BEIJING

IDENTITY CARD

Currency In June 2018, 1 Yuan = 0.13 Euros
Area code + 86 (China) 10 (Beijing) 22 (Tianjin)
Time difference : +6 hours

GETTING THERE

FINNAIRThe Finnish airline, which in 1988 was the very first in Europe to operate a direct service to China, now offers a daily flight between Paris and Beijing via Helsinki and serves a total of seven major Chinese cities. What are the advantages for business travellers of splitting their trip via Helsinki? From Finland, it's just seven hours by plane to Beijing. This means you can take a break on the way and enjoy excellent Scandinavian service. The business class menu includes smoked fish, local salmon and desserts presented in vintage-style crockery. The toiletries, slippers and duvets are by Marimekko, the famous Finnish designer. Even in economy class, the paper napkins are printed with the colourful motifs so typical of the designer.
Tel: 0821 025 111 - Internet: www.finnair.com

AIR FRANCE operates two daily services between Paris and Beijing using Boeing B777s in three classes for the daytime flight and four classes - including one First - for the night flight.
Tel: 0 892 70 26 54 - Internet: www.airfrance.com

AIGLE AZUR has been offering three services a week from Paris Orly since September using a two-class Airbus A330.
Tel: 0810 797 997 - Internet : www.aigle-azur.com

AIR CHINA operates seven weekly flights to Beijing.
Tel: 00800 86 100 999 - Internet: www.airchina.fr

HOTELS

FAIRMONT BEIJING

This hotel, which has already been in existence for around ten years, is undergoing a major transformation. With the prestigious Canadian luxury brand Fairmont having recently been acquired by the AccorHotels group, this establishment in the Central Business District is in the process of being redesigned. The VIP Gold Lounge has already been renovated, while the vast club lounge on the 20^e The first floor has also been given a facelift. As for the 222 rooms, they should also soon benefit from a breath of fresh air. To meet the requirements of the Fairmont brand and its very high level of service, the hotel trains its staff to North American standards. For example, the hotel offers a number of extras for business travellers, including 'Fairmont Fit', a fitness programme that includes the loan of shoes and sportswear for express travellers who don't want to carry extra luggage. In Beijing, the 222 rooms are also equipped with an air filter that absorbs the fine particles linked to pollution. You can breathe...
8 Yong An Dong Li. Jian Guo Men Wai Avenue - Tel: +86 10 85 11 77 77
Email : beijing@fairmont.com - Internet : www.fairmont.com

RITZ-CARLTON BEIJING

Opened in 2006, this address in Beijing Financial Street, the capital's financial centre, is beautifully sober. In the lobby, the Cristal Bar, all in rock crystal, offers a major curiosity: the digital café latté. The idea is that you send your photo to the barman, who prints it on the milk foam. In addition to this high-tech innovation, the 253-room hotel plays a more traditional card, that of feng shui, much appreciated by Chinese business travellers. Five elements steal the show in this certified 'green hotel': water, earth, air, fire and metal. Other Far Eastern touches include the cloud symbol - as found in temples - and the Chinese characters embroidered on the sheets, signifying the idea of 'comfort'. Since the
19^e On the top floor, the club lounge, you can see the capital.
83A Jian Guo Road, China Central Place, Chaoyang District - Tel : +86 10 5908 8888 - Email : rc.bjsrz.leads@ritzcarlton.com - Internet : www.ritzcarlton.com

HYATT REGENCY BEIJING

Situated in the Wangjing Central Business District, this establishment opened in 2017 and resembles an urban forest made up of courtyards planted with trees. In all, the Hyatt Regency offers 348 rooms, equipped with the delicious Hyatt Grand Beds, five restaurants and 5,600 m2 of meeting space.
Lei Shing Hong Center, 8 Guangshun South Street, Chaoyang District. -
Tel: +86 10 8630 1234 - Internet: beijingwangjing.regency.hyatt.com

HOTEL JEN BEIJING

Opened a year ago, this latest-generation hotel with coworking space, gastro-pub and micro-brasserie offers a spirit that's right up with the times. This 'millenials' brand, launched by the Shangri-La group, attracts travellers in search of relaxation, freshness and pizzazz. In all, there are 450 bright rooms bursting with colour.
1 Jianguomenwai Avenue. - Tel: +86 10 6505 2277 - Email: hellobeijing@hoteljen.com -
Internet: www.hoteljen.com

Other major business hotels

HOTEL PULLMAN BEIJING

12 Ronghua South Road - Tel : +86 10 8722 8888 - Email : h7025-fo3@accor.com - Internet : accorhotels.com

THE ST. REGIS BEIJING

21 JianGuomenwai Dajie - Tel: +86 10 64 60 66 88 - Email: stregis.beijing@stregis.com - Internet : st-regis.marriott.com

INTERCONTINTENTAL FINANCIAL STREET

11 Financial Street - Tel : + 86 10 58525100 - Email : gsc@intercontifsbj.com - Internet: www.ihg.com

GRAND MERCURE BEIJING CENTRAL

6 Xuanwumen Nei Avenue, Xicheng District - Tel : +86 10 6603 6688 - Email : reservations@grandmercurebeijing.com - Internet : accorhotels.com

BEIJING HOTEL NUO

2A Jiangtai Road, Chaoyang District. - Tel: +86 10 5926 8888 - Email: info.beijing@nuohotel.com - Internet : www.nuohotel.com

Budget hotels

IBIS BEIJING SANYUAN

The Ibis Beijing Sanyuan, located in the heart of the Sanyuan business district, is a great option for the business traveller on a budget. Ibis comfort is the same as in France and there is an attractive restaurant with terrace offering 24-hour service. This 287-room hotel is just a few minutes from embassies and department stores. It is equipped with all the amenities needed for a business trip.
Tower 17, A5 Shuguang Xili, Chaoyang District - Tel : +86 10 5829 6999 - Email : IBISsyq-bj@huazhu.com - Internet : www.accorhotels.com

JI BEIJING 798 ART ZONE

For art-loving business travellers, this budget hotel is not only close to Wangjing Technology Park and the China International Conference and Exhibition Centre, but also across the road from the 798 Contemporary Art Zone. The hotel offers 164 very sober and comfortable rooms, with high-speed internet access, multilingual satellite TV, electronic safe and minibar.
6 Caihong Road, Chaoyang District. - Tel: +86 10 6438 8058 - Internet: www.accorhotels.com

RESTAURANTS

YU

Although the chef hails from Guangzhou, China's leading gastronomic centre, and excels in preparing regional dishes, he also gives free rein to his talent when it comes to preparing Beijing's great speciality, Peking duck. In this restaurant at the very chic Ritz-Carlton, the soups are presented in burners to keep them piping hot. You can also enjoy seafood, delicately marinated beef, curious mushrooms and succulent dim sum.
83A Jian Guo Road - Phone : +86 10 5908 8111 - Email : rc.bjsrz.leads@ritzcarlton.com - Internet : www.ritzcarlton.com

JING

The French-inspired restaurant at the Peninsula hotel is headed by a Frenchman, Julien Cadiou, who has worked his way up through the ranks of several Michelin-starred restaurants in France. In a very refined setting, where embroidered fabrics set into glass panels serve as screens, you can enjoy neo-bistro cuisine as we like it in Paris. The crab salads are fragrant with yuzu, the lobster is garnished with shiso and chrysanthemum flowers, and the lemon tart has been reinvented to be infinitely melt-in-the-mouth. Even the breads are made on the premises, in the palace kitchens.
8, Goldfish Lane, Wangfujing - Tel: +86 10 8516 2888 ext. 6714 - Internet: www.peninsula.com

HULU

Opened in 2018 in the trendy Sanlitun district, this candy-pink restaurant with its Scandinavian decor offers a bistro-style menu that is both simple and delicate. The menu includes foie gras toast with pickled cabbage, Iberian ham croquettes, melt-in-the-mouth mini burgers and citrus sea urchins. And a plethora of pretty miniature desserts. In summer, cocktails are served on the flower-filled terrace overlooking the district.
3F Taikoo Li South. S4-32, Taikoo Li South. Sanlitun - Phone: +86 10-6512 5701 - Email: Hulu@trb-cn.com - Internet: trb-hulu.com

MERCEDES ME

Designed by HG Merz and operated by Cakeshop Originals, this new 2,800 m2 space dedicated to the Mercedes brand also houses a café, an Asian restaurant, a juice bar, a contemporary Chinese restaurant, a gallery and a lounge. Perfect for catching your breath between appointments.
1 Sanlitun Nan Lu, Chaoyang District. - Tel: + 86 10 8588 7150 - Internet: www.mercedes-benz.com

INFORMATION

FRENCH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY IN CHINA
Suites 201-222, 2F, Building 81, 4 Gongti North Road, Chaoyang District. - Tel: +86 10 6461 0260 - Internet: www.ccifc.org

ECONOMIC SERVICES
French Embassy in China, 60, Tianzelu Chaoyangqu - Tel: +86 10 8531 2000 - Internet: cn.ambafrance.org/-Mission-economique-de-Pekin

OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE CITY OF BEIJING
Internet: www.ebeijing.gov.cn

ALL-CHINA FEDERATION OF INDUSTRY & COMMERCE
70,West Deshengmen Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, China 100035. - Tel: +86 10 5805 0738 - Email: acfic@acfic.org.cn - Internet : www.chinachamber.org.cn

PRACTICAL GUIDES

PÉKIN CARTOVILLEGallimard (2017): here is the fifth edition of this invaluable guide, which makes it easy to navigate the city while gleaning the best addresses. With photos.

BEIJING in a few daysLonely Planet (2016): A very good little guide, easy to slip into your pocket and well illustrated.

BEIJINGPetit Fûté (2018): Good addresses, practical information, must-see visits: the essentials of the Chinese capital.

TIANJIN

HOTELS

HYATT REGENCY TIANJIN EAST

A sober, almost Zen decor for this fine business hotel with 306 elegant, spacious rooms decorated with contemporary Chinese works of art. A beautiful swimming pool, a spa where you can linger, a Regency Club for business customers, all in the heart of the city, but close to all the links leading to the Binhai development zone.
126 Weiguo Road, Hedong District.
Tel: +86 22 2457 1234 - Email: tianjin.regency@hyatt.com - Internet: tianjin.regency.hyatt.com

RADISSON TIANJIN

270 rooms in a 23-storey tower with lovely views over the city, just two minutes from the station. The hotel has a pleasant business lounge, ideal for busy travellers looking for a quick meal. The aromatherapy spa is the perfect place to unwind.
66 Xinkai Road, Hedong District. - Tel: + 86 22 24 57 - Email: sales@radisson-tj.com - Internet: www.radisson.com

RENAISSANCE TIANJIN LAKEVIEW

Just a stone's throw from the new Tianjin municipal offices, this 368-room hotel offers four restaurants, spacious meeting rooms and a pleasant setting on the edge of a charming lake.
16 Bin Shui Road. Hexi District. - Tel: +86 22 5822 3388 - Internet: www.marriott.fr

RESTAURANTS

LE LOFT FUSION RESTAURANT

Run by a Frenchman, this Chinese restaurant also serves foie gras and good bottles of Bordeaux. Some Thai dishes too, such as spicy prawns in coconut milk. Eclectic and friendly. A good address right in the heart of the shopping streets of old Tianjin.
Cross of NanJing Lu and JinZhou Dao - Opposite to Tangla Hotel, Heping District.
- Tel.: +86 22 2723 9363

IN & OUT

Excellent, spicy northern Chinese cuisine, rich in vegetables and rice noodles, all in a sophisticated setting with a very contemporary feel, featuring wood panelling and traditional objects.
55 Luoyang Road, Xian Nong Square, Heping District - Tel: +86 22 5870 1999

INFORMATION

ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE TIANJIN
Wujiayao Dajie. Hexi District. - Tel: +86 22 2354 02290 - Email: info.tianjin@afchine.org - Internet: tianjin.afchine.org/en

TIANJIN COMMISSION OF COMMERCE
158, Dagu North Road, Heping District. - Email : tjspw@tjxzxk.gov.cn - Internet: en.sww.tj.gov.cn

PRACTICAL GUIDES

CHINA TRAVEL GUIDEGallimard (2018): A very comprehensive guide, with a few pages on Beijing's surroundings.