Fuzhou Travel Tips
Resident Population: 7 million
Area: 11,968 square kilometers
Postcode: 350000
City Code: 0591
Credit Card: It is very convenient for tourists to use credit cards in hotels and emporiums in the Fuzhou downtown area. Before payment, tourists should check whether the card is accepted in the hotels or emporiums. The Most widely accepted credit cards are Master and Visa card, JCB, AMEX and Diners Club, and also dragon card of China Construction Bank, peony card of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and great wall card of Bank of China.
Post Office:
Fuzhou Post Office
Address: 259, Hualin Lu
Bank:
Fujian Branch of Bank of China
Address: 136, Wusi Lu
Telephone: Phone booths can be easily found along the street. The fee for public phones and in some manned booths is as follow:
Local calls cost CNY0.4 for the first 3 minutes and CNY0.1 for each additionalminute. The fee for DDD is CNY0.8 per minute and CNY8.2 per minute for IDD.
Book Stores:
Fujian Foreign Language Book Store
Address: 8, Guanqian Lu, Lianjiang Bei Lu
Fuzhou Xinhua Book Store
Address: 2/F, B, Antai Zhongxin, No. 189, Bayiqi Bei Lu
Yueyang Books and Culture Building
Address: No.22, Gutian Lu (northwest of Wuyi Square)
Toilet Facilities: big shopping malls and fast food restaurants all have clean and sanitary toilets, though some charge a fee for their use.
Emergency:
Fire: 119
Police: 110
First-Aid Center: 120
Useful Numbers:
Civil Aviation Ticket Office (in Wuyi Lu): 0591-83345988
Fuzhou Tourist Bureau: 0591-83355312 (for tourists' complaint)
Address: 96, Wushan Lu
Emergency Center of Fujian provincial hospital: 0591-87556436
Address: 134, Dong Jie Kou
Fujian Provincial Women and Children Health Care Hospital: 0591-87557800、87555546
Famous Universities:
Fuzhou University
Address: No.523, Gongye Lu
Fujian Normal University
Address: No.8, Shangsan Lu, Cangshan Qu
Fujian Medical University
Address: No.88, Jiaotong Lu
If arriving at the South Railway Station, you can take bus no.124 to Hongshanqiao West, then walk northward along Shangxiadian Road for about 1000 yards to get there.
As I know, there are some small hotels nearby the prison. You can find them easily. Most of them have reasonable price. Don't worry. :)
Nanyu Qingcheng Hotel, located at Nanqi Cunkou.
Wanqi Hotel, located at No. 117 of Nanyu Town
Xingang Hotel, located at Jiangkou Vilage.