Xining in brief
Population: 2,049,700
Area Code: 0971
Postal Code: 810000
City Flower: lilace

Useful numbers
Fire Alarm: 119
Police: 110
Ambulance: 120
Consumer Complaint: 12315
Weather Forecast: 121
Inquiring Phone of the Railway Station: 7192222

Address of branch of Bank of China:
Qinghai Branch of Bank of China: No.218, Dongguan Dajie
Tel: 8178888
Generally, the opening time of the bank is from 9 AM to 5 PM. Foreign visitors can exchange RMB in the Bank of China with your passports.

Hospital
No.1 People's Hospital of Xining
Address: No.8, Huzhu Xiang
Tele: 0971-8233162
No.2 People's Hospital of Xining
Address: No.751, Qilian Lu
Tele: 0971-5130018

Post Office
Da Shizi Branch: No.1, Xiguan Dajie
Huanghe Lu Branch: No.36, Huanghe Lu
Huzhu Lu Branch: No.20, Huzhu Xilu

Others
Visiting Xining, you should prepare some medicines to guard against colds and altitude sickness. There are two credible drugstores here, the Medicine Company of Qinghai Province, located in Da Shizi and San Yu Drugstore, located on Xiguan Dajie.

Lastly, it is necessary to know some proprieties of the minority ethnic group in Xining. If you live with a Moslem family, the kitchen and the bedrooms of the hosts are out of bounds visit and under no circumstances touch any religious objects and observe the dietary requirements of the Moslem faith.