The Second
International Conference on Networking and Distributed Computing (ICNDC2011)
will be held on Sept, 21-24, 2011 in
Tsinghua University, Beijing,
P.R.China. Beijing,
capital of the People's Republic of China, is the nation's political,
economic, cultural, educational and international trade and communication
center. Located in northern China,
close to the port city of Tianjin
and partially surrounded by Hebei
Province, Beijing
also serves as the most important transportation hub and port of entry in China. Beijing, one of the six ancient cities in China, has been the heart and soul of politics
and society throughout its long history and consequently there is an
unparalleled wealth of discovery to delight and intrigue travelers as they
explore Beijing's
ancient past and exciting modern development. Now it has become one of the most
popular tourist destinations in the world, with about 140 million Chinese tourists
and 4.4 million international visitors in a year.
Badaling Great Wall
Clockwise from top: Tiananmen, Temple
of Heaven, Beijing's CBD, and Beijing National Stadium
The Pagoda of Tianning Temple, at
13 stories and 57.8 m (189 ft) in height, built by 1120 during the Liao Dynasty
Forbidden
City
Beihai Park, an extensive imperial garden in the center
of Beijing
Wangfujing
Street is one of the busiest streets in Beijing, with nearly 100,000 visitors daily
(August 2008).
A scene from a Beijing
opera
China National
Stadium
Tsinghua University