Meet in Vancouver International Airport for an international flight by China Eastern Airline or Air China to Beijing. Your adventure begins as you fly trans-Pacific aboard a wide cabin jetliner. Cross the International Dateline. Enjoy full meal/beverage service on the flight.

Arrive in Beijing in the evening after a stopover in Shanghai. Our local tour guide will meet you at the airport. Transfer to the hotel and provide you free time to explore the grounds.

Visit the Summer Palace, known for its many significant sights such as the Long Corridor with its painted Gallery, Kunming Lake and Longevity Hill, the seventeen-Arch Bridge and the Marble Boat. A visit of the Pearl Farm will be arranged after the Summer Palace. After lunch visit Tian An Men Square, the largest square in the world, and the Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, home of 24 emperors, with a total space of 9,999 rooms. The Beijing Acrobatic Show (optional) will follow dinner.

Visit one of the biggest jade factory in China before the bus excursion to the Great Wall. This 4,000 mile long and 2000 years old wonder is said to be the only man- made structure visible by the naked eye from the moon. Visit Ming Tomb, one of the 13 Ming Emperor's tombs. Visit the Beijing 2008 Olympic sites of Bird Nest Stadium and the Water Cube Aquatic Centre. Famous Beijing dumplings for dinner and you will have an option to learn how to make them under the instruction of the chef. The seminar will start after dinner. Government officials and other guest speakers will give valuable speeches. Great networking opportunity.

Take the morning one hour 40 minute flight to Shanghai, and then take the tour bus trip to Suzhou. In the afternoon, sightseeing to the centuries-old Lingering Garden, Tiger Hill and Hanshan Temple. Visit the National Embroidery Institute to see silk embroidery, an important local craft with a thousand year history. Enjoy evening Dinner Show of traditional Chinese Music(optional).