Centrally located, west of the New World Center Shopping Mall with a super market, coffee shops, pubs and restaurants, next to Chongwenmen subway line 2, line 5 stations, close to Tian'anmen Square / the Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven and Beijing Railway Station.

位于北京市中心崇文门地铁站边繁华的新世界中心西侧的高档现代化公寓,新世界中心路口向西左侧。距离北京火车站、王府井步行街步行10分钟，距离天安门、天坛步行20分钟。购物方便、交通便捷,周边地铁站和多条公交线路可方便快捷的到达市区的各位置。

Studio room (on the 2nd floor) with kitchenette, refrigerator, water heater, electric cooker, sheets and linen, private bath room with 24-hour hot water, adsl internet access, 24-hr security, air-conditioning, TV with English channel, English speaking landlord.

房间内24小时热水、床单被褥、LG空调、简洁厨房（热水器、电锅、冰箱可做饭）等完善设施。适合出差、自助游或其他来北京旅游短期住宿。比宾馆住宿更便宜、方便、自由。

  A.RMB190-   B.RMB190-  C.RMB150-

Supermarket, laundry, fast food and restaurant or bar inside or around. McDonald's, KFC, Pizza Hut, Starbucks, Le Jazz cafe, New world shopping mall with supermarket, Bank of China and other 5 banks with 24 hr ATM are all within 5 minutes walk.

超市 快餐 酒吧 洗衣店 餐厅位于公寓内或周边。卖当劳、肯德基、必胜客、星巴克、乐杰士、永和豆浆、仙踪林、新世界购物中心、各大银行及24小时取款机等均在步行5分钟范围内。

Studios type A. B. (with private bathroom and open kitchenette, 1 double bed or 2 single beds):

Less than 1 week: RMB￥190元/night天 (about USD$28/€20/night天) water/electricity inclusive 包括水电费

Over 1 week: RMB￥1280元/week周, RMB183/night天（about US$190/€136/week周, US$27/€19.5/night天）water/electricity not inclusive (around RMB20/week) 不包括水电费

Over 1 months: RMB￥4845元/month月, RMB162元/night天（about US$717/€514/month月, US$24/€17/night天）water/electricity not inclusive (around RMB20/week) 不包括水电费

Over 2 months: RMB￥3990元/month月, RMB133/night天 (about USD$590/€424/month月, US$20/€14/night天) water/electricity not inclusive (around RMB20/week) 不包括水电费

Studios type C. (with private bathroom and open kitchenette, 1 double bed): ***occupied

Less than 1 week: RMB￥150元/night天 (about USD$22/€16/night天) water/electricity inclusive 包括水电费

(No deposit required  无需押金,Free Wi-Fi wireless broadband ADSL internet access 免费宽带. US$ and Euro rates are just for reference and payment will be based on current exchange rate.）

*Rate of hotels in the same area:

Hademen Hotel, 3-star, standard room:          from RMB588(about US$87/€56)/night

Chongwenmen Hotel, 3-star, standard room:  from RMB780(about US$115/€75)/night

Novotel, Xinqiao, 4-star, standard room:         from RMB2017(about US$298/€192)/night

Marriott, Courtyard, 4-star, standard room:     from RMB2080(about US$307/€198)/night

*Reservation and cancellation policy:

The preferred method for making reservations is via the Web through email correspondence. Full rental of the total number of nights reserved will need to be paid upon moving into the apartment. Rental for unused nights, those resulting from delayed check-in or early check-out, is not refundable. I understand that sometimes plans fall through. For any amendment or cancellation of your booking, please make sure to email me or call me at least two weeks ahead of your check-in date. In the case of a guest "No Show", the reservation will be cancelled. As I do not request any deposit or pre-payment while making a reservation, as most of other hotels and apartment owners do require, I do ask renters who make a booking with me, honor their reservations and value my flexible booking service. I appreciate your courtesy towards my business and the cancellation policy. As a result of a "No Show" and no attempt to contact me before hand, the name of the renter will be listed on my web page's BLACK LIST that can be searched by most search engines when any one search for the person's relevant information, and will be added to the official BLACK LIST in the country, due to making false reservations. The individual will encounter a problem when attempting to reserve a rental in the future with any and all other hotels or apartments. 

Buying China train tickets: assist to buy China train tickets from Beijing to Shanghai, Xi'an etc. and train tickets from / to other different cities in China

Airport pick-up or drop-off: RMB￥250 or US$37

Laundry service: e.g. trousers/jean/shirt/T-shirt: RMB￥3.3 (USD$0.5)

Cleaning room and washing sheets: RMB20 or US$3 once

Car rental (seats upto 4 passengers, with driver/tour guide): RMB￥800/day

(*9am-5pm, tour to places like Great Wall at Badaling / Mutianyu / Simatai / Jinshanling, Summer Palace, etc.)

I usually take guests to different parts of the Great Wall, all with cable car, for a whole day from 9:00-17:00. Renting a taxi is of more or less the same price or maybe a bit higher. Prices quoted are for transportation only. Entrance ticket fee of around RMB￥50/person and cable car ticket fee of around RMB￥30 in each part are not inclusive.

1, RMB￥800, Great Wall at Badaling and Ming Tombs, most tourists go, very crowded, 70km to down town, renovated part, easy to go to.

2, RMB￥800, Great Wall at Mutianyu, less crowded, 80km to down town, also by high way, original wall.

3, RMB￥1000, Great Wall at Simata, much less crowded, 140km to down town with high way and country road, supposed to be the most difficult part to be built on higher mountains and cliffs, original wall, recommended site by Lonely Planet travel guide, no public transport.

4, RMB￥1200, Great Wall at Jinshanling, much less crowded, 160km to down town, joined with Simatai part, hiking from Jinshanling to Simatai is strongly recommended by Lonely Planet travel guide, takes longer time and energy (90:00-19:00), no public transport.

Address: West to the New World Center Shopping Mall, Chongwenmen, Beijing, 100062, China

地址：北京崇文门新世界中心西侧“北京商界”

For inquiry or reservation, please contact:

咨询或预定请联系：

Mr. Kelvin Wang 王先生

Email: kelvinyg_wang@yahoo.com.cn

Mobile Phone:

(0086)13911221584

(*Email enquiries will be normally replied within 24 hours. If you do not receive any reply, please check your spam or junk folders.

*You can high-light and print this part and address-in-Chinese.jpg to show the taxi driver when arriving. )

New World Shopping Center 新世界购物中心 - super market in the basement, department stores, fashion shops, hair salons, gym, ice-skating rink and a food court on the 5th floor. Within 5 minutes walk. (open from 9:00-21:30/22:00)

Carrefour (Fangzhuang) 家乐福超市 - 3-4 bus stops or a less than ￥12  by taxi  from the apartment.

Glory Mall with Lotte Mart supermarket 国瑞城 - big shopping center with Lotte Mart super market, food court, restaurants and cinema.

SoShow 搜秀城 - a big market opposite to the New World Center with a cinema and a food court upstairs, as well as a internet cafe on the 3rd floor.

Tong Ren Tang 同仁堂 - next to the SoShow market building, a drug store for traditional Chinese medicines and western medicines. a Bank of China office in the same building.

Hongqiao Pearl Market 红桥市场 - going down south from the main street nearby the apartment to the next traffic lights, east to the wall of the Temple of Heaven. It is a good source of extremely cheap no-name or fake brand electronics, sunglasses, batteries, watches etc.  Bargaining also required. The Market sells not only pearls but also leather suitcases, cameras, cell phone accessories, watches and Chinese arts and crafts works.

Saige Digital and electric market 赛格数码电子商城 - south of the apartment for about 5-10 minutes walk, selling digital electric appliances, computer and computer accessories. Shops for repairing computers.

Dazhong Electric Appliance Shop 大中电器 - one block south to the apartment building, selling all kinds of electrical home appliances.

KFC 肯德基, McDonald's (24h) 麦当劳, Starbucks Coffee 星巴克, Costa coffee, Pizza Hut 必胜客 Burger King (24h) and the Pizza Company 品奇匹萨 are all located at the ground floor of the 3 shopping centers, facing the main street.

Yuanlu Rotary Sushi Restaurant 元绿回转寿司 - on the ground floor of the New World Center.

RBT Tea House 仙踪林 - ground floor of New World Center, serving tea drinks and set meals for around RMB20. Call delivery service at 67080507 or visit www.rbt.com.cn

Yoshinoya 吉野家 - Japanese style fast food restaurant entering from the 1st floor of SoShow market.

New World Gourmet Center 新世界商场美食街 - big food courts on the 5th floor of the 1st building and also on the 3rd floor of the 2nd building of the New World Shopping Center selling a variety of both Chinese and western food ranging from RMB10-25.

Pianyifang Roast Duck Restaurant 便宜坊烤鸭店 - on the 3rd floor of the second phase of the New World Shopping Center, it is one of the two most famous Beijing roast duck restaurants from the history serving Beijing dishes and roast ducks.

Beijing Fortune Long Soybean Sauce Noodle Restaurant  老北京炸酱面大王 - on the 1st floor of the "Beijing Business World" office building just next to the apartment building, serving typical Beijing dishes and soybean sauce noodle which is one of the most popular food for local people family's daily meal.

Dawanju 大碗居 - on the 1st floor of the "Beijing Business World" office building just next to the apartment building, local Chinese food with less expensive Beijing Roast Duck. market.

Sichuan Hotpot Restaurant 新辣道梭边鱼火锅 - on the 2nd floor of the "Beijing Business World" office building just next to the apartment building, spicy Sichuan hotpot, one of the popular Sichun hotpot restaurant chain store.

Temple of heaven 天坛 - Going down south two blocks away from the main road in front of the apartment building. Built in the Ming dynasty, the Temple of Heaven was used for the emperors of Ming and Qing dynasties to pray to the heaven for good harvest each year.

Dongbianmen Watch Tower and Ancient Inner City Wall 皇城根和东便门角楼 - Ruin of the ancient inner city wall starts from Chongwenmen intersection and lasts for about 1.5km connecting to the Dongbianmen Watch Tower which is a remnant of the corner of the rectangular wall. Inside this ancient tower built in 1436, is the location of Red Gate Gallery exhibiting contemporary Chinese painting works.

Ancient Observatory 古观象台 - The Ancient Observatory is situated at the south side of Jianguomen. It is one of the famous historic sites of astronomy and "An Exhibition Hall of Beijing Ancient Astronomical Instruments of Beijing Planetarium". The Observatory is an elevated brick-built terrace structure and on it are the huge astronomical instruments made of bronze on display.

Wangfujing Shopping Street 王府井步行街 - Going north to the next traffic lights and turning left to walk along the huge complex called "Oriental Plaza", you will find the entrance of the street starting from Beijing Hotel. Wangfujing street and its surroundings have quite a selection of shopping options.  There are two western style, modern malls.  One has an English name written on it saying "Sun Dong An".  This one is the older of the two, situated on the center crossroads of Wangfujing street, 12 minute walk north of the subway station.  It has 6 floors of shops and some pretty glass elevators.  Here you can find fashion stores, souvenirs, cafes and restaurants, a cinema and a built-in large department store with some reasonably priced high-quality electronics.

Tian'anmen Square & the Forbidden City 天安门广场和故宫 - Within 20 minute walk west to the Wangfujing Street along the Chang'an Avenue, situated at the heart of Beijing, the Palace Museum is approached through Tian'anmen Gate. Immediately to the north of the Palace Museum is Prospect Hill (also called Coal Hill), while on the east and west are Wangfujing and Zhongnanhai neighborhoods. It is a location endowed with cosmic significance by ancient China's astronomers. Correlating the emperor's abode, which they considered the pivot of the terrestrial world, with the Pole Star (Ziweiyuan), which they believed to be at the center of the heavens, they called the palace The Purple Forbidden City. The Palace Museum, historically and artistically one of the most comprehensive Chinese museums, was established on the foundation of the palace that was the ritual center of two dynasties, the Ming and the Qing, and their collections of treasures. Designated by the State Council as one of China's foremost protected monuments in 1961, the Palace Museum was also made a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1987.

Buying a Train Ticket

Train travel is generally a great way to get around China. It is cheap (much less expensive than air travel) and generally very comfortable. Gone are the days of wooden seats at ninety-degree angles with loud speakers blaring propaganda. Trains nowadays have four classes, refreshment carts and decent (if not fabulous) bathrooms.
Obstacles to Buying a Train Ticket

But the first step in all of this is booking a ticket and here is where China is lagging behind the rest of the world. First, the only way to book a train ticket is for you, or someone on your behalf, to go physically to the station from which you're departing and buy you a ticket.

Second, train seats aren't released very far in advance and there's really no telling when seats go on sale. Generally, you can buy tickets two weeks prior to your departure date. But if you're thinking about booking now for next year, forget it.

This is all rather a pain, especially if you're backpacking through China around Chinese New Year and you want to make sure you get that soft sleeper from Beijing to Shanghai for the twelve-hour trip.

Overcoming the Train Ticket Obstacles

Obviously, if you've got the time, you can go to the station yourself and book your tickets. But if you can't, then agents can act on your behalf.

If you're not physically in China, find yourself a good travel agent in China to book things for you. A Chinese agent will be cheaper than your agent back home and probably a little more flexible. Of course there will likely be a nominal fee on top of the ticket price, but this is worth the peace-of-mind as well as the time saved.

Your agent can courier you the tickets to wherever you are but the thing to do is just to have them hold on to the tickets until you arrive in China and then have them sent to wherever you're staying.

Another way to go about booking tickets without your physical presence is to ask your hotel concierge to do it. Even if you're at a small inn without a concierge, they will likely be able to help you out. Again, especially for that small inn with no official concierge, you can probably talk them into going for you for a small fee.

The Joy of Train Travel

Now sit back with a good book or just watch the stretch of humanity go by your window. One of the luxuries of train travel is that it allows you to see just what lays in between the cities of millions that dot the country.

By Sara Naumann, About.com Guide

GSM networks (GSM 1800 and 900) provide coverage in every city. CDMA network run by China Unicom is improving its coverage. It has signed agreements with 13 other mobile operators from North America, South America and the Asia-Pacific region, with networks covering 60 per cent of global CDMA subscribers. So roaming with a dual band or tri band handset or use of COSMOTE card alike will make your phone work in China. Mobile phone rental service is hardly available in China.

It is easy to buy a local GSM SIM card in China. Shenzhouxing, issued by China Mobile and Ruyitong, issued by China Unicom are recommended for foreign travelers in China, since they require no document. A SIM card costs around100 RMB (with RMB50 for making phone calls) depends on its provider and combination of numbers. Prepaid charging card in amount of 50 RMB and 100 RMB are available in post offices, stores, newsstands and super markets. It is easy to use with bilingual prompt. When you call and the credit is low, a voice prompt will ask you to recharge. (You can buy the cheapest SIM card with RMB50 at about RMB90 in the shops on the first floor of this apartment.)

In China, operators charge both incoming and outgoing calls. A non-roaming subscriber of Shenzhouxing needs to pay 0.60 RMB/M for a local call, 0.60 RMB/M plus 0.07 RMB/6 seconds for a long distance call, 0.60 RMB/M plus 0.80 RMB/6 seconds for a international call and 0.60 RMB/M plus 0.20 RMB/6 seconds for a call to Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. Receiving an incoming call cost 0.60 RMB/M. A roaming subscriber within the country needs to pay 0.80 RMB/M for a local call, 0.80 RMB/M plus 0.07 RMB/6 seconds for a long distance call, 0.80 RMB/M plus 0.80 RMB/6 seconds for a international call and 0.80 RMB/M plus 0.20 RMB/6 seconds for a call to Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. Receiving an incoming call cost 0.80 RMB/M plus 0.80 RMB/6 seconds. Ruyitong's rate is a little bit lower.

China Telecom, China Unicom, China Netcom and China Jitong issue IP cards. Rates for international calls are different regarding to different issuers. China Unicom's rate for calls to Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan usually is 1.5 RMB/M, 2.6 RMB/M to America and Canada while 3.6 RMB/M to other countries. The other operators' rates for international calls are either a little bit higher or lower than that of China Unicom. Currently, the IP phone service has covered the whole country, providing international service between China and over 200 countries and regions.

IDD service is available at all hotels and post offices. China country code is 86 and outgoing international code is 00. Telephone booths can be seen everywhere, in hotels, restaurants, airports as well as on the street. Various phone cards are sold in China, available in post offices inside hotels or at most newsstands on the street. Among them IC card and IP card are recommended for convenience and low price respectively.

Most public telephones you see in China are IC telephones, which are for local, long distance call and IDD. Generally IC telephone cards are available in amount of 20 RMB, 30 RMB, 50 RMB and 100 RMB. The rate for local call is 0.20 RMB/3 minutes while a call exceeding 3 minutes is charged 0.10 RMB per 6 seconds for the extra. Long distance call rate varies according to the distance. International calls with IC telephone cards are relatively expensive, usually over 10 RMB/M. During off peak period and holidays, calls with IC cards enjoy discounts up to 50%. Emergency calls 121 (weather), 119(fire), 120 (hospital), 110 (police) are free and require no phone cards. IC card is issued by China Telecom solely.

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