The MPEG meeting is hosted by the GZ NELVT Research&Industrialization Center of Peking University.

• 94th MPEG meeting will be held on 11-15 October, 2010

All meetings will take place in the Oriental International Convention Hotel.

Important information and web page updates will be announced in the news section.

We wish you a successful meeting and an enjoyable stay in Guangzhou!

Meeting news

http://www.avslab.org/news/mpeg/2010/7/10712135877966.html

Registration details

Registration fees

Cancellation penalties:

• 500RMB before 2010-09-19
• 50% before 2010-10-04
• from and after 2010-10-04 no refund

Facilities fee includes: 

• 5 days meeting rooms and A/V equipment. 
• Wireless access to Internet. 
• Coffee breaks (twice a day) and lunches.
Dinners are not included in the fees.

Registration

Please make your registration here (click)
For questions regarding payment please contact Professor Liang Fan.

Invitation Letter

http://www.avslab.org/news/mpeg/2010/7/10712135877920.html

General information

MPEG

The 94th MPEG meeting will be held from Monday 11 to Friday 15 Oct. 2010.

Postal Address of the Meeting Location

Guangzhou Baiyun International Convention Center·Oriental International Convention Hotel
Address: No. 1039-1045 Bai Yun South Road
Telephone: +86-020-88800888
Home page: http://www.gzbicc.com/english

Visa Information

http://www.avslab.org/news/mpeg/2010/7/10712135877920.html

Contact:

Registration/Transport: Professor Liang Fan

Venue

Logistic Information

The meeting takes place in Guangzhou Baiyun International Convention Center•Oriental International Convention Hotel:

Address:

No. 1039-1045 Bai Yun South Road

Flight Connection

Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (IATA: CAN, ICAO: ZGGG) is the main airport of Guangzhou, the capital of the province of Guangdong, People's Republic of China. Both airport codes were inherited from the previous Guangzhou airport, and the IATA code reflects Guangzhou's former romanization Canton. A new metro station located under the existing airport terminal building, named Airport South, is under construction. The station is part of the Line 3 northern extension project which will link the airport to the city. The new line is due to be completed before the 16th Asian Games when travelling time between the airport and the city centre will be reduced to about half an hour.

Weather in October

Autumn is a good time to visit Guangzhou. Though it’s autumn, the average temperature is still 30°C. And you should always be prepared for a little rain.

Hotels

Hotel Reservation

Here will have at least two commercial hotels to supply: the Oriental International Convention Hotel(click to download the Reservatino Confirmation form) and the Oriental Resort(click to download the Reservatino Confirmation form).To reserve a room at Oriental International Convention Hotel, please download the Reservatino Confirmation form and remark your registration NO .,then email the form to rsvn@gzbicc.com. The registration NO. will be given when your registration is confirmed. To reserve a room at Oriental Resort, please download the Reservation Confirmation form, and then email the form which you should remark your registration NO. to mqj@263.net.

Update on hotel room reservations, please click http://www.avslab.org/news/mpeg/2010/7/107121134283918.html

1.Welcome to Oriental International Convention Hotel

Guangzhou Baiyun International Convention Center is the largest comprehensive international convention center with most advanced establishment and perfect supporting facilities in South China, which integrates five-star standard hotel, convention center, exhibition center and theatre center, managed by DongFang Hotel Group, the most historical five-star hotel management group in China. The venue is located in the core area of Baiyun New District, which is the modern ecologic commercial and culture center besides Baiyun Mountain. The hotel is the best choice for the highest government and business functions with the 1086 best Mountain View guestrooms and ingenuity building in South China. It is distance to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport for 25 minutes by Taxi and distance to China Import & Export Trade Fair for 20 minutes by Taxi; it is also the appointed host hotel of China Import & Export Trade Fair and the 16th Asian Games.

 

The form below lists out the special discount rates for participants to the meeting. Because Oct.14th to Nov.5th is Import & Export Trade Fair, the price will be higher; we get a room package for the meeting:

From Oct.6th to Oct.9th (per day):

Because the Guangzhou Baiyun International Convention Center will carry on government conference reception from Oct.7 th to Oct.9 th , there will be 15 Deluxe Rooms, 2 Suites only at that time.

From Oct.10th to Oct.15th (total):

Address and Transportation 
Address: No. 1039-1045 Bai Yun South Road 
Telephone: +86-020-88800888
Home page: http://www.gzbicc.com/english

2.Welcome to Guangzhou Oriental Resort

Guangzhou Oriental Resort occupy and draw near and depend on the foot of a mountain of white cloud pregnant with beauty and productive of talent, face Daikin lakeside near, is the garden type noble recreation, meeting, commercial affair, travel, vacationland, it is the reception base of the municipal Party committee and government of Guangzhou at the same time. Been covered with the veil with indistinct one floor all the time because it has strong political complexion, praised as the mysterious " fishing platform of the southern part of the country ". The cuisine relies mainly on " Guangdong Cuisine " in the traditional south of the Five Ridges, can make arrangements for different scale, high-grade feast, elegant and poised suitable various commercial affairs and social banquets. The Western food restaurant is set up refinedly, offer the exquisite European, American Western-style food.

Special room rate for the meeting (156 rooms totally)

For Oct.14th-Oct.15th, which is the Annual Trade Expo, the price is TBD. For delegates who like this one for whole week, please notice the price information on the meeting website.

Transportation

More hotel information:http://www.avslab.org/news/mpeg/2010/7/107121134283918.html

Frequently asked questions

Money

The local currency is the CNY. For current exchange rates you may see Oanda. Major Credit Cards are widely accepted in hotels, restaurants and shops.

Smoking

Smoking is not permitted within public buildings and is not permitted at all on public transport, including domestic air flights.

Shopping hours

Most shopping centres are open from 10am to 10pm Monday through Sunday.

Banking hours

The banks are open at least from 9:00am to 5pm Monday through Friday.

Guangzhou’s transportation

By plane

The New Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (IATA: CAN, ICAO: ZGGG, [1]) is a major hub in Southern China, second only to Hong Kong. The airport is the base of China Southern Airlines [2] and has not only an extensive range of domestic flights, but some intercontinental connections, including Lufthansa to Frankfurt, Air France to Paris, China Southern to Los Angeles, Melbourne and Sydney. Also Thai Airways flies to Bangkok and AirAsia [3] flies to Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur while Singapore Airlines flies to Singapore. Other direct international destinations include Amsterdam, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Jakarta, Manila, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Seoul, Busan, Doha, Denpasar, Dubai, Khabarovsk, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Taipei, Yangon, Vientiane, Siem Reap, Delhi, Cebu, Jeju, Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Kathmandu, Male, Phuket, Kota Kinabalu, Phnom Penh, Saipan, Dhaka and Tuguegarao City
The airport is 28 km north from downtown Guangzhou, and should not be confused with the former Baiyun Airport which was closed in 2004. A metro line to the airport is under construction but won't be ready until 2010. In the meantime, taxi is the fastest option. See the airport fare table [4] for approximate fare cost. A taxi ride to downtown should cost no more than ¥120, inclusive of a ¥15 toll fee. As of 2009, there is a ¥1 fuel surcharge that is not shown on the fare meter.
Alternatively, 9 Airport Express bus lines are available to take you to major destinations in Guangzhou. Line 1 (¥16) departs every 15 minutes from 7 AM until the last flight and takes 45 minutes to reach the train station and Central Hotel. The ticket prices range from ¥10 to ¥36. Lines 1 to 6 are traveling within the metropolitan area, while lines 7-9 go to outer districts. There are also direct Airport Express buses to some cities in the vicinity, including Zhuhai and other cities in the Pearl River Delta.
Do not accept solicitations for rides to the city. Those are illegally operated and use unmarked vehicles. They may cost more than taxis since many travelers do not know the cost of airport transportations.

By train

Trains cover the 182 kilometers from Hong Kong in about two hours (including a stop at Dongguan). Through Trains to Guangzhou depart from Hong Kong at Hung Hom railway station in Kowloon and arrive in Guangzhou at the East station in Tian He district. Trains operating on this service are operated by China Rail and the Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway Corporation (MTR). Since the merger of the Kowloon Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC) and the MTR, Hung Hom station and Hong Kong ticket sales are controlled by the MTR [6].
It is cheaper to take the high speed train (200 km/h) from Shenzhen to Guangzhou. Shenzhen is right across the border from Hong Kong and thousands of people walk over the bridge between the two every day. China High Speed train tickets are numbered D8## and can be bought from ticket counters or machines.
A project is underway to link the entire Pearl River Delta area with high speed (200+ km/h) train network. The Zhuhai-Guangzhou section is due to open in 2008, and the journey will take just 56 minutes. Shenzhen is already connected. This is part of a nation-wide high-speed network that is under construction. Eventually, this will allow a 7-hour Guangzhou-Beijing ride.
There is also a high-speed train service that connects Guangzhou to Wuhan via Changsha and various other cities. It takes only slightly over 3 hours for a journey to Wuhan, nearly 1000 km away. This train holds the current world record for commercial train services in term of average speed.
It is possible to book a train ticket from Guangzhou to Lhasa, Tibet. The 4,980 km journey takes 54h39m and runs every other day. A sleeper costs ¥869 and up. The last stretch is on the new (2006) Qinghai-Tibet railway; for discussion see Overland to Tibet.
Bear in mind there are two major train stations in Guangzhou. The Guangzhou East Station services routes to Hong Kong. The Guangzhou Station is one of the biggest in the country and services routes that go all the way to Harbin. Countless travellers have gone to the wrong station and missed their scheduled trips, so be sure of your departing station, which is specified on the ticket. Metro line 1 ends at Guangzhou East Station, and line 2 has a stop at the Guangzhou Station.
Note that there is little English signage at the train stations, and staff may not understand English well enough (except at the Guangzhou-Kowloon counter) - bring a phrasebook or a Chinese friend if you're planning on traveling deeper into China.

Coach services are available to bring passengers from Hong Kong International Airport to several locations in Guangzhou. Among the destinations are recognizable landmarks like Jinan University on Huang Pu Da Dao, Garden Hotel and China Hotel (see hotel section). The trip takes about 3+ hours and costs 250 HKD. There are also cross border bus terminals throughout Hong Kong. One of the Stations is at Austin Road and Canton Road near Kowloon Park. A one way ticket costs about 100 HKD.
Domestically, it is possible to hop on a bus from any corner of Guangdong province and get to Guangzhou. There are also many options from nearby provinces like Guangxi, Hubei and Fujian. The main stations are the Provincial Station, Tianhe Dasha Station, Liuhua Station and Yuexiu Nan Station.

By boat

There is a frequent ferry and hovercraft service from Hong Kong, Macau, and Haikou (Hainan Island) at the Zhoutouzui Ferry Pier. There are boats from other mainland cities, such as Xiamen, Shanghai, and Qingdao at the Dashatou Pier.
New Nansha Pier is now open with 6 lines daily traveling between Hong Kong and Guangzhou. The trip takes 75 minutes (¥116-230). However, Nansha is very far from the city center, although there is a bus servicde available from the White Swan Hotel, running three times a day. Location Nansha Port: 1.6km South from Humen Bridge, Nansha District, Guangzhou. Passengers can take a bus from the White Swan Hotel to the doc. There are 3 runs a day. Nansha can also be reached by taking the metro to the Panyu station and then hopping onto a bus or mototaxi. If you plan on exercising this adventurous option, it is advisable to have instructions written in Chinese for you in advance, as many of the motorbike riders do not speak English.
Schedule:

Nansha to Hongkong: 09:30　 11:00　 12:00　 15:00 　16:00　 17:30 Hongkong to Nansha: 08:00　 08:20　 09:00　 13:00　 14:00 　15:30 Tickets: Economy ¥116.00, Business ¥170.00, VIP ¥230.00