Institute of International Education
2009 U.S. Higher Education Fairs in Asia

Guangzhou, China
February 28, 2009 (Saturday)

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China fairs: Guangzhou  | Shenyang | Hangzhou

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- Fair Schedule
- Fair Venue
- Who Attends the Fair?
- Fair Cost
- Shipping Information for Exhibitors
- Visa Information
- Hotel Information
- Links to Country & City Guides
- Fair Coordinator Contact Information
- Return to 2009 IIE Fairs Main Page

Fair Schedule
11:30 am Registration  for U.S. college representives
11:45 am   Country Briefing 
12:15 pm   Lunch  
1:30 pm   Fair Opens  
5 pm  
Fair Ends
Fair Venue

China Hotel, A Marriott Hotel
No. 122 Liu Hua Lu
Guangzhou, Guangdong 510015 China
Tel:86 (20) 8666 6888

Fax:86 (20) 8667 7288/ 8667 7014
Website:http://www.marriott.com/canmc
Location Map


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Fair Costs
Date
Country
City
Price (US$)
IIE Member
Non-IIE Member
Literature Only
2/28 (Sat)
China
Guangzhou
1,125
1,200
350

Who Attends the Fair?

No previous fair statistics are available as this is the first time ever that IIE has held the US Higher Education fair in Guangzhou (/Hangzhou). Guangzhou (/Hangzhou) is a very active market for international students, and we estimated 50% of the students in Guangzhou (/Hangzhou) interested in studying abroad are seeking an undergraduate education, and the rest are interested in graduate study.

 

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Shipping Information for Exhibitors


OCS will be working with IIE again in 2009 as an official shipper of exhibitor materials.
Participating institutions shipping with OCS will not need to make any international shipments. Instead, all boxes can be forwarded to our OCS trade fair hub in Boston.

From here, OCS will take care of the rest, including address labeling and export documentation. OCS will pay all duties and taxes on your behalf overseas. You will have no customs clearance worries

OCS performs all of these services seamlessly and automatically for all exhibitors shipping with OCS.

We will store all exhibitors’ materials in our overseas stations and deliver them on instruction from IIE, direct to the fair venue.

Complete shipping instructions will be emailed to all registered participants.
You can always contact OCS at fairs@shipOCS.com or by calling toll-free in the U.S. 1-877-2222-OCS.

Note: for participants NOT using OCS.

If you decide to use another carrier to ship directly overseas, your ship-to address will be the hotel room that you would stay in each destination country. Please make arrangements with your hotel directly.

Please do NOT ship any materials to the offices of IIE or the fair organizers.

If you do not use OCS, it will be the responsibility of your carrier to deliver your materials “door-to-door” overseas to your hotel room. Please make sure your carrier is able to clear customs in the countries you ship to, and make sure they can take care of duty and taxes for you. Please do NOT ship your materials as “cargo” or “door-to-airport”, because these services generally do NOT include customs clearance. Neither OCS nor IIE will be able to assist if your packages are delayed in customs or undeliverable due to improper labeling.


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Visa Information

Visitors from the USA need to obtain a tourist visa from the PRC China Consulate in the United States before their departure. The list of PRC China Consulates in the U.S. is also available here.

Visa application upon arrival at the port of entry is unavailable. If you need an invitation letter for the purpose of applying for visa, please contact IIE

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Hotel Information

China Hotel, A Marriott Hotel
No. 122 Liu Hua Lu
Guangzhou, Guangdong 510015 China
Tel:86 (20) 8666 6888
Fax:86 (20) 8667 7288/ 8667 7014
Website:http://www.marriott.com/canmc
Location Map

Guestrooms at a special rate have been pre-blocked for the IIE fair participants. Please make the room reservation by February 20 and let the hotel know that you are booking as IIE fair participants.

Please complete and return this reservation form on or before February 20, 2009 to:-

Yu Jielin / Tom Chan / Emily Lv
China Hotel, A Marriott Hotel
Fax : 86-20-8666 6888-3038/3497/3228
Tel : 86-20-8668 6698 /8668 2322
E-mail : jielin.yu@marriotthotels.com / emily.lv@marriotthotels.com

Reservations received after February 20, 2009 will be subject to rates and availability.

 

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Links to Country & City Guides

Guangzhou is the capital and a sub-provincial city of Guangdong Province in the southern part of the People's Republic of China. It is a port on the Pearl River, navigable to the South China Sea, and is located about 120 km (75 miles) northwest of Hong Kong. As of the 2000 census, the city has a population of 6 million, and a metropolitan population of roughly 8.5 million (though some estimates are as high as 12.6 million) making it the most populous city in the province and the third most populous metropolitan area in mainland China. The official estimate of the metro's population at end 2006 by the Provincial Government was 9,754,600.

Higher education institutions

National universities:

  • Sun Yat-sen University (中山大学) (founded in 1924)
  • South China University of Technology (华南理工大学)
  • South China Normal University (华南师范大学)
  • Jinan University (暨南大学) (founded in 1906)

 

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Fair Coordinator Contact Information

Ann White
Director, Institute of International Education
Room 601, General Commercial Building
156-164 Des Voeux Road Central
Hong Kong
Phone: (852) 2603-5771
Fax: (852) 2603-5765
E-mail: info@iiehongkong.org