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

(*Note: Subject to final flight schedule for Nov 2010)

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.

Briefing by Guilin Municipal Government

Welcome Dinner hosted by Guilin Municipal Government

Check-in at either

i) Guilin Lijiang Waterfall Hotel (灕江大瀑布飯店)
ii) Sheraton Guilin Hotel(桂林喜來登飯店)

Depart Hong Kong for Guilin via CZ3032 (1hr 15mins)

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

Check-in at hotel

Check-out from hotel

Breakfast

Bus transfer to Yangshuo County (1hr 30mins)

65km away from south Guilin, Yangshuo is a beautiful county embraced by Li River and Yulong River on the outskirts. It has the most developed tourism infrastructure among all the counties in Guilin. Yangshuo has recently began developing and optimize its industries to combine business, tourism and real estate, in order to upgrade itself for business travelling and high-end tourism.

City tour:

i) Bamboo raft cruise on Yulong River(遇龍河)
ii) Visiting the Moon Hill (月亮山)

Casual lunch (Yangshuo Cuisine)

Check in at the Guilin Yangshuo Green Lotus Hotel(陽朔碧蓮江景大酒店)

Address：No.1 Guanlian Rd, Yangshuo County(陽朔觀蓮路1號)
Tel：86-773-8886666

City tour at the Yangshuo West Street (陽朔西街), familiarization with Yangshuo real estate, tourism and commerce developments

Yangshuo West Street has a history of over 1400 years. Whilst retaining the outlook and structure of a typical southern Chinese city, over the last twenty years, it has also become a tourist hotspot with an array of hotels and hostels, traditional souvenir shops, bars and cafés, with a significant Western presence.

Casual Dinner

Attend performance of “Impressions – Liu Sanjie”(《印象 – 劉三姐》)

Venue: Lijiang Landscape Theatre (Junction of Li and Tianhe Rivers)
Liu Sanjie is a folk heroine in Southern China, best known for using her great singing voice to protest against repressive landlords. “Impressions – Liu Sanjie” is a multimedia show directed by Zhang Yimou (the director for the Olympics ceremonies in China in 2008) and boast a cast of 500, performed against the Li River as backdrop.

Return to hotel

Check-out from hotel

Breakfast

Bus transfer to Guilin (1hr 30mins)

Visit to the Guilin Stars Technology Co. Ltd. (桂林星辰科技有限公司)

Address：IT Park, Hi-New Tech Zone, Guilin
(桂林市高新區訊息產業園星辰科技港)
Founded in 1992, Stars Technology is a leading private enterprise focused on the research and development of servomotors, laser power supply and equipments for industrial and strategic applications. It is also involved in the development of hybrid electric vehicles.

Casual Lunch

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.

Casual Dinner

Depart for airport

Depart for Nanning via VD8338 (50 mins)

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

Check-out from hotel

Breakfast

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.

Visit to the Nanning New and Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone (南寧高新區) and the China – ASEAN Enterprises’ Headquarters Base (東盟企業總部基地)

Founded in 1988, the Nanning New and Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone (NNHIDZ) is an important centre for technological developments in Guangxi Province. By the end of 2007, the zone had accumulated 3900 registered companies, 183 of which are hi-tech companies. Major industries include bio-engineering and pharmaceuticals, auto parts and mechanical-electrical manufacturing, and electronic product manufacturing.

The China-ASEAN Enterprises’ Headquarters Base (CAEHB) serves to attract international and regional businesses, research institutions and technology companies to take advantage of the China-ASEAN synergy. It was launched in 2005.

Briefing by the Nanning Municipal Government

Welcome Luncheon hosted by the Nanning Municipal Government

Nanning, the capital city of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is located in southern Guangxi. Nanning has become the permanent host city of China-ASEAN Expo. In the meantime, China-ASEAN Free Trade Zone is accelerating its construction. In Jan 2008, the development scheme of Guangxi Beibu Gulf Economic Zone has been included in the national development plan, and Nanning is the center of Beibu Gulf Economic Zone.

Nanning has the most active service sector in Guangxi, which contributes to about 50% of Nanning’s GDP. Future developments will focus on real estate, tourism, trade, finance, insurance, and exhibition industries, strengthening Nanning’s radiating and driving play for the China-ASEAN Free Trade Zone.

Depart for Nanning airport

Depart for Shenzhen via CZ3273 (1hr)

Arrive at Shenzhen Airport

Depart for Hong Kong via coach

Arrive Hong Kong