1. For airfare: Tsinghua SEM will reimburse your business class flight fares. You need to book your reservations. For reimbursement, please

(a) send us a scanned copy of the information page of your passport, as soon as possible (no later than the end of July, to Mr. Zhen Huangfu at huangfzh3.16@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn).

(b) After the meeting please email a scanned copy of the following documents to Mr. Zhen Huangfu huangfzh3.16@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn.

(i) the inbound and outbound boarding passes, and

(ii) the visa page of your passport.

(c) Tsinghua SEM will pay by check a lump sum of $8000 US dollars for your airfare.

2. For visa application: you can either apply for a travel visa, or business visa. You can directly apply for a travel visa at your convenience. If you would like to apply for business visa, please fill out the attached form and send it to us (at huangfzh3.16@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn) and then Tsinghua University will send you a formal invitation letter. Due to the application procedure, we expect to send you the formal invitation (for business visa application) in early August.

3. Hotel reservations (for three nights) have been made, at the Wenjin International Hotel, located near the South Gate of Tsinghua University. Please confirm with us your check-in &check-out time and the SEM will pay for up to three nights from Sept. 9 to Sept. 12. Please let us know in advance if you need additional nights, and we will help make reservations. To ensure availability of rooms, please inform us as soon as possible. The best way to get to the hotel from the Capital airport of Beijing is to take a taxi. The fare is approximately ￥110 RMB. For additional nights, Wenjin Hotel charges around 800 RMB (about 130 US$) per night. (Hotel website: http://www.wenjin.com.cn/en/index.html. )

4. Additional requests: If you have any questions or need additional information, please directly contact Zhen Huangfu at (+86)-188-0117-2056 or huangfzh3.16@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn.