Information for Teachers and Researchers Going to China
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Information for teachers and researchers going to China Welcome to SDC 3 Transportation 3 Campus 7 Temporary facilities 8 The SDC Building 9 Organisation 9 Accommodation 10 Accommodation in Beijing 11 Huairou 13 Health 14 VPN for China 14 Useful sites and apps 15 Important addresses 15 SDC’s teaching platform - Moodle 16 Teaching schedule 21 Map of Yanqihu Campus 22 This guide is updated 25 October 2017. Please check http://sdc.university/about/for- teachers-researchers/ for the latest edition. 2 Welcome to SDC Print this: To make an easier start for you at SDC, Hello driver, we have gathered some practical infor- I have to go to the University of Chi- mation for you. nese Academy of Sciences Yanqihu campus. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to stop by the SDC Office on (Yanqihu campus, University of Chi- campus. nese Academy of Sciences, 380 Huaibeizhuang, Huairou district, Bei- Transportation jing) Transportation from/to Beijing Interna- tional Airport The easiest way to get from the Beijing 你好师傅, International Airport to the Yanqihu 我要去: campus is to take a taxi. 北京市怀柔区怀北镇怀北庄 380 Always go to the official taxi queues. Do 号中国科学院大学雁栖湖校区 not go with the drivers in the airport greeting you with “taxi” signs. They will overcharge you for the ride. Therefore, just pass them and go to the official taxi Transport between campus and queues outside the airport. Huairou City When going to Huairou City you can ei- Some taxi drivers will be reluctant to ther take a bus or a taxi. take the trip, because they are not sure that they can get a ride back. However, if Bus – There are several busses that go you pay them an extra 50 Yuan to take between the Yanqihu campus and you there, then it should not be a prob- Huairou City. The bus stop for busses lem. headed for Huairou City is just North of the main entrance on campus. The fee is The trip is approximately 40 - 60 kilo- 1 Yuan and the trip will take approxi- metres depending on the route chosen mately 20 minutes. by the driver and will take around 60 minutes. The fee should be around 200 Taxi – If you go by taxi then the trip will RMB + the extra 50. cost 25-35 Yuan depending on your destination. Chinese taxi drivers rarely speak English, Travel card for public transportation so it is a good idea to bring written notes The Beijing travel card, which can be in Chinese with relevant addresses used on all public transport in Beijing, in- when you move around. cluding the Huairou area, can be pur- chased at the bus station in Huairou City. 3 rush hour, however, can prolong the drive. Getting a taxi to the Yanqihu campus from Beijing City can be tricky, as some drivers may not want to take the trip. However, if you pay them an extra 50 Yuan they will usually take the ride. To get this in written Chinese, see the sec- Beijing travel card tion above. Transportation to/from Beijing A network of drivers: When going to Beijing from the Yanqihu Currently a network of taxi drivers who campus, you can go either by shuttle drive Beijing taxis, but live in the Huairou bus, public bus or taxi. area and are willing to take you from Beijing to Huairou at a set price of 300 Public bus – Right outside of the Yan- RMB is being established. qihu campus you can catch a bus #936 to Huairou Bus station (see address be- low). This will take approximately 20 minutes and cost 1 Yuan. Alternatively, you can take a cab to the bus station from the university main entrance. From the Huairou Bus Station you can catch express bus 916 that takes you straight to Dongzhimen Station in downtown Beijing. The bus leaves every 10-15 minutes. Last bus to Beijing leaves at 20:00. The last bus bound for Huairou from Dongzhimen, Beijing leaves at 21:00. The drive takes 1 hour 20 minutes and costs 6 Yuan. Huairou Bus Station - 怀柔长途汽车站 № 2 Fuqian East Street, Huairou 怀柔区府前东路 2 号 Find the bus station on google maps: https://goo.gl/maps/GcBKu1ZLEJ82 Taxi – Usually there will be Beijing taxis at the campus gate ready to take you to Beijing. The fee will be approximately 250 including 10 RMB road toll, depend- ing on your destination in Beijing. The drive will take approximately one hour – 4 Beijing Taxis vs Huairou Taxis Busses start running the second week When taking taxis, it is important to be after semester start. In general, busses run Monday to Friday able to distinguish between Beijing unless otherwise indicated – see below. Taxis and Huairou Taxis. *On all teaching days (including those weekends when classes are conducted) Beijing Taxis – can take you from **Only Saturdays, Sundays and national Huairou to Beijing and vice versa. The holidays fee for riding the Beijing Taxis is slightly higher than the Huairou taxis. Beijing taxi Huairou Taxis – may drive you between the campus and Huairou City and around in the area. However, they are not allowed to leave the district and will not take you to downtown Beijing. The fee for riding Huairou Taxis is slightly lower than the Beijing taxis. Huairou taxi Shuttle bus – UCAS operates busses between Yanqihu Campus and cam- puses in Beijing and between Yanqihu Campus and Huairou city. You’ll find the schedule below. You will be asked to show your campus card when you enter the bus. Please, note that it can be hard to get a seat during peak hours espe- cially for students since professors have first right. It is possible for students to reserve seats. 5 Departing from Time Route description Yuquanlu Campus 06:30** Yuquanlu Campus – Zhonguancun Campus – Jianxiang Bridge – Huixin West Street Metro st. (North exit) – Spring Legend – Yanqihu Campus Yuquanlu Campus 06:30 Yuquanlu Campus – Babaoshan (Eight Treasure Moun- tain) Metro Station – Landehuating (Land Home) – Jinyuan Bridge - Lincui Bridge – Spring Legend – Yanqihu Campus Institute of Genetics and Devel- 06:40 IGDB – Xinkexiang Garden – Zhongke Dasha – opmental Biology (Olympic Jianxiang Bridge – Huixin West Street Metro st. (North exit) Campus) – Spring Legend – Yanqihu Campus Institute of Semiconductors 06:40 ISC – Linda (University of Forrestry) North Street (East Exit) (East of Olympic Campus) – Fenglinlvzhou (Olympic Campus) – Spring Legend – Yanqihu Campus Yanqihu Campus 07:20* Yanqihu Campus – Spring Legend – Fenglinlvzhou (Olympic Campus) – Zhongguancun Campus – Yuquanlu Campus Yanqihu Campus 09:00** Yanqihu Campus – Spring Legend – Huixin West Street Metro st. (North exit) – Jianxiang Bridge – Zhongguancun Campus – Yuquanlu Campus Yuquanlu Campus 10:00* Yuquanlu Campus – Zhongguancun Campus – Fenglinlvzhou (Olympic Campus) – Spring Legend – Yan- qihu Campus Yanqihu Campus 10:40* Yanqihu Campus – Spring Legend – Fenglinlvzhou (Olympic Campus) – Zhongguancun Campus – Yuquanlu Campus Yanqihu Campus 13:00* Yanqihu Campus – Spring Legend – Fenglinlvzhou (Olympic Campus) – Zhongguancun Campus – Yuquanlu Campus Yanqihu Campus 13:00* Yanqihu Campus – Spring Legend – Fenglinlvzhou (Olympic Campus) – Jianxiang Bridge – Zhongguancun Campus – Yuquanlu Campus Yuquanlu Campus 15:00* Yuquanlu Campus – Zhongguancun Campus – Fenglinlvzhou (Olympic Campus) – Spring Legend – Yan- qihu Campus Yanqihu Campus 15:40* Yanqihu Campus – Spring Legend – Fenglinlvzhou (Olympic Campus) – Jianxiang Bridge – Zhongguancun Campus – Yuquanlu Campus Yanqihu Campus 16:40 Yanqihu Campus – Spring Legend – Lincui Bridge – Jinyuan Bridge – Landehuating (Land Home) – Baba- oshang (Eight Treasure Mountain) metro station/Yuhai Gar- den – Yuquanlu Campus Yanqihu Campus 16:40 Yanqihu Campus – Spring Legend – Fenglinlvzhou (Olympic Campus) – Lin Da North Street East Exit (East of Olympic Campus) – Institute of Semiconductors Yuquanlu Campus 17:30* Yanqihu Campus – Spring Legend – Fenglinlvzhou (Olympic Campus) – Zhongguancun Campus – Yuquanlu Campus Yanqihu Campus 18:00* Yanqihu Campus – Spring Legend – Huixin West Street Metro st. (North exit) – Jianxiang Bridge – Zhongguancun Campus – Yuquanlu Campus Huairou City to Yanqihu Cam- 07:30 Yingbin Rd. South Roundabout – Commercial Str. East En- pus trance – Yingbin Rd. North Roundabout – Guangzhigu – Taixia – Spring Legend - Yanqihu Campus Yanqihu Campus to Huairou 17:10 Yanqihu Campus – Spring Legend – Taixia – Guang- City zhigu – Yingbin Rd. North Roundabout – Commercial Str. East Entrance – Yingbin Rd. South Roundabout UCAS student and staff card Campus With a student or staff card you can use the campus bicycles, pay for indoor Intro to Yanqihu Campus sport facilities including swimming pool UCAS’ Yanqihu Campus is located on and gym. You also use the card to pay at the shore of the Yanqi Lake to the North the canteens. of Beijing City in the Huairou District. Ask the SDC secretariat on the 3rd floor for more info on how to obtain a card. All The Jingjia Road runs through campus students will automatically receive a dividing it into East and West sides. The card when they are registered. two sides are connected by a pedestrian bridge and a tunnel. Canteens There are several canteens around cam- The SDC Building is located on the East- pus. They all offer a wide variety of Chi- ern side. On the East side, you’ll also nese dishes. A canteen is situated right find the indoor sports facilities including next to the SDC-building. This canteen ball courts and swimming pool. The In- also offers halal. ternational Conference Center, the Main Library and the post office are located To pay in the canteens you will need a on the west side. UCAS student or staff card. See the sec- tion on student and staff card above for SDC building further information. The SDC building is a 10.000 m2 build- ing with class rooms, lecture halls, ad- Prices are around 5 - 15 yuan for break- ministration, meeting rooms, group fast, 10 – 20 for lunch and 15 – 25 for rooms and much more. dinner. The SDC Office Restaurants around campus Danish and Chinese study administra- On the East side of campus just north of tors run the daily management at the the pedestrian bridge several restau- SDC Office.