The International Press Center (IPC) of the Foreign Ministry and the Foreign Affairs Offices of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and Gansu Province will co-organize a reporting trip for foreign correspondents accredited in China to Ningxia and Gansu from 23 to 30 April 2007.

 

Tentative Itinerary

 

23 April (Monday)

--12:20    Arriving in Yinchuan by Flight MU2122

--14:50    Leaving for Ningxia Islamic College

--18:00    Welcome Dinner given by local government officials

24 April (Tuesday)

--08:30    Leaving for Lingwu City

--10:10    Interviewing Baijitan Forestation (sand-control project)

--13:30    Leaving for Xingjing Town (poverty-relief project)

25 April (Wednesday)

--08:30    Interviewing officials from relevant local Departments

--10:00    Visiting the Western Xia King Mausoleum

--14:00    Leaving for Zhenbeipu Studios

26 April (Thursday)

--08:00    Leaving for Tongxin County

--10:00    Interviewing Muslim Girls School and Kindergarten

--13:30    Leaving for Honggangzi

--15:00    Leaving for Lanzhou, Gansu Province

--18:00    Arriving in Lanzhou

27 April (Friday)

--09:00    Visiting Gansu Museum

--14:00    Visiting the Institute of Modern Physics

--16:00    Interviewing officials from relevant Departments

--18:00    Welcome Dinner given by local government officials

28 April (Saturday)

--09:10    Leaving for Jiayuguan by Flight HU7431

--14:00    Interviewing Jiuquan Iron and Steel Group

--16:40    Visiting Jiayuguan pass fort

29 April (Sunday)

--08:00    Leaving for Yumen

--09:30   Interviewing Gansu Clean Energy Wind Power Co., Ltd.

--10:30   Leaving for Dunhuang

--15:00   Interviewing the vineyards of Nanhu village

--17:00   Visiting the Yang Pass and the Yang Pass Museum

30 April (Monday)

--09:00   Interviewing Dunhuang Institute of cultural relics

--10:00   Visiting Mogao Grottoes

--15:30   Leaving for Beijing by Flight MU 2417

 

Please buy the air tickets in advance by yourself from Beijing to Yinchuan and from Dunhuang back to Beijing and it is suggested that you take Flight CA1219 to Yinchuan and Flight MU2417 back to Beijing.

Lodging, catering and transportation: RMB 300 yuan per person per day. The Gansu Foreign Affairs Office will reserve for correspondents the air tickets from Lanzhou to Jiayuguan and you can make payment upon arrival at Lanzhou.

 

If you are interested in this trip, please fill up the attached application form and fax it back before 16:00, Wednesday, 18 April 2007. If you have any specific requirements or suggestions, please let us know.

Contact person: Mr. Gao Ming

Phone numbers: 65964312, 65882585

Fax numbers: 65882594, 65963392