Side Trip to Guangxi
(For Pre-registered associates of the Federation of Hong Kong Business Associations Worldwide)

(All appointments are subject to confirmation)
 
Registration deadline : 20 Oct 2010
Participation Fee : HK$7600 (1 person only)
HK$6850 X 2 (2 persons sharing one room)
Cancellation after 15 Oct : No Refund
 
Date Time Activities

27 Nov (Sat)

Hong Kong – Guilin (桂林市)

15:50

Depart Hong Kong for Guilin via HX121 (1hour 30 mins)

17:20

Arrive at Guilin Liangjiang International Airport (桂林市兩江機場)

Located in the northeast of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guilin has always been a famous historic and cultural city in China. Guilin is also an up-and-coming industrial city which has already developed a number of pillar industries such as equipment manufacturing, electronic information, auto and components manufacturing, food products, medicine and bioengineering, rubber products, and agricultural non-staple processing. Guilin also currently enjoys developmental advantages as one of the three National Tourism Experimental Zones in the whole of China.


18:30 - 20:00

Briefing and Welcome Dinner hosted by Guilin Municipal Government


18:30

Welcome Dinner hosted by Guilin Municipal Government


20:30

Check-in at Shangri-La Hotel, Guilin

Address: 111 Huan Cheng Bei Er Lu, Guilin, Guangxi 541004, China
Tel: 86-733-269 8888


28 Nov (Sun)

Guilin – Yangshuo County (陽朔縣)

08:00

Check-out from hotel


08:30 – 10:00

Bus transfer to Yangti Pier


10:00 – 11:30

Li River Cruise from Guilin to Yangshuo (漓江遊)

The Li River cruise from Guilin to Yangshuo is considered a highlight of a China holiday. The 83-kilometer long waterway winds its way between sheer cliffs, with bamboo groves lining the river banks and farmers going about daily routines in the fields.

Some 65km south of Guilin, Yangshuo is a beautiful county embraced by the Li and Yulong Rivers. With the most-developed tourism infrastructure among the counties in Guilin, Yangshuo has recently started developing and optimising its industries by combining business, tourism and real estate in a bid to attract business travel and high-end tourism.

 

12:30 – 14:15

Welcome Luncheon hosted by Yangshuo County Government


14:50 – 15:50

Visit to Shangri-La (世外桃源)

"Shangri-La" means “ideal living place” and refers to a location similar to the Garden of Eden or heaven. This depiction of Shangri-la (Shi Wai Tao Yuan) was built according to the poetic imagery depicted in Tao Hua Yuan Ji by the famous Jin Dynasty poet Tao Yuanming. Located along the Guiyang Road, about 49 km from downtown Guilin and 15 km away from Yangshuo, it boasts a charming rural location, folk customs and fascinating ethnic minority buildings and architecture.



16:40

Check in at the Guilin Yangshuo Resort (陽朔河畔渡假酒店)

Address:North side of the Gongnong Bridge, Gaotian Town, Yangshuo County, Guilin, Guangxi Province, China
Tel:86-773-691 9988

 

17:45 – 18:45

Casual Dinner


19:10 – 21:10

Performance of “Impressions – Liu Sanjie” (印象 – 劉三姐)

Liu Sanjie is a folk heroine from Southern China who is said to have used her great singing voice to protest against the injustice of repressive landlords. “Impressions – Liu Sanjie” is a multimedia show with a cast of 500 and the Li River as a backdrop. It was created by filmmaker Zhang Yimou, who directed opening and closing ceremonies for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.


21:20

Return to hotel

29 Nov (Mon) Yangshuo County –Guilin –Nanning
07:30

Check-out from hotel


08:00 – 09:30

Bus transfer to Guilin (1hr 30mins)


09:30 – 10:30

Visit to the Guilin Daewoo Bus Co., Ltd (桂林大宇客車有限公司)

Address: No.10, Jingping Road, Xiangshan Dis., Guilin
(廣西桂林市淨瓶路10號)

Established in 1994, Guilin Daewoo Bus Co., Ltd is a joint venture between Guilin Bus Industrial Group (China) and Daewoo Bus Corporation (Korea). As a key bus manufacturer of the Ministry of Transportation, Guilin Daewoo has developed more than 100 models, ranging from 8-12metres. Sales have been in the first rank in China’s bus industry.


11:00 – noon

Visit to Reed Flute Cave (蘆笛景區)

Located five kilometers northwest of downtown Guilin, the Reed Flute Cave is on the itinerary for almost all visitors to this area. The cave got its name from verdant reeds which grow outside and can be fashioned into flutes. Inside the water-eroded cave is a spectacular world of stalactites, stone pillars and rock formations created by carbonate deposition.


12:30 – 13:30

Casual Lunch


13:30 – 19:00

Bus transfer to Nanning (5 hr 30 mins)


19:30 – 21:00

Welcome Dinner hosted by Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Foreign Affairs Office (廣西壯族自治區外事辦公室)


21:15

Check in at the Nanning Marriott Hotel (南寧鑫偉萬豪酒店)

Address:131 Min Zu Boulevard,Qing Xiu District, Nanning
(青秀區民族大道 131 號)
Tel:0771-5366688


30 Nov (Tue) Nanning – Hong Kong
08:30

Check-out from hotel


09:30 – 10:30

Visit to PuraPharm (Nanning) Medicine Co. Ltd (培力(南寧)藥業有限公司)

Established in 1998,PuraPharm focuses on the R&D, manufacturing and marketing of Chinese medicine and dietary supplements in Hong Kong as well as the global market. Leveraging on the production facilities and local support in Nanning, it has become one of the fastest growing Chinese Medicine companies in Hong Kong.


11:30 – noon

Briefing by The People’s Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region


noon – 13:30

Welcome Luncheon hosted by The People’s Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region


14:15 – 15:15

Visit to Guangxi Nanning Water Co., Ltd (廣西綠城水務股份有限公司)

Established in 2006, Guangxi Nanning Water Co Ltd's business operations include processing and distribution of tap water, city sewage treatment, construction and operation of water treatment facilities and related technical advisory services, development and training operations. It is responsible for 95 per cent of tap water supply, and more than 80 per cent of wastewater treatment operations in Nanning. With total assets valued at RMB1.8 billion and 1,054 employees, the company also owns seven water processing plants, two water-pumping stations, two branch offices and a holding subsidiary.


16:15

Depart for Nanning airport


17:25

Depart for Hong Kong via CZ3089 (1hr 25 mins)


18:50

Arrive Hong Kong



NB:

  1. Company visits may be adjusted according to the nature of the delegation.

The programme is subject to change.

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