Hangzhou is located along Southeast coast of China. It is the capital of Zhejiang Province, the center of politics, economy, science, education, and culture of the province. Hangzhou is a key national tourism city, historical city and vice provincial level city as confirmed by the State Council. It is a famous city in history and culture and also an important national tourist city with the beautiful scenery. Located at the southern wing of the Yangtze River Delta, the west end of Hangzhou Bay, the lower reaches of Qiantang River and the southern end of the Grand Canal (Beijing-Hangzhou), it is one of the most important central cities in the southern wing of the Yangtze River Delta and a hub of transportation in southeast China.

As a famous scenic city in China, Hangzhou attracts more than 20 million domestic and foreign tourists every year. Hangzhou is known for its natural beauty of West Lake worldwide. Above is paradise, below is Suzhou and Hangzhou expresses peoples indeed praise to Hangzhou. In the Yuan Dynasty, the famous Italian traveler Marco Polo described this city as the finest and most splendid city in the world.

Rivers and Lakes	Dawn on the Su Causeway in Spring	Darkness of West Lake

World Expo 2010 is open during Water/Gas METERINGChina 2010. From Hangzhou to Shanghai you may take high-speed train and it will take you 1.5 hours and RMB 54 Yuan. It’s available every 40 minutes.
Enjoy your World Expo 2010!

Venue Information:
New Century Hotel Xiaoshan Zhejiang（★★★★）
Address: 77 Renmin Road, Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou, China
Zip: 311203
Tel: 86-571-82625888
Fax: 86-571-82624240
Webpage: http://www.ncihotel.com/english/jiudian/xiaobin_index_en.aspx

New Century Hotel Xiaoshan Zhejiang is a four-star business hotel with the honor of China’s Top 100 Starred Hotels and Zhejiang’s Best Starred Hotels.。 Located in the prosperous commercial district of Xiaoshan, the hotel is only 15 km to Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport and 30-minute drive to Hangzhou Train Station and the West Lake.