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 Neighboring Areas: Tianjin Municipality and Hebei Province
Resident Population: 19.612 million
Area: 16,410 square kilometers (6336 square miles)
Area Code: 010
Tourist Complaint: (010) 65275315 (010) 65130828

 Foreign Embassies and Consulates in Beijing: 

Embassy of USA	Embassy of UK	Embassy of Australia
Embassy of Canada	Embassy of France	Embassy of Germany

 Related Link: Foreign Embassies and Consulates in Beijing     China Embassies Abroad

 Foreign Exchange:
Great Britain Pound, Euro, U.S. Dollar, Swiss Franc, Singapore Dollar, Swedish Crown, Danish Crown, Norwegian Crown, Japanese Yen, Canadian Dollar, Australian Dollar, Philippine Peso, Thai Baht are all exchangeable. Foreign currency and checks with the face value of Eurodollar and Spanish Peseta are also exchangeable at the Bank of China, other authorized banks offer foreign exchange service, some hotels, restaurants and shops will also accept foreign exchange business in order to provide convenience for foreign tourists.

 Bank:
Beijing Wangfujing Branch of Bank of China
Address: 1, Chang' an Jie, Dongcheng District
Beijing Qianmen Branch of Bank of China
Address: 17, Xi Jiaomin Xiang, Xicheng District
Beijing Xidan Branch of Bank of China
Address: 130, Xidan Bei Dajie, Xicheng District
Beijing Dongzhi Men Branch of Bank of China
Address: 35, Wangfujing Da Jie, Dongcheng District
Beijing Xindongan Emporium Branch of Bank of China
Address: 130, Wangfujing Da Jie, Dongcheng District

 Credit Card:
It is very convenient for tourists to use credit cards in star hotels and the large emporiums of Beijing. At present main credit cards accepted in China, are Master card, Visa, American Express, JCB and Diners.

Telephone Booth on Beijing Street

 Telephone:
Phone booths can be easily found along the roads. The fees of such public phones are as follow:

IC card phones: local call - 0.5 Yuan for the first 3 minutes and then 0.2 Yuan per minute. The charge for DDD is 0.8 Yuan per minute and the charge for IDD is 8.2 Yuan per minute.
 Useful Beijing Phone Numbers

 Post Office:
Letters posted within the city need a stamp of 0.6 Yuan and letters posted within the country need to stick a stamp of 0.8 Yuan. According to the different region and weight every international airmail letter costs more than 5.4 Yuan. Letters posted to Hong Kong or Taiwan needs about 2.5 Yuan. The International Post Office located on the east side of Bei Da Jie, Jianguomen, operates a receiving and posting international and domestic letters, parcels and express mails, making out invoice, cash draft and telegram drafts, domestic and international telegram etc.
 Beijing Postcode

Beijing Yong' an Lu Post Office
Address: 173, Yongan Lu, Xuanwu District
Beijing Fangzhuang Post Office
Address: 22, Pufang Lu, Fengtai District
Beijing Hua Shi Post Office
Address: 67, Hua Shi Jie, Chongwen District

 Internet:
Surfing the internet is not an adventure any more, for internet cafes' can be easily found on the streets of Beijing. If you come to Beijing by yourself and want to do business via the internet, chat with family or friends, there are plenty of venues to choose from.

 Toilet Facilities:
it is easy for tourists to find public toilets in subway station, railway station, airport, bus stations or sightseeing spots and most toilets in Beijing downtown area are free except for some mobile ones.

 Drugstores:
Tongrentang
Address: 120, Bei Da Jie, Xidan, Xicheng District
Yongantang Drug Store
Address: 2, Huangsi Jie, Dongcheng District
Chaoyang Drug Store
Address: 8, Chaoyang Xin Jie Dayuan, Chaoyang District
Tongrentang
Address: 248, Zhushikou Xi Jie, Xuanwu District
Jinanjian Medicine Selling Center
Address: 53, Majiabu Xi Li, Fengtai District

 Bookstores:
Xidan Books Building
Address: C17, Xi Chang'an Jie, Beijing
Wangfujing Xinhua Book Store
Address: 235, Wangfujing Da Jie, Dongcheng District, Beijing

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