Visa

To enter the People’s Republic of China you will need a visa. Obtaining a visa to visit China is
usually a simple process at the embassy or consulate in your respective country.

To obtain a visa you will need a valid passport which must have at least six (6) months until
expiration and at least one blank visa page in it. The processing of your visa usually needs
one week. In some countries, it is not necessary to go to the embassy by yourself, so you can
hand over this task to your travel agency. Should you be required to produce an invitation letter
to have your visa application, please contact us and we will be happy to provide you with this.
We will provide invitation letters for professors, undergraduate, graduate, PhD students and Postdoctors in order to assist them with the visa application. To request an invitation letter for visa, please contect Dr. Jun Hu at emial hujun@coer.zju.edu.cn.

List of Chinese Embassies

Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in …

·     France: www.amb-chine.fr

·     Germany: www.china-botschaft.de

·     Italy:  http://it.chineseembassy.org/ita/

·     Spain:  www.embajadachina.es

·     The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland:  www.chinese-embassy.org.uk

·     The United States:  www.china-embassy.org

Citizens of other countries may find the the information on Chinese embassy/consulate web pages on the web page of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China www.chineseembassy.org

International Arrival

We expect that all students of I-CAMP will arrive to and depart from the Shanghai airport. For international conference participants, Hangzhou and Shanghai are accessible via Shanghai Pudong International Airport.

Direct flights from Japan, Korea and Singapore to Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport (HGH) are available, other participants may reach Hangzhou by one of the major junctions Shanghai (SHA, PVG), Beijing/Peking (PEK) or Hong Kong (HKG). The lecturers teaching for the school weeks in Qingdao and Beijing may also arrive to and depart from Beijing airport.

Airport Codes

Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport      SHA
Shanghai Pudong International Airport          PVG
Beijing Capital International Airport                PEK
Hangzhou Airport                                               HGH
Qingdao Airport                                                   TAO

Border Control

Usually in the end of your flight travel, the flight attendant will hand you over three corresponding forms.After arrival, you have to hand over the health form to the first control. The form mainly asks about infectious respiratory diseases. While passing the checkpoint, your body temperature will be measured by means of an infrared camera.The passport control is just a walk-through; the Chinese visa contains an OCR code which will be scanned.After fetching your luggage, you proceed to the exit. If you have nothing to declare, you can choose the green channel at the customs. Just hand over the signed form to the officer. Detailed customs regulations can be found here: http://www.china.org.cn/english/travel/40371.htm

Welcome in China!

Travel

The I-CAMP Summer School will be opened in Hangzhou. We recommond the students abroad arrive at Shanghai international airport. And then we will arrange students to meet the guests at the airport and collect them together then take shuttle to Hangzhou, or the guests can take airport shuttle to Hangzhou themselves. The price for every one is 100RMB($15).  The domestic students can come to Hangzhou at Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport. There are also some international flights at Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, you are encouraged to  check if they are available to/from your cities on the website.