Note:
We do not organize tours at this conference. But we are glad to offer help if you want to visit Hangzhou, one of the most beautiful cities in China. 
Please contact us for tours: Mr. Baiheng Wu (bhwu@hznu.edu.cn) Tel: (86) 18768116351

  Hangzhou is a place for meditative and spiritual retreat in times of trouble. This is the most livable city in China, where citizens have the top sense of happiness and security among China. It has many beautiful and unforgettable scenery: the West Lake, the Bejing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, Xi Xi National Wetlands Park, the Qiantang river tidal bore, and Longjing Village. Hangzhou is a historic and cultural city with 8000 years of history, which is reflected in the Longjing green tea, traditional Chinese medicine, and many world intangible cultural heritage, including the art of Chinese seal engraving, the traditional firing technology of Longquan, the Guqin and its music, and sericulture and silk craftsmanship of China. This is also a city that master the art of turning the sense of calmness and happiness into science, productivity and fortune. Many scientists work and live to turn the good wishes into true. It is a wonderful oriental city full of happiness and harmoniousness. Welcome to Hangzhou!

West Lake

  The West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou, comprising the West Lake and the hills surrounding its three sides, has inspired famous poets, scholars and artists since the 9th century.  It comprises numerous temples, pagodas, pavilions, gardens and ornamental trees, as well as causeways and artificial islands.  These additions have been made to improve the landscape west of the city of Hangzhou to the south of the Yangtze river.

  The West Lake has influenced garden design in the rest of China as well as Japan and Korea over the centuries and bears an exceptional testimony to the cultural tradition of improving landscapes to create a series of vistas reflecting an idealised fusion between humans and nature.

Xixi National Wetland Park 

  Xixi National Wetland Park is well known as the "Three Xi’s (West) of Hangzhou" (short for the three landmark attractions in Hangzhou) along with West Lake (Xihu) and Xiling Seal-Engravers Society. Covering an area of 10.08 square kilometers, Xixi National Wetland Park is located in the west part of Hangzhou, less than 5 kilometers away from West Lake. It is China’s first and only national wetland park, which combines urban wetland, farming wetland, and cultural wetland.

Opening Hours: 8:30-17:30 from April 1 to October 31 (no entry after 16:30); 8:30-17:00 from November 1 to March 31 of the following year (no entry after 16:00)

Address: East District: 518 Tianmushan Road, Xihu District; West District (Hongyuan Garden): Longshezui Entrance of Xixi, Wuchang Avenue, Yuhang District

Lingyin Temple and Klippe

  Since ancient times, Hangzhou has been renowned as “the Buddhist Heaven of the Southeast”. Among the many temples in Hangzhou, Lingyin Temple is definitely the most famous one and it’s also the earliest and biggest. In addition, it's one of “the Top Ten Zen Buddhist Temples of China".

  Directly facing the well-known Lingyin temple stands a hill peculiarly named the Peak Flying from Afar (Feilai Peak). The 168-meter-high peak is covered with odd-shaped rocks and green woods, and a stream meanders along its foot. The hill is composed of limestone and distinguishes itself exceedingly from the neighboring mountains. It's said that when the Indian monk Hui Li, founder of Lingyin Temple, saw the spot, he claimed, "It's a portion of Mount Grahrakuta. Why has it flown here?" Hence, it's named "Peak Flying from Afar". Dotted inside its caves and along its steep slopes above the stream are 345-odd stone carvings dating from the Five Dynasties, the Song, and the Yuan dynasties. The most precious of these stone carvings are those Tibetan Buddhism (Lamaism) stone statues from the Yuan Dynasty, which can be called the gem of the grotto statuary in the country.  

Opening Hours: 07:00-18:15

Address: 1 Fayun Lane, Lingyin Road, Xihu District

Telephone: +86 571 87977767

Longjing Village

  Hidden amid the dense forest of Phoenix Hill off the southern shore of West Lake, Inquiring about Tea at Dragon Well keeps attracting tea aficionados like a magnet. Incorporating postcard-perfect natural scenery and rich cultural connotations, it shines as a sparkling gem among West Lake’s treasured sites.

  The charm of Inquiring about Tea at Dragon Well lies not only in its crystal-clear spring with unmatched purity but also in its myriad legends responsible for its enduring charm and legacy. Appreciating the ripples of the Dragon Well, drinking its spring water, and sipping a cup of Longjing tea are three must-dos. Though serene and out of the way, this place receives a regular stream of visitors daily.

Qianjiang New City

  Qianjiang New City Light Show is Hangzhou's new city name card after the G20 Hangzhou Summit. The light show takes center stage in Qianjiang New City, the central business district of Shangcheng District. It consists of 700,000 LED lights installed individually on the facades of 30 buildings along the Qiantang River in the core of Qianjiang New City. The light show applies sound, light, electricity and other modern visual effects, enhanced with large music equipment, natural and cultural landscape, architecture as well as Hangzhou logo, to display words and images on the "giant screen" comprised of over 30 riverbank high-risings, demonstrating a beautiful painting of "Chinese Style and Jiangnan Charm".

Address: 39 Xinye Road, Shangcheng District