travellers to Qingdao)

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A visit to china is like a visit to another world. China has different culture, food and people. It is necessary with some paperwork before you enter the country, among other things you need to apply for a visa. This are some of the reasons why you need some China travel tips before you go visit this vast and beautiful country.

When you are planning your trip to China there are some things you should take care of. Here is a list with the most important things;

* Ensure that you have all necessary paper-documents, you need this in order to entry the country. A Chinese visa you could get at a Chinese embassy in your country, some travel agencies may also be able to arrange this for you.

* For group travel, your travel agency will help you get a group tourist visa, which is acceptable for entry into the country.

* Travel insurance is also recommended to buy even though it is not absolutely necessary.

* Make sure that you bring small amounts of the local currency, named Yuan, and American dollars. American dollars is good to have in case of emergency. Keep the American dollars in your socks or shoes.

* Undergo all requisite immunizations.

* Learn the geography and the different time-zones.

* Memorize the location to one of the embassies that belongs to your country.

Before you leave home, brush up on the country declarations. There are certain rules about what you can bring into the country that may limit you on certain items, especially electronics like cameras, camcorders, laptops and more. Items like these will need to be declared in customs upon entrance to the country.

China has a very large land-areal, it is one of the largest countries in the world, because of this the climate is very different across the country. Some places it can be snow while it is summer and sun in others. A good tips is to choose the time of travel carefully.

The best times to arrive are in May, September and October. Although the country can be visited year-round, these three months are the most comfortable weather wise but you might find some great travel deals in the winter months.

A good advice is not to try to cover all the great tourist-attractions in one trip, the country is simply way to big. Your best bet would be to identify a few areas that you want to explore and then try to plan your itinerary based on these places.

Some nice places to visit may be;

* The great wall of China

* Hainan island

* Beijing

* Yangtze river

* Shanghai

These places are awesome and it is highly recommendable that you visit them, even though it is a great distance between some of them. You can get to them by take the train, bus or plane. I would recommend to take the plane because China is very large country and you don’t want to spend all of your vacation on a bus or train, even though bus and train are a cheap way of travel in China.

Be prepared and you will do fine in China. Have a nice trip.

How to buy at Canton Fair?

by Norbert Harms

Since the past decade, Canton Fair had introduced many services to further promote the fair itself and attract more visitors. Services like their MSS (multinationals sourcing services) are welcomed and certainly enhance international trade efforts. However, to succeed in trade and/or manufacturing business with Chinese exporters, the MSS is only the tip of a deep floating iceberg.

According to Chinabiz21’ CEO Norbert Harms, sourcing your best suitable supplier and negotiating terms and conditions, is the easiest part in establishing trade relations with Chinese sellers/manufacturers. “What is more important than to know where you get your supply from is – how your business will develop with your supplier, and that – opens a mere endless list of open questions!” says MR Harms.

“The greatest danger to a Canton Fair visiting buyer is probably the intimidating appearance of China’ manufacturing power”, says MR Harms further. There is a magnitude on success stories flowing from China, indeed. What is stored and locked away, though, are stories, perhaps equal in number, of endless frustration, losses in business, order cancellations and so forth. Reason for…? Just as many! Growth can be achieved following different patterns during business conduct and it is not last but definitely a specific pattern that international buyers face when coming to China. A pattern, Chinabiz21 urges to thoroughly study before making a decision on a “YES”!

With Chinabiz21’ introduction of its HOW TO BUY blueprint, perhaps for the first time in history, international buyers to the Canton Fair can now find out about, what MR Harms calls, the “China Matrix”! Pair this with the Canton Fair MSS and many other sourcing provisions you stand a good chance to succeed!

Made available for free, with its CHINA MATRIX blueprint Chinabiz21 aims to contribute towards enhancing trade relations between the “West” and China by focusing and calling on supporting ethical, honest and professional business practices. International buyers can obtain their free copy by visiting Chinabiz21’ website and simply fill in Chinabiz21’ contact form.

This article is about the China vacations and you can find some useful information in it if you are planning your China vacations now.

Beijing Botanical Garden is a very good choice for your China vacations.

Office hours: 7:00 – 17:00 (Outdoor Gardens), 8:30 – 16:30 (Wofosi temple), 8:30 – 16:30 (Cao’s Memorial), 8:30 – 16:30 (Conservatory).

Ticket price: 5 rmb for the entrance of the Beijing Botanical Garden (you can get 50% off if you can show them your student ID), 5 rmb for Wofosi temple, 10 rmb for the Cao’s Memorial, 50 rmb for the Conservatory (50% off for the student), 5 rmb for the battery bicycle.

To get here:

(1). You can take the city bus (Line 331, 634, 696, Yuntong 112 ) to the bus station named “Wofosi Temple” or “Beijing Zhiwuyuan”. Line 360, 318, 714, 698 city bus to the bus station named “Zhiwuyuan”.

(2). Take the Line 1 subway to the “Pingguoyuan” station, then transfer to the Line 318 city bus. (info for your China vacations and travel)

(3). Take the Line 2 subway to the “Xizhimen” station, then transfer to the Line 634 city bus (from the D exit of the subway).

(4). From the Beijing West Railway Station: Take the Line 374 or 437 city bus to the “Gongzhufen” station, then transfer to the Line 698 city bus.

Some tips for you:

(1). If you are planning to visit the Beijing Botanical Garden in the morning, you’d better leave your home in the early morning no matter you drive your car or take the bus. You will probably meet the traffic jam if you leave your home at 9 am or 10 am.
 
(2). To visit the Beijing Botanical Garden at 3 pm or 4 pm is not a bad choice. The garden is still very beautiful at this time and it will not be very crowded like the  morning. The traffic of Beijing is also in a better condition during this period of time.(info for your China vacations and tours)

(3). The Beijing Botanical Garden is very big but there are no good restaurants in it. You can bring your own food here if you want. (like chocolate, cookie, etc)

(4). In my point of view, the most attractive places of this botanical garden is: China rose garden, music fountain, Cherry Valley. The Tropical Conservatory is very beautiful too, but you will need to pay an extra 50 rmb for it.

About the Tropical Conservatory in the Beijing Botanical Garden:

The Tropical Conservatory was located in the center of Beijing Botanical Garden. It started on March 28, 1998 and was open to public on January 1, 2000. It was ranked as one of the Ten Buildings of Beijing in the 1990s, and with an area of 9,800 square meters, it stands as the largest exhibition conservatory in Asia.(info for your China vacations and China trip) It also boasts the country’s advanced facilities. The conservatory is divided into four display areas, including the tropical rainforest area, the cacti and succulents area, the orchids, bromeliads & carnivorous plant garden and the four-season garden. Totally more than 3100 taxa of tropical and subtropical plants grow in these areas, which makes the conservatory an important site for people to know more about plant science and nature, and for scientists and researchers to conserve plant resources and conduct research.

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