Beijing Olympic Games

Beijing, the host city of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, is expected to attract a large number of overseas visitors in the coming months.

Here are phone numbers that may be of use in Beijing:

China country code: 0086

Beijing city code: 010

EMERGENCY SERVICES

Police: 110

Fire: 119

Ambulance: 120 or 999

Traffic Accidents: 122

Traffic First Aid Hotline: 6845 5655; 6845 5665

Poisoning First Aid Hotline: 8316 3388; 8316 0233

Helping Fight Cancer Hotline: 6827 6491

Pick-pocketing Report Hotline: 6401 1327

International SOS Assistance Top: 6590 3419

Emergency Contraception Hotline: 6217 3454

Division of Aliens and Exit-Entry Administration of the BeijingPublic Security Bureau: 6525 5486; 8402 0101 (24-hour automatic inquiry)

TELEPHONE SERVICES

Local Directory Assistance: 114

International Long-distance Register: 115

National Long-distance Operator: 116

Time Inquiry: 12117

Weather Forecast: 12121

Long-distance Phone Inquiry: 176

Civil Aviation Information Inquiry: 2580

Air Ticket Booking Service: 2581

Inquiry of Railway Information: 962585

Railway Ticket Booking: 962586; 5101 6666 (for individual); 5101 6688 (for group)

Beijing Bus Public Transportation Service Hotline: 96166

Taxi Reservation Service: 6837 3399; 96103

Taxi Service Complaint Hotline: 6346 4134; 6835 1570

Reporting Illegal Taxi and Tour Guide: 96310

Construction Noise Complaint Hotline: 6841 3817

Travelers’ Cheque Inquiry: 2850

24-hour Tourist Hotline: 6513 082

Tourist Complaint Hotline at the Beijing Tourism Bureau: 6513 0828

Price Reporting: 12358

Consumer Complaint Hotline: 12315

Beijing Association of Consumers: 6224 1234

Time Inquiry for every morning’s Flag-raising Ceremony at Tian’anmen Square: 6525 7900

Hotline for Budget Hotel Information: 1601123

Anti-Drug Hotline: 6521 4111

Women- and Child-Friendly Healthcare Hotline: 6612 2429; 6618 8089

Patent Consulting Hotline: 2629 1111

Legal Aid Hotline for Environment Protection: 6226 7459

Psychological Consultation Hotline: 6605 5431 ext. 332

Beijing Emergency Center: 6525 5678

Pets Hotline: 160101011

Television Information Entertainment Service Audio Message System: 2858

Film Information Entertainment Service: 2859

Postcode Inquiry: 6303 7131; 6303 7132; 6303 3148

Rescue Hotline for Vehicle Breakdown: 6293 8888

Reporting Public Health Accidents and Complaining Public Sanitary Conditions: 12320

Food Safety Complaint Hotline: 8269 1421; 12315

Reporting Offence in Dog Keeping: 6973 8604

Beijing Municipal Hotline: 6308 8467

Beijing Mayor Hotline: 12345; 6512 8080

COURIER SERVICE

China Post Express Delivery Service and Flower Delivery: 11185

DHL-Sinotrans: 800-830-9871; 6780 6680

Federal Express: 400-889-1888; 6434 8999

TNT: 8733 2214

UPS: 800-820-8388

PHONE NUMBERS FOR MAJOR BANKS

Bank of China: 95566

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC): 95588

China Construction Bank: 95533

Agricultural Bank of China: 95599

China Merchants Bank: 95555

Citibank: 800-830-1880

HSBC: 800-820-8878

Standard Chartered Bank: 800-820-8088

CREDIT CARD HOTLINES

JCB International: 6437 3467

Diner’s Club: 6510 1868

Mastercard International: 6510 1090

Visa International: 6506 4371

American Express International: 6505 2838; 6505 2228

HOTLINES FOR BEIJING AIRPORT, MAJOR AIRLINES’ BEIJING OFFICES

Beijing Capital International Airport information (24-hour hotline): 6454 1100

Air China: 4008100999

China Southern: 95539

China Eastern: 8441 5000

Hainan Airlines: 950718

Aeroflot-Russian Airlines: 6500 2412

Qantas Airways (Australia): 800-819-0089; 6567 9006

Air France: 6588 1388; 6459 0129

All Nippon Airways: 6505 3311; 6590 9191

Japan Airlines: 6513 0822; 6459 0061

Singapore Airlines: 6505 2233; 6459 0050

British Airways: 6512 4070; 6459 0082

Emirates Airline: 5108 8696

Lufthansa German Airlines: 6465 4488; 6468 8838

United Airlines: 800-810-8282; 6463 1111

Northwest Airlines: 6505 1353; 6459 8891 (Airport Office)

Alitalia: 8511 2958; 8511 2959

Air Canada: 6468 2001

Cathay Pacific: 10800-852-1888; 8486 8532

Thai Airways International: 8515 0088

Pakistan International Airlines: 6505 2257

Swiss International Airlines: 8454 0180

Qatar Airways: 6886 6633

American Airlines: 5879 7600

Source:Xinhua