Meets monthly to provide an opportunity for foreigners to obtain information about living in Beijing and to meet new friends.
INN meetings are open to all foreign passport holder living in Beijing Meetings are held on the last Monday of each month(except December) from 10:00am to 12:00pm
Beijing.The Capital Club Athletic Center,6 Xinyuan Rd.(Jingcheng Dasha Julebu),3/FLow Ris Capital Mansion.(Bihind the Capital Club)
Tel:84862225 ext.136
E-mail:INNBeijing@hotmail.com

Pen pals for all ages.P.O.Box 31-146,Sahgnhai 200031.
Contact Peilu Jing:ipf1612@yahoo.com.
International Performing Arts Culb.

Anon-profit,non-denominational,non-political association.The group meets on the first Thursday of every month at 10:30am at the Cultural Institute of the Italian Embassy.
Contact Rosanna Knutsson:pechinodonne@hotmail.com

NGO engaged in poverty alleviation projacts and child sponsorship in the Tibetan regions of western Sichuan province.
Contact Kara Jenkinson:13621221141,84069009
E-mail:kara@khamaid.org

Support for mothers and babies.Meets on the fourth Friday of each month at 1pm in the Beijing United Family Hospital Yurt.
Contact Serena Johnson:xiaohua68847@yahoo.com

Offers East and West wiadom comparative Lectures.
E-mail:tamo@public.gd.com.cn

Liuyin is one of Beijing's most picturesque parks,with a duck-and lotusfilled lake surrounded by reeds,weeping willows,and pavilions.Kids will like the electric cars,trampoline,arts & crafts stand,playround with Lil'Tykes gear,shoot-the-duck-with-water-cannons arcade game as well as bumper cars and paddle boats.Visit the charming outdoor tea garden on the island,it's like Houhai-without the traffic and crowds.
Daily 6am-9pm.
RMB 1.
Jiangzhaikou,Andingmenwai,Dongcheng District.
Tel:84131357

Contact Zuyu Tan:ztan@vip.sina.com

Locatel in southeast Beijing,Longtanhu Park actually has grass that you can walk on .It has an outdoor playround with many slides and swings,as well as trampoline,an indoor playround and several rides including hovercraft-type bumper cars.There's a roller skating area on the inland,lots of gym equipment,badminton courts and boats in which to explore the lake.Climb the climbing wall-purportedly Beijing's tallest-in the park's southwest corner.Prime spot for wedding photography.
Daily 6am-9pm.
RMB 2 for park entry,additional fees for rides.
8 Longtanhu Lu,Chongwen District.

Contact Stephen Terry :stephenterry@alum.mit.edu

Monthly gettogethers to learn more about wine and the foods it pairs with.
Tel:65916491

Few people go out of their way to discover this stamp-sized park near the Russian embassy,so it has a nice,local feel.The landscaping appears to have been done by some latter day Chinese Gaudi working entirely with bathroom tile.
Play area (RMB 10),which includes a trampolina,swing set,duckpin bowling lane,toy cars and a one meter-tall basketball hoop.
Daily 6am-9pm.
Dongzhimen Beixiaojie,Dongcheng District.
Tel:64034087

Offers a variety of activities including culture,entertainment,art,fashion,and more.

Social group for Danes,lcelanders,Finns,Norwegians and Swedes.
Contact Niels Peter Arskog:hekla@pubilc3.bta.net.cn

Humanitarian organization helping orphans,disabled children,and the eldrly in Beijing.Welcomes volunteers.
Room 106,Golden Land Building,32 Liangmaqiao Lu.
Tel:64669296

OCDF is a non-profit servicing adoptive families and and offering tours to sites around China.English speaking tours available.
Contact Jane Liedtke:64079687

Contact lwona or Renata:64158131,after 6pm,13901168244.
E-mail:wir_3@yahoo.com,
renata:inokomis@alliedpickfords.com.cn

Qingnianhu's aquatic park has 11 water slides in all,some as high as six stories.The park also contains a hard top basketball court,a croquet area,electric boats with cannons,paddle-boats and an amusement zone with a trampoline,bumper cars,and a split-level golf driving range.
Daily 9am-10pm.
RMB 15(adults),RMB 10(children under 1.3m).
Andingmenwai Dajie,Dongcheng District.
Contact Boats:84116321.

Beijing Youth Lake Intl.Golf Club,Tel:84116911;
Water Park Tel:84132757

Rendinghu is shielded from the city's bustle and noise.You'll find indoor and outdoor playrounds the swimming pool is good for younger children since it has small slides,a water jungle gym and a sizeable shallow end.The park's piece de resistance is the Italianate garden reminiscent of Hadrian's villa at Tivoli,near Rome,which features a replica of the Farnese Hercules (from 340-330 BC) that is attributed to late classical Greek sculptor Lysippos.
11 Liupukang,Xicheng District.
Tel:62023200

Group of business People in Beijing organized as a service club to promote world peace.
12:30pm Every Tuesday.
Kempinski Hotel.
Tel:65813668
E-mail:rotarybj@vip.sina.com

Tel:85262528/29
E-mail:rutgers@rutgers.cn

Aimed at childen.Sports include soccer,baseball,gymnastics.
9:30am-5:30pm.
Lido Country Club,Jiang Tai Road,Chaoyang District.
Tel:64301412

Contact Fred Yang:13910295300
E-mail:yangfred@mail.com

E-mail:beijingstanfordalumni@yahoogroups.com