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Summer Davos in Asia Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2012 Useful Information Tianjin, People’s Republic of China 11-13 September © World Economic Forum 2012 - All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system. REF 040612 Contents 3.6 Media 10 3.6.1 Media Leaders and 10 Reporting Press 3.6.2 Press Conferences 10 3.6.3 One-on-One Interviews 10 This document is designed to 1. Before Leaving for Tianjin 2 3.6.4 Media Facilities 11 help you prepare for and get 1.1 Facts about Tianjin 2 3.6.5 Media Policy 11 the most out of your 1.1.1 Over view 2 3.7 Social Media 11 participation in the Annual 1.1.2 Business Hours 2 3.7.1 Insight Reporting: Become a World 11 1.1.3 Currency and Credit Cards 2 Meeting of the New Economic Forum Rapporteur 1.1.4 Electricity 2 Champions 2012 in Tianjin, 3.7.2 Twitter/Weibo 11 1.1.5 Language 2 People’s Republic of China, on 3.7.3 Forum Blog 11 1.1.6 Mobile Network 2 11-13 September. We are 3.7.4 Webcasts 11 1.1.7 Temperature 2 expecting over 1,500 3.7.5 Facebook/Google+ 11 1.1.8 Time 2 participants from business, 3.7.6 Flickr 11 1.1.9 Tipping 2 government, civil society, 3.7.7 The Forum App 11 1.2 Visa 2 academia and media, and are 3.8 Arts and Culture 11 planning more than 100 official 1.3 Air Travel 3 1.4 Accommodation 4 sessions in the programme. 4. Support Services 12 1.5 Packing and Dress Code 4 4.1 Hospitality Services 12 1.6 Checklist 4 4.1.1 Tianjin Industry Visits and Cultural Visits 12 4.1.2 Air and Train Ticket Services 12 2. On Arrival 6 4.1.3 Shuttle Services 12 2.1 Arriving in the People’s Republic of China 6 4.1.4 Express Mail Delivery 12 2.2 Arriving in Tianjin 6 (Provided by DHL) 2.3 Transportation within Tianjin 6 4.1.5 Accommodation and Logistics 12 2.4 Meeting Venue 7 (Provided by PublicisLive) 2.4.1 On-site Registration 7 4.2 Business Centres 12 4.3 Medical Services 12 3. On-site Information 8 4.4 Security 12 3.1 Special Events and 8 4.5 Interpreter Service 12 Networking Occasions 4.6 Prayer Room 12 3.2 Sources of Information 8 4.7 Technology Support Desk 12 3.2.1 Information Desks and Meeting Point 8 3.2.2 Online – Private Area of the Website, 8 Mobile Apps and the Kiosks 5. Leisure Activities in and around Tianjin 14 3.2.3 Public Website 8 5.1 General Information about 3.2.4 Bulletin Board 8 Leisure Activities 14 3.2.5 Internet Corners 8 5.2 Restaurants 14 3.2.6 Forum Insight Centre 8 3.2.7 Your Contact Person at the World 9 Annex 1: The Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Economic Forum Railway 16 3.3 About the Sessions 9 3.3.1 Personal Agenda 9 3.3.2 Programme Modifications 9 3.3.3 Interpretation 9 3.3.4 Tianjin Industry Visits 9 3.4 The Village 9 3.5 Spouses 10 Useful Information 1 1. Before Leaving for Tianjin 1.1 Facts about Tianjin 1.1.6 Mobile Network China uses the international GSM (Global System for Mobile Telephony – 900/1800) standard. Foreign visitors can use mobile phones outside the national network under the international roaming system. The country code for China is 86, and Tianjin’s internal dialling code is 022. To call China from abroad, drop the initial zero from the area code, e.g. for Tianjin dial 86 22, preceded by the overseas access code of the country from which you are calling. Please use Tianjin’s internal dialling code (022) if you are in Tianjin or elsewhere in China. 1.1.7 Temperature In September, the average temperature in Tianjin is 20°C, but temperatures range from a minimum of 15°C to a maximum of 25°C. Humidity: 65% 1.1.1 Overview 1.1.8 Time Tianjin is a large coastal city along the Haihe River in northern China and Tianjin is eight hours ahead of GMT/UTC. the third largest urban area, ranked only after Shanghai and Beijing. 1.1.9 Tipping Tianjin is 100 kilometres from Beijing and can be conveniently reached All four- and five-star hotels and some top-end restaurants add a tax or by high-speed train in just 35 minutes, and by frequent and short flight service charge of 10% or 15%, which extends to the room and food; all connections from most major airports in Asia. The Government of the other consumer taxes are included in the price. People’s Republic of China has incorporated the development and opening-up of the Tianjin Binhai New Area into the national development 1.2 Visa strategy. Tianjin is a city with a large concentration of high-tech industries. Tianjin’s pillar industries include aviation and aerospace, petrochemicals, equipment manufacturing, electronic information, bio-pharmaceuticals, and alternative energy and materials. The GDP of Tianjin experienced an increase of 16.4% in 2011. Tianjin has a future as a unique, international port city with a modern eco-life. 1.1.2 Business Hours Banks: Monday to Friday, 09.00 - 12.00 and 14.00 - 17.00 Shops: Monday to Sunday, 08.00 - 20.00 (may vary by commercial activity) 1.1.3 Currency and Credit Cards – The Chinese currency, the renminbi-yuan (RMB), is not generally available outside China – Participants can change money at the airport and hotels – You will need to save the exchange receipt to reconvert any remaining currency when leaving the country; major credit cards Visa Application Process (American Express, Diners Club, MasterCard and Visa) are Please make sure that your passport expiry date is more than six accepted at hotels, major restaurants and some shops in China months after the Meeting, i.e. mid-March 2013 onwards. If not, you must – ATM and depositing machines are also available renew your passport as soon as possible. As of 26 July: If you indicated on your registration form that you do not need a visa, 1 US$ = 6.3188 RMB please disregard this section. 1 EUR = 7.6500 RMB 1. Wait for your visa invitation letter from the Forum 1.1.4 Electricity A copy of the visa invitation letter will be e-mailed to you in the next 220V and 50 hertz few days. You must have this document before applying for your visa. 1.1.5 Language People from urban Tianjin speak Tianjin dialect, which comes under the 2. Wait for your visa invitation letter from the Tianjin government Mandarin subdivision of spoken Chinese. Despite Tianjin’s proximity to The Tianjin government will send you a visa invitation letter (by e-mail Beijing, the Tianjin dialect sounds quite different from the Beijing dialect, or post). You must have this document before applying for your visa. which provides the basis for Putonghua, the official spoken language of the People’s Republic of China. 3. Go to the nearest embassy/consulate and apply for a visa 2 Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2012 Once you have received the visa invitation letter from the Tianjin If you have any questions or need any assistance, please contact the government and the Forum, take them with the other documents Tianjin Authority: required by the Chinese authorities to the local Chinese embassy/ consulate/visa office. There, you need to apply for a 20-day, Mr Jie Li single-entry business visa to China. Tel.: +86 138 2122 3595 E-mail: [email protected] The Chinese embassy/consulate/visa office will provide you with a visa application form. Alternatively, you can download it ahead of time from the Chinese embassy/consulate/visa office’s website. 1.4 Accommodation Please use the following information to fill in application form item 2.8: Name of Inviter/Contact (in China): World Economic Forum/Tianjin Foreign Affairs Office Contact Person: Ms Shanshan Yang Tel.: +86 22 2835 9912, Fax: +86 22 2835 9903 E-mail: [email protected] Address of Inviter: Tianjin Preparatory Office for the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 5 BinGuanNan Road, Hexi District Tianjin 300061 People’s Republic of China Should you have any questions about the visa application process, please contact us at [email protected]. PublicisLive, the operations and production provider in charge of all logistical operations for the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 1.3 Air Travel 2012, handles accommodation for registered participants at the following hotels: The Astor Hotel, Radisson Blu Plaza, Renaissance Lakeview, Sheraton Hotel, The St Regis Tianjin and Westin Tianjin. PublicisLive will contact you upon registration. If you do not yet have accommodation, please contact them directly at: Tel.: +41 (0)22 718 6464 – Fax: +41 (0)22 736 6600 E-mail: [email protected] Due to the limited number of rooms available in Tianjin during the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2012, PublicisLive only allocates one hotel room per registered participant. Should the hotel of your choice be fully booked, PublicisLive will make every effort to find suitable alternative accommodation. The hotels require a minimum stay of two nights. To secure your reservation, your credit card will be charged for the total Participants should make their own flight arrangements.