Liverpool Chamber is organising a nine-day cultural visit to China, leaving 19 March 2010.
The trip is an ideal opportunity to learn about China, its people and its economy. The trip is also competetively priced at just £1350pp for Chamber members and their employees / family.
China is a country like no other. It is immense in scale, the third largest country in the world with the world’s largest population.
It is one of the oldest civilizations in the world with a written history of 4000 years and boasts rich cultural relics and grand historical sites.
Its rapidly advancing companies and workforce in its modern cities have made it of ever increasing importance in world affairs. Yet it maintains a wealth of traditional beauty in its botanical gardens, music, entertainment, artistic works and culture.
Liverpool Chamber can now offer you a wonderful and unforgettable experience. This tour will let you explore China and gain an understanding of the people and the culture. You will experience delivers the best of everything during the trip. Accomodation is in 4 and 5 star hotels, with tour guides throughout your stay.
It’s a great opportunity to get a true insight into this wonderful country.
You can find out more about this trip on 1 October here at Liverpool Chamber. Come along at 5.30pm to our orientation meeting and find out just how spectacular this experience really is!
Book on the orientation meeting on the Liverpool Chamber website here
For more information contact Jenny Stewart, Head of Client Services, on 0151 227 1234 or email jenny.stewart@liverpoolchamber.org.uk.
Chamber Mission To China 2010 Itinerary
Day 1 - 19 March - London Heathrow Airport/Beijing
Depart from LHR International Airport for an evening flight CA938 by 20:25 to Beijing. Your adventure begins!
Day 2 - 20 March - Beijing
Arrive in Beijing, the Capital of China at 13:40. You will be met by your local tour guide at the airport. Transfer to the 5-star Beijing Telecom Hotel.
Visit the Tian An Men Square, the largest square in the world, and the Temple of Heaven, built in 1420 A.D., where the emperors prayed to the heaven for a good harvest.
Day 3 - 21 March - Beijing
Sightseeing includes the Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, home of 24 emperors with a total space of 9,999 rooms, and the Summer Palace, known for many significance such as the Long Corridor with painted gallery, Kunming Lake and Longevity Hill, Seventeen- Arch Bridge and Marble Boat.
Day 4 - 22 March -Â Beijing
Tour bus excursion to the Great Wall, the 4,000- mile long and 2,000 years old construction is said to be the only man-made structure visible by naked eye from the moon. Visit to the Ming Tombs, one of 13 Ming Emperors’ Tombs is fully excavated and open for exploration. Enjoy a roasted Beijing Duck Dinner.
Day 5 - 23 March - Shanghai/Suzhou
Morning Air China flight to Shanghai, then take the tour bus trip to Suzhou. Afternoon sightseeing to the centuries old Lingering Garden, Tiger Hill and Hanshan Temple.
Visit to the National Embroidery Institute to see silk embroidery, an important local craft with 1,000 years history. Evening Dinner Show of the traditional Chinese Music.
Stay in the 4-star Holiday Inn.
Day 6 - 24 March - Suzhou/Hangzhou
Morning tour bus journey to Hangzhou. Visit to Economic Development Zone. Visit to the centuries old Lingyin Temple, with the main feature of the 64.3 ft-high camphor-wood carved Buddha.
Stay in the 5-star Howard Johnson Hotel.
Day 7Â - 25Â - March Hangzhou/Shanghai
Morning boat cruise on West Lake with relaxing stopover at jewel-like pagodas and tea houses. Afternoon tour bus trip to Shanghai.
Stay in the 5-star Guangdong Hotel
Day 8 -Â 26 March - Shanghai
Sightseeing includes the Yu Garden, a maze of marvelous pavilions, ponds, rocky works and over arching trees. Visit to the Bund, a famous waterfront park. Business visit to the Pudong economic development zone.
Day 9 - 27 - March Shanghai/London Heathrow Airport
Morning flight to Beijing, connected by the flight CA937 will depart in by 13:35 for LHR Airport where you will arrive at 17:45 on the same day.
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