1. Guide book
(Yanji community)
Made March 2012

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Contents:
1. Chinese Visa 3
2. Housing 3
3. Payment Methods for Public Utility Charges 4
4. Internet 4
5. Buying a Cellphone 5
6. Buying Goods 5
7. Buying Water 5
8. Restaurants and Other Phone Numbers 5
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1. Chinese Visa
A. Student Visa/ Adults
 A student visa is issued when you register for the Chinese language study abroad
program or Korean language courses at Yanbian University
 Registration is available for students up to 55 years of age
 The student visa is issued for up to 2 years
 When issuing an accompanied family residential visa, you must first be issued a family
relation certificate and receive notarization at the Chinese embassy of your nationality.
Then, you must submit the documents to the school.
Detailed procedures can be viewed at the Yanbian University websites below:
[Yanbian University International Students Application - Chinese language study abroad program]
English version: http://liuxue.ybu.edu.cn/index.php?id=172
Korean version: http://liuxue.ybu.edu.cn/index.php?id=142
[Yanbian University College of Foreign Languages- Korean Language Program]
English version: http://wgyxy.ybu.edu.cn/news.php?id=245
 The student visa issued to the one who is studying receives a 1 year multiple entry visa
but dependents only receive a 1 year single entry visa.
B. Travel Visa
 Refer to the information provided below:
US Citizen: http://www.citsusa.com/visa.php, www.mychinavisa.com
Korean Citizen: http://www.hanseotour.co.kr/
2. Housing
Yanji does not have any real estate agents to provide professional help for buying and selling
houses. Therefore, you must personally look around the city to find a house. In most cases,
houses are available for rent for up to one year, six months, three months or for monthly rent.
They have signs with a phone number on the windows for people looking for housing. This way,
you can contact the owner of the house to personally meet them and if you want, sign the
contract.
The monthly rent for an average 80-100 m2 home (2 rooms, 1 kitchen, 1 bathroom, 1 living
room) ranges from 1,000 to 1,500 CNY. Prices may vary depending on location and
environment.
 Electricity, water, and gas bills need to be paid monthly by the resident.
 Online websites for home rentals in Yanji:
http://yanbian.ganji.com/fang1/yanji/
http://zu.yanbian.soufun.com/renthouse-a013090/a21/
http://yanbian.jinti.com/yanji/zufang
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3. Payment Methods for Public Utility Charges
A. Water and Electricity
After signing the rental contract with the owner of the house, you will receive a card for
the water bill and a bankbook for the electricity charges. When all this is done, make sure to
check where the payments must be made.
The payment method for water charges differs according to each district. Therefore it is
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important to discuss the method and place to make the payment when signing the rental
contract.
 For a standard 80m2 house, the monthly electricity charge is about 100~150CNY. On
approximately the 15th of every month, a bill will be placed on either the door or on the
electricity usage indicator in front of the door. Once you receive the bill, you can make
the payment by taking the bill as well as the bankbook to the closest post office or Jilin
Bank.
B. Gas
 If you use city gas, a bill will be attached to your door on the same day of every month.
If you have a Bank of Communications card for gas payments, you can pay your bill at
the Bank of Communications. However, if you do not have this card, you must
personally take the bill to the Yanbian (Changchun) Gas Company located behind Shin
La Won (Chinese pinyin: Xin Luo Yuan) to pay.
 You may also use bottled gas which hooks up to your double or single burner. You
should call ---------- to have the technician come to pick up your bottle to refill it then he
will return it to you later.
4. Internet
There are 2 telecommunications companies in China through which you can set up the
internet. These 2 companies are:
 China Unicom (across from Karma)
 China Telecom (the head office is located to the east of the #1 Department Store).
The yearly fee is generally around 600CNY. According to the terms given when making the
contract, you may have to pay 1,000CNY for the deposit and telephone subscription fee.
[Procedures]
a) Bring your passport to the office
b) Fill out an application form
c) A couple days after applying, the telecommunications company will call you asking
to visit your home to install the system
d) A worker from the telecommunications company will come into your house and set
up the internet line
e) Buy a wireless internet router at the Zhong Guan Chun and install.
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5. Buying a Cellphone
 A standard Nokia phone can be bought for 300~500CNY
 When buying a phone for the first time, a sim card must be purchased at the Zhong
Guan Chun (50CNY)
 American phones with sim cards and iphones from Korea are usable in China.
 The Apple store across from the Zhong Guan Chun will switch over your phone for
free.
6. Buying goods
 The West Market is generally open from 6AM to 4PM.
 If unable to speak Chinese or Korean, the supermarket on B1 of Department Store #1
is recommended.
7. Buying water
 When ordering Wahaha water, a deposit of 30CNY must be made for the water bottle.
Each 18L bottle costs 15CNY.
o Phone number: 289-0000
8. Restaurants and Other Phone Numbers
[Restaurants]
Gina’s Place 273-7720
De Ming Hotel 290-2040
Dong Fang Lao Hot Pot 269-1118
Feng Mao (across the park) 273-8288
Quan Zhou Ban Fan (Fa Zhan) 270-7788
Quan Zhou Ban Fan (Yanji church) 251-4297
Hong Kong Restaurant (Yanbian University) 275-2100
[Hotels]
Bridge House 138-9439-7320
Cosmo Hotel 291-7828
Daewoo Hotel 290-5051
International Hotel 254-0811
Sangwoo Hotel 290-7070
Sungbo Hotel 290-1333
[Transportation- Vans]
Mr. Wang (6 people) 138-4338-1555
Young Gwang Kim (22 people/ travel agency) 136-3433-2300
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