Travel Information

To those who have been invited to Dalian OCS conference:

1. RMB 3500 will be paid to each invitee in Dalian by organizer, see www.629.gov.cn

2. spouse or families can go together since every invitee will have a separate room at Dalian International hotel (4-star level) in the center of the city.

3. pickup service will be available at dalian airport and railway station. it is only 20 min from airport to hotel.

4. you need to buy your own air tickets, international and domestic. at this high season, int'l tickets are hard to get now. please book them immediately.

Travel agencies:
Bestway travel: San Jose, CA, Tel 408-289-1578 free delivery to home at Bay area
American travel: Mtn View, CA, tel 650-961-7777 ask for Ivy (Castro Street)
Air China San Francisco Airport (SFO), CA, 650-877-0750
NY Chinese Travel: 718-229-0486 for Ms. Chen Hong
SFO-china round trip price is about $640.

5. if you want to apply to Dalian OCS conference now, please do it today from www.gochinaexpo.com, and send an email to zhu@scoba.org so that i can notify the organizer for timely assistance.

International flight:
Air China: SFO - Shanghai or Beijing
United Air: SFO-Japan-Dalian
other airlines also go from SFO or LAX to HK, Beijing, Shanghai.

China Domestic flights:
Beijing to Dalian, daily, 8-12 flights (9AM - 9:30PM), 800RMB/one way
Shanghai to Dalian, daily, 1-2 flights, 1000 RMB for one way
Domestic air tickets can be sold by US travel agencies or at most hotels and all airports in China

To find more info about dometic flights, go to http://www.caft.com and enter the origin and destination.

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Conference High-Lights (Chinese flyer in Word)

- Best season to visit the most beautiful city in China
- 400 OCSs invited worldwide for 1 week in Dalian/Liaoning
- 100 million RMB VC fund ready to support 100 start-ups by OCS (RMB 1 million each)
- 500 Liaoning/Dalian companies join the conference looking for partners/tech
- financial support for international air fare
- free hotel and food in Dalian and Liaoning
- meet with Ministers of MOST, MOE and others
- meet with Liaoning party chief/governor and Dalian mayor
- discussions with Hi-tech Park officials
- group meetings with VC and other investors
- business meetings with Liaoning/Dalian/other business partners
- opportunity to visit universities/institutes/companies/sight-seeing
- free booth space for your company/product posters and demos
- tour to other cities in Liaoning
- chances to meet old friends and make new friends worldside

Requirements on Attendees

- must have cooperation project(s) with companies/universities/institutes/government/etc
- must be experts from all areas in sciences, technologies, engineering, manufacturing, etc.
- must fax back application form or apply from web site

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Where to Apply for Participation & Financial Aid?
Click here to apply

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Conference Contacts

Financial Aid for Travel

Country	Amount (RMB)*
US and Canada	3,500
Europe	4,500
Japan	2,600
Australia	3,000
New Zealand	3,500
HK, Macao	2,000
Korea	2,000
Other East Asian Countries	2,000

* Local transportation and accommodations (food and hotel) in Dalian are provided free to all invited attendees.

Event Agenda