Around the Hefei city, there are some cultural and natural attractions, where the conference attendees can arrange their own time to visit after the conference. All the expenses are borne by the participants themselves, here is some information about the tour route.

1. Yellow Mountain

Yellow Mountain, a famous tourist spot with the title of world cultural and natural heritage. Yellow Mountain is located in southern Anhui Province, around 300 km from Hefei city. It is famous for the "five wonders" of strange pines, strange rocks, sea of clouds, hot springs, winter snow and historical relics.

Mount Huangshan is crowned as a World Cultural and Natural Heritage, Global Geopark, and World Biosphere Reserve internationally, and a National Scenic Area, National Civilized Scenic Area, and National 5A Tourist Attraction domestically. It is recognized as an outstanding icon of China's magnificent landscapes and splendid culture, together with the Yangtze River, the Great Wall, and the Yellow River. Enjoying the reputation of "A Wonderland on Earth" and "The No. 1 Mountain of Wonder in the World", Mount Huangshan is famous for its "Five Wonders", that is, strangely-shaped pines, fantastic rocks, sea of clouds, hot springs and winter snow. It boasts a great many beautiful peaks and strange rocks, of which 88 peaks are over 1,000 meters above sea level, especially the three main peaks, i.e. the Lotus Peak, the Bright Summit Peak and the Tiandu Peak, which are all over 1,800 meters above sea level. Xu Xiake (1587-1641), a great traveler of the Ming Dynasty, visited Mount Huangshan twice and acclaimed: "Mount Huangshan tops all the other mountains." The quote was revised by later generations to a new version, which goes: "The landscape of the Five Great Mountains belittles those elsewhere, and the landscape of Huangshan tops that of the Five Great Mountains".

Located in Huangshan City in southern Anhui Province, Mount Huangshan is about 40 kilometers long from north to south and 30 kilometers wide from east to west, covering a total area of about 1,200 square kilometers, of which 160.6 square kilometers are developed as Mount Huangshan Scenic Area. Mount Huangshan was originally named Yishan Mountain for its dark green peaks and rocks, which appeared even grayer in the distance. Legend has it that this is the place where the Yellow Emperor collected herbs for refining elixirs, and finally became an immortal. The mountain was renamed Mount Huangshan in the sixth year of the Tianbao reign (AD 747) by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty for his belief in Taoism. Over the past thousand years, Mount Huangshan has accumulated a rich culture themed on the Yellow Emperor, with many of its attractions named after his legend, including Xuanyuan Peak, Liandan Peak, Rongcheng Peak, Fuqiu Peak, Danjing Well, Xiyao Stream, and Shaiyao Terrace.

Mount Huangshan is the quintessence of 800-million-year geological development, integrating peak forest landforms and glacial relics, and featuring rich typical geological landscapes, such as shaped granite stones, granite caves, springs, ponds, streams and waterfalls. In addition, it boasts a stable and balanced ecosystem, with complete and vertically distributed plant communities, and especially an alpine swamp and an alpine meadow, thus winning the reputation of the "Treasure House of Plants in East China" and the "Natural Botanical Garden". The scenic area is covered by forest for up to 98.29%, reaching a greening rate of 98.53%. With crisscrossed ravines and dense vegetation, Mount Huangshan is an ideal place for wild animals to dwell and breed, so there are rich species of wild animals.

Thanks to the dense forests and numerous streams and waterfalls, Mount Huangshan Scenic Area retains Class I in terms of its air quality all year round, with the concentration of negative oxygen ions in the air permanently at above 20,000/cm3, thus known as the "Natural Oxygen Bar".

Specialty Food：Mount Huangshan Clay oven rolls, Smelly mandarin fish, Huizhou Mao Tofu

Location: Huangshan District, Huangshan City

Transport: Accessible by direct public Transport from Huangshan Bus Station and High-speed Railway Station.

2.The Ancient City of Huizhou

The Ancient City of Huizhou is a scenic area located in the downtown of Xixian County, a National Historical and Cultural County. It is one of the four well-preserved ancient cities in China, the seat of the ancient Huizhou government, and an important part of the Ancient Anhui Cultural Tourism Area, a national 5A tourist area. The ancient city presents fascinating landscapes contributed by five beautiful peaks and six zigzag rivers. The scenic area is home to elegantly-arranged ancient residential complexes, with plain ancient bridges, towers, streets, alleys, dams and archways, just like a historical museum of great magnificence. This is the birthplace of "Anhui Culture", one of China's three major regional cultures, and is known as the "Sea of Cultural Relics", "State of Culture", "Capital of Anhui Ink", "Hometown of Xixian Inkstones" and "Southeast Cultural City". The attractions here include: the Barbican Entrance, Nanqiao Tower, Huizhou Government Office, Anhui Huizhou History Museum, Ancient City Wall, Xu Guo's Stone Stele, Huiyuan Garden, Cao's Residences·- Hui Combo Memorial Hall, Tao Xingzhi Memorial Hall, Doushan Street, Yuliang Scenic Area, boating tours and so on.

Specialty Food：Mount Huangshan Clay oven rolls，Smelly mandarin fish, Huizhou Mao Tofu

Location: Huicheng Town, Xixian County, Huangshan City

Transport: Take Route 6001 at Tunguang Zhuanpan bus stop to transfer at Fengle Xiyuan to Xixian Route 2 to reach Huizhou Fuya, and the ancient city is within a walking distance.

Click here to download the All-expense tour guide:Yellow Mountain and Ancient Huizhou.

There are several famous ancient cities in China, serving as the capitals of several dynasties, among which Beijing and Xi 'an are very representative ones of them.

1.Beijing

Beijing：Beijing is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the world's famous historical and cultural cities and ancient capitals, with a history of more than 3,000 years of founding and more than 800 years of capitalization, and was the imperial capital of the five dynasties of Liao, Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing. Beijing has many cultural relics and monuments, such as the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, the Zhoukoudian Ape Ruins, the Temple of Heaven, the Summer Palace, and the Thirteen Tombs of the Ming Dynasty, which are listed in the World Cultural Heritage by the United 

The Forbidden City: The Forbidden City, also known as the Forbidden City, was originally the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Built in 1406-1420, it is now known as the Palace Museum. The Forbidden City, with its splendid and solemn architecture, is known as one of the world's five great palaces (the Forbidden City in Beijing, the Palace of Versailles in France, the Buckingham Palace in the United Kingdom, the White House in the United States, and the Kremlin in Russia), and has been listed as a “World Heritage Site” by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. The palace buildings of the Forbidden City are the largest and most complete ancient architectural complex in China.

The Temple of Heaven：With its rigorous architectural layout, peculiar architectural structure and magnificent architectural decorations, Beijing Temple of Heaven Park is not only one of the most exquisite and beautiful groups of existing ancient buildings in China, but also the largest group of ancient altars to heaven in the world. The Temple of Heaven was built in the 18th year of Ming Yongle (1420), and was the special altar for the emperors of Ming and Qing Dynasties to offer sacrifices to the sky, to seek rain and to pray for a good year.

Jingshan Park：Jingshan Park is located in the Xicheng District of Beijing, situated on the central axis of the city of Beijing in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, bordering the North Sea to the west and the Forbidden City Shenwumen to the south, across the street from the Imperial Palace.

National Museum of China：The National Museum of China is the highest temple of history, culture and art that collects, researches, displays and interprets representative evidence of Chinese culture on behalf of the state, and bears the important mission of retaining the collective memory of the nation, passing on the cultural genes of the country, and promoting exchanges and mutual understanding of civilizations, and it is also the cultural living room of the country.

The Badaling Great Wall ：The Badaling Great Wall is an outstanding representative of the Great Wall of China, and it is the most intact and open Great Wall scenic spot in the Great Wall. It is located in Yanqing District, northwest of Beijing.

Specialty Food：Peking Duck, Soya Bean Sauce, Shabu Shabu, Shredded Pork with Beijing Sauce, Fried Liver, Donkey Roll, Old Beijing Fried Noodle, Eight Pieces of Beijing

Recommended Travel Routes：

1.Tiananmen Square——National Museum——Forbidden City——Jingshan Park

2.The Badaling Great Wall

3.Temple of Heaven Park —— Yonghe Palace —— Gongwangfu——Shichahai

2.Xi'an

Xi'an： abbreviated as "Hao" and formerly known as Chang'an or Haojing, is a prefecture level city under the jurisdiction of Shaanxi Province. Xi'an is one of the four ancient capitals of China and also one of the four ancient capitals of the world. It is one of the capital cities with the most dynasties, longest history, and greatest influence in Chinese history.

Xi'an City Wall： an ancient structure standing in the center of Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, is not only the largest and best-preserved ancient city wall in China, but also a historical witness and cultural symbol of the city of Xi'an. With its unique charm, it attracts countless domestic and foreign tourists to visit and feel the heaviness and splendor that spans thousands of years.

Huaqing Palace of the Tang Dynasty：Huaqing Palace of the Tang Dynasty was a palace where the emperors of the Tang Dynasty traveled. It is also known as “Huaqing Pond”, located in Lintong District, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province. Huaqing Pond is famous both at home and abroad for its unchanging hot spring resources, the historical allusion to the Beacon Fire, the love story between Emperor Minghuang of the Tang Dynasty and Yang Guifei, and the place where the Xi'an Incident took place. The scenic spot is a landmark of Tang Palace Culture Tourism in China, with its magnificent Tang-like architecture and unique garden scenery.    

Terracotta Warriors and Horses：Terracotta Warriors and Horses, or Terracotta Warriors and Horses of the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang, also referred to as Terracotta Warriors and Horses or Terracotta Warriors of Qin, is the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units and the first batch of China's world heritage, located in the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pit in the Lintong District of Xi'an City in today's Shaanxi Province, 1.5 km to the east of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang. It has been visited by more than 200 foreign heads of state and government, and has become a golden name card of China's ancient glorious civilization, and is also known as one of the world's top ten rare treasures of ancient tombs.

The Big Wild Goose Pagoda：The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is a seven-story square brick pagoda, about 64.5 meters high, with doors, windows, pillars and flying eaves on each floor, in a beautiful and majestic form. The pagoda is equipped with spiral stone steps for visitors to climb to the top and overlook the beautiful scenery of downtown Xi'an. The tower is surrounded by a large number of inlaid Buddha statues and murals, displaying the Buddhist art style of the Tang Dynasty.

Datang Everbright City：Datang Everbright City is a 2,100-meter-long pedestrian street at the foot of the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda,which is China’s only large-scale Tang Dynasty-style pedestrian street, where the cultural tapestry of the Tang era (618-907) unfolds. Banking on the richness of the Tang Dynasty culture, Datang Everbright City consists of the north and south squares of the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, the Zhenguan Square and the Kaiyuan Square. It is characterized by four cultural venues, i.e., the Pacific Cinema, the Xi’an Concert Hall, the Xi’an Art Museum, and the Shaanxi Opera House. Here, food courts, stores selling trendy toys and innovative cultural products, immersive performances, and multifunctional commercial spaces are wrapped into one package. Datang Everbright City is home to Asia’s largest sculpture group reproducing the glorious Tang Dynasty culture. With modern lighting and waterscape design, these sculptures bring to life a galaxy of talents from the Tang era specialized in literature, art, technology, medicine and astronomy.

Specialty Food：Chinese burger，Rougamo，Oil-sprayed Noodles，Pita Bread Soaked In Lamb Soup，Biangbiang Noodles，Hele Buckwheat Noodles，Liangpi (Cold noodles) ，Zenggao (Rice cake)，Soup dumplings，Guokui (dry bread)

Recommended Travel Routes：

1.Xi'an City Wall - Bell Tower - Huaqing Palace - Terracotta Warriors and Horses

2.Drum Tower - Bell Tower - Big Wild Goose Pagoda - Datang Everbright City