Beijing - China

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Beijing - China

Health and Useful Information

No vaccinations are required for China.  However, it is advisable to have a Hepatitis A and B inoculations.  Pay attention to what you eat and drink - don't drink tap water.  Normally, boiled water is available in hotel rooms for drinking. 

Bottled mineral water is easy to find, and cheap.  Bring all the medication that you normally use.  Many upmarket hotels can provide a medical service, or contact a doctor on your behalf.

Important Telephone numbers

Local information: 114
International calls (operator): 115
Police: 110
Ambulance: 120
Fire Service: 119
Local temperature: 12121

Entry formalities

In order to enter China, it's necessary to:
- have a passport valid for six months after your intended departure from China, and the maximum duration of your visa.
- obtain a visa from the nearest Chinese embassy or consulate
Visas for mainland China are available from the Hong Kong Visa Office at the Department of Immigration, or else there are many travel agencies that offer visa services.  Travel agents are concentrated around stations and the airport.

Communications

A letter or postcard sent from China will take around 10 days to arrive in Europe or North America.
International Direct Dialling (IDD) is commonplace.  Most hotels offer IDD services from your hotel room. To call mainland China from abroad, dial 00 + 86 (China code) + the city code (e.g. 10 is Beijing) + number.  E.g. 00-86-10-5467-5554

To call internationally from mainland China (this includes calls to Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan), dial :
00 + country code + number.
To call within mainland China, dial 0 + the city code (see below) + number.

Category	Name	Code	Name	Code	Name	Code
Municipalities	Beijing	10	Shanghai	21	Tianjin	22
	Chongqing	23
Provincial Capitals	Guangzhou	20	Shenyang	24	Nanjing	25
	Wuhan	27	Chengdu	28	Xi’an	29
Province	Hebei	31/35	Shanxi	35	Henan	37/39
	Liaoning	41	Jilin	43/44	Heilongjiang	45
	Inner Mongolia	47	Jiangsu	51/52	Shandong	53/63
	Anhui	55/56	Zhejiang	57	Fujian	59
	Hubei	71	Hunan	73/74	Guangdong	75/76
	Guangxi	77	Jiangxi	79	Sichuan	81/82/83
	Guizhou	85	Yunnan	87	Tibet	891
	Hainan	898	Shaanxi	91	Gansu	93
	Ningxia	95	Qinghai	97	Xinjiang	99
Special Administrative Regions	Hong-Kong	852	Macao	853

Health care

Other useful information :

Time differences with Beijing
When it's noon (1200) in Beijing...
London 0400
Perth 1200
Sydney 1400
Auckland 1600
Los Angeles 2000 (previous day)
Chicago 2200 (previous day)
New York 2300 (previous day)
All of China is in the same time zone (GMT+8), and there is no daylight saving.

Electricity
The electric current is 220V, 50 cycles AC.  Sockets come in two types, 2 flat prongs, and 3 flat or rounded prongs.  Adaptors are necessary, and can sometime be bought in China, depending on what country's plus you need to adapt.