Be ware of those illegal buses or cars which give foreign tourists a delivery to the GREAT WALL. If you get on this kind of vehicles, you will be cheated cause they will add additional fees again and again. Of course, this won’t happen if you take tour guide for a company. And if you know that a legal tour bus plaque starts with “B”; you will not be cheated.
Emergency Call Number:
Call 110 for police help; 120 for Emergency Center; and 119 is the fire emergency number.
Money Exchange:
Renminbi(RMB) is the legal currency in China. You may exchange the forneign currency into RMB in Chinese Banks. Great Britain Pound, Euro, U.S. Dollar, Swiss Franc, Singapore Dollar, Danish Crown, Swedish Crown, Japanese Yen, Norwegian Crown, Canadian Dollar, Australian Dollar. Philippine Peso and Thai Baht are all exchangeable.
Universities information:
Beijing International Studies University
Address: #1 Ding Fu Zhuang, Chao Yang District, Beijing
http://www.bisu.edu.cn/