2009 APAC Best Practices Conference

Travel Information

Money

The Chinese Yuan (CNY) is the currency in the People's Republic of China (PRC) and is also known as Yuans, and RMB (renminbi). The symbol for CNY can be written ¥, Y, 元, and 圓. The exchange rate is approximately 7RMB per US dollar or 10RMB per Euro. More ...

Visa

A valid passport and visa are required to enter and exit China and must be obtained from Chinese Embassies and Consulates before traveling to China. You can attend this conference on a tourist visa. More ...

Tipping

Tipping is not as common in the Asia Pacific region and China as it is in the US and Europe. More ...

Airports

Shanghai has two airports

Hongqiao (airport code SHA) is the older airport used mainly for flights inside China.
Pudong (airport code PVG) opened in 1999 and is the main international airport for Shanghai. It is new, large, but 30 kilometers from Shanghai center. It features the world‘s only commercial magnetic levitation train that will take you 18 kilometers in 8 minutes to Longyang Road Taxi Station for 50RMB (about $7). From there, it's a short taxi ride to the hotel (less than 30RMB). Printout the hotel name in Chinese here.
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Taxis

Expect to pay cash for taxi fares. Each taxi will have a taxi meter which must be used by the driver else you don't have to pay. At the end of a trip you will be given a receipt listing the price and distance traveled.

It is best to have your destination written in Chinese so that you can show the driver or else have the doorman at the hotel direct the driver. Also, get a written address of the hotel in Chinese from the Concierge and take it with you when you leave the hotel.

Hotel/Conference Location

Renaissance Hotel Pudong
Printout the hotel name in Chinese here