Venue:
Xiamen Aqua Resort (厦门五缘水乡酒店)
Add: Wetland Park, Huli District, Xiamen 361009, China
The Xiamen-CUSTIPEN Workshop is held in in Xiamen Aqua Resort (五缘水乡酒店), which is located within the Wuyuan Bay Wetland Park (五缘湾湿地公园). The aerial view map of the venue is shown above. The hotel consists of several buildings, as labeled in the map. The LOC has reserved rooms for participants at the hotel (658 CNY per night per room). The guest rooms are distributed throughout Building No. 1, 2, and 3. Breakfast is included in the room cost, at the Lakeside Restaurant, Building No. 3.
The Aqua Resort is conveniently located near the Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport. Participants can take a taxi to the hotel. The distance is ~ 8 km and the trip takes about 20 minutes, costing about 25 CNY (depending traffic). The Xiamen Railway Station and Xiamen North Railway Station are ~ 20 minutes and ~30 minutes away from the hotel by taxi, costing ~ 30 CNY and ~ 60 CNY, respectively.
Trains to/from Xiamen:
If by train, please find time tables from the travel guide of Xiamen/China
There are usually direct fast trains from major cities to Xiamen.
Flights to/from Xiamen:
There are direct flights between Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport T3 (XMN) and Narita International Airport T1 (NRT), Kansai International Airport T1 (KIX), Amsterdam Schipol Airport (AMS), Los Angeles International Airport B (LAX), Tacoma International Airport (SEA) (Stop in Shenzhen(SZX)). All international flights will arrive at/depart from Terminal 3 of the Xiamen airport. One can also use the nonstop flight from a nearby city Fuzhou (2-hour train for every 20 minutes, more details below), from Changle International Airport (FOC) to John F. Kennedy International Airport T4 (JFK), New York. The schedule is:
NRT-XMN
Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, 9:55--13:45 (4h50m), NH935/NQ935, operated by ANA/Air Japan
Sun, Tue, Thu, Sat, 14:55--18:45 (4h50m), MF816, operated by Xiamen Airlines
XMN-NRT
Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, 14:40--19:15 (3h35m), NH936/NQ936, operated by ANA/Air Japan
Sun, Tue, Thu, Sat, 09:10--13:45 (3h35m), MF815, operated by Xiamen Airlines
KIX-XMN
Mon, Tue, Thu, Sat, 19:20--22:00 (3h40m), MF840, operated by Xiamen Airlines
XMN-KIX
Mon, Tue, Thu, Sat, 14:25--18:20 (2h55m), MF839, operated by Xiamen Airlines
AMS-XMN
Sun, Thu, 16:45--10:50 (+1 day, 11h5m), KL883/MF9300, operated by KLM
Wed, Sat, 12:35--06:20 (+1 day, 10h45m), MF812/KL4910, operated by Xiamen Airlines
XMN-AMS
Mon, Fri, 12:50--18:20 (12h30m), KL884/MF9400, operated by KLM
Wed, Sat, 00:10--05:30 (12h20m), MF811/KL4911, operated by Xiamen Airlines
LAX-XMN
Sun, Tue, Thu, 22:50--05:30 (+2 day, 14h40m), MF830, operated by Xiamen Airlines
XMN-LAX
Sun, Tue, Thu, 22:00--18:00 (12h0m), MF829, operated by Xiamen Airlines
SEA-SZX-XMN
Mon, Fri, 12:25--21:25 (+1 day, 17h0m), MF846, operated by Xiamen Airlines
XMN-SZX-SEA
Mon, Fri, 9:30--09:25 (15h55m), MF845, operated by Xiamen Airlines
JFK-FOC
Mon, Wed, Sat, 13:40--18:10 (+1 day, 15h30m), MF850, operated by Xiamen Airlines
FOC-JFK
Mon, Wed, Sat, 10:00--11:40 (14h40m), MF849, operated by Xiamen Airlines
Local transport in Fuzhou:
Airport Express from FOC to Fuzhou South railway station (50-min drive for every 40 minutes, from 08:30 to 21:00), cost of 25 yuan; Tel: +86 (0591)28013231 (Airport), +86 13655020661 (Fuzhou South railway station)
Fast train from Fuzhou South railway station to Xiamen North Railway Station (2-hour train for every 20 minutes, from 06:45 to 21:36).
Airport
Xiamen GaoqiInternational Airport (厦门高崎国际机场) is located at the north end of the Xiamen Island. It has two terminals: T3 and T4.
International/regional flights: Terminal 3
Domestic flights:
Xiamen Airlines, China Southern Airlines, and Hebei Airlines: Terminal 3;
All other airlines: Terminal 4.
There are ~>10 daily flights from XMN to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, etc, ~>5 daily flights from XMN to Hong Kong, etc.
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More about conference place
Xiamen known as Amoy, is a major city on the southeast (Taiwan Strait) coast of the People's Republic of China. It is administered as a sub-provincial city of Fujian province with an area of 1,699.39 square kilometers (656.14 sq mi) and population of 3.67 million. The city was a treaty port in the 19th century and one of the four original Special Economic Zones opened to foreign investment and trade when China began economic reforms in the early 1980s. It is endowed with educational and cultural institutions supported by the overseas Chinese diaspora. In 2006, Xiamen was ranked as China's second “most suitable city for living”, as well as China's “most romantic leisure city” in 2011.
For more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiamen
Xiamen University the first university in China founded by overseas Chinese. Established by Mr. Tan Kah Kee in 1921, the university was originally known as the University of Amoy. The school motto is “Pursue Excellence, Strive for Perfection”. The university is one of many comprehensive universities directly administered by the Chinese Ministry of Education. The university is ranked 11th in China and has maintained the top 20 ranking in China. Additionally, Xiamen University is considered to be one of the most beautiful campuses in China, and is a major tourist destination in Xiamen. Department of Astronomy is located at Haiyun campus (Zengcuo'an West Road).
For more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiamen_University
