Oct. 24-26, 2009, Yingjie Overseas Exchange Center, Peking University, Beijing, China中文版

Travel information

The Darwin 200 Conference will be hold at The Yingjie Exchange Center, Peking University.

Transportation from Beijing Capital International Airport to Peking University:

Shuttle Bus: The airport is linked to central Beijing by Airport Express buses from 8:30am to 9:30pm. Bus ticket price is RMB 16 and the two-way shuttle interval is about 30 minutes. Airport Express buses Route 5 has arrival terminal at Zhongguancun (the 4th bridge). Then walk 150m east, at Baofusi bridge west bus station, take bus route 696 or 498 after two stops and get off at Zhongguanyuan bus station, Peking University east gate arrival.. clicked here for airport bus route

Taxi: It takes about 50 minutes by taxi to get to Peking University from airport. The taxi station is located just outside the airport terminal.

Subway: Peking University can also be reached by the Subway systems in Beijing. You can first take Subway Airport Line to Dongzhimen Station, transfer to Subway Line 2 and get off at Xizhimen Station. Then transfer to Subway Line 4 and get off at the east gate arrival.

To get more information of the airport, go to the web site of Beijing Capital International Airport, http://en.bcia.com.cn/index.shtml.

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Peking University

Peking University is a comprehensive and national key university. The campus, known as "Yan Yuan"(the garden of Yan), is situated at Haidian District in the western suburb of Beijing, with a total area of 2,743,532 square metres (or 274 hectares). It stands near to the Yuanmingyuan Garden and the Summer Palace.

Peking University is proud of its outstanding faculty, including 53 members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), 7 members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), and 14 members of the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS).

The university has effectively combined research on important scientific subjects with the training of personnel with a high level of specialized knowledge and professional skill as demanded by the country's socialist modernization. It strives not only for improvements in teaching and research work, but also for the promotion of interaction and mutual promotion among various disciplines.

Thus Peking University has become a center for teaching and research and a university of a new type, embracing diverse branches of learning such as basic and applied sciences, social sciences and the humanities, and sciences of medicine, management, and education. Its aim is to rank among the world's best universities in the future.

 

 

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Weather in Beijing

The climate in Beijing is of the continental type, with cold and dry winters, due to the Siberian air massses that move southward across the Mongolian Plateau. The autumn months between September and November have the best weather and fewer tourists. In autumn, jeans and a sweater are usually enough. Rain gear is necessary, especially during the summer months.