SDSU 2016 China Ag travel

SDSU China Ag Study Tour

(from 05/9/16 to 05/22/16)

Subject to Minor Changes in China

 

May 9^th   (Monday) 

UA4044 8:10am - 9:49am) & Flight UA 895 (1:10pm - 6:10pm) 

Departure from Sioux Falls for Hong Kong

8:10 AM         UA 4044 to Chicago

9:49 AM         Arrive in Chicago

1:10 PM          UA 895 to Hong Kong

 

May 10^th  (Tuesday)   

Arrival in Hong Kong at 6:10 PM and check into the hotel

Group supper

May 11^th (Wednesday) 

-        US Meat Export Federation briefing

-        USDA Ag Trade office briefing

-        Change into comfortable clothes

-        Happy Valley Race track & Jockey Club

-        City Tour

-        Ocean Park http://www.oceanpark.com.hk/html/en/home/

-        Supper on your own

May 12^th  (Thursday)  

Leave Hong Kong for Guangzhou via bus 

-        Visit Guangzhou Container Port

-        Group dinner

May 13^th  (Friday) 

-        Feed Mill presentation, Fish Farm/Swine farm

-        City Square/TV tower

-        Group dinner

-        Pearl River cruise 

May 14^th  (Saturday)   

-        Visit to Fish Market

-        Visit to Fruit & Vegetable Market

-        Grocery Store,

-        Early evening flight to Xi An (MU2306:  7:45pm - 10:25pm)

-        Supper on your own at airport 

Arrive in Xi’an at 10:25 pm

Check into hotel 

May 15^th  (Sunday)   

-        Visit NW Agri University's beef farms,  local dairy Farm

-        Dumpling dinner & Folk dancing show 

May 16^th  (Monday)   

-        A local farmer's house

-        Museum of Terra Cotta

-        Yin Qiao Dairy Processing Group,

-        Dinner on your own

May 17^th  (Tuesday)   

-        Old City Wall

-        Afternoon High Speed train for Beijing (1:18pm - 5:55pm)

-        Hot Pot dinner

Check into hotel 

May 18^th  (Wednesday)   

-        Poineer – Monsanto China Headquarters

-        US Grains Council

-        CP Layer operation & Briefing

-        Silk Market

-        Dinner on your own

May 19^th   (Thursday)   

-        TianAnmen Square

-        Forbidden City,

-        Temple of Heaven, Pearl Market 

-        Acrobatic Show

-        Peking Duck dinner 

May 20^th   (Friday)   

-        John Deer Plants in Tian Jin

-        Visit Artex Barn Solutions

-        Group dinner 

May 21^st   (Saturday)   

-        Great Wall

-        Olympic Stadium - Bird's Nest

-        Femur Head Hospital

-        China Agricultural University with Iowa State Students

-        Banquet hosted by China Agricultural University 

May 22^nd   (Sunday)   

-        Old City tour;

-        Departure for USA Flight: UA850 (4:10pm-4:25pm), Flight UA5431 (7:10pm-8:47pm) 

Leave hotel for airport 

4:10 PM          UA 850 leaving for Chicago

4:25 PM          Arrive in Chicago

7:10 PM          UA 5431 for Sioux Falls

8:47 PM          Arrive in Sioux Falls