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As you may know, in China you’ll need a VPN to use your favourite apps via Google. And most of the time the traditional Google Maps isn’t really accurate in China, so it’s better to be able to use Chinese map applications. No worries, when you arrive in China our team on place will give you an orientation and help you discover Baidu Maps. However this application is all in Chinese, so we thought this tutorial would be helpful in case you don’t remember all the information we give you on your first day in China!
Our team will help you download the app, and set up your account when you’ll arrive, so I won’t talk about those steps!

Don’t forget : when you want to use Baidu Maps, turn off you VPN – it will be faster!

Favourite Places

Want to know how to save a location as a favourite in Baidu? Follow those steps:

1. Type the location name or address. For example, the LPG Bar in Qingdao is “Laofeijiuba”
2. Click on the location and it will appear on the map
3. To save it for later, just press the star on the left bottom corner – you did it !

How to Find Your Favourite Places

1. Click on your profile
2. Click on the Star to access your favourites
3. To rename it, long press on the location
4. Then choose “重命名”
5. Use a name that you’ll easily remember, like LPG
6. Click on “确定” to save it! Easy right?

Bus and Subway Maps

Want to know the bus or metro route, and the timetable? You just need to use Baidu Maps!

1. For subway line: enter the line number + “haoxian”
2. For bus line: enter bus number + “lu”
3. Choose the 1st choice, or one that looks correct
4. Now you can see the entire route, and timetable in both directions
5. Click here to find out where is the nearest bus station
6. Click here to go there by foot without getting lost!

Reminder:

• 1st stop is indicated by the green pointer, and the last one by the red one.

Route

Let’s say, today is Thursday, and you signed in to join us! Unfortunately you can’t use the location we gave you on our group chat. No worries, we will always give you the location, and the address so you can either follow the location, or search for it on Baidu yourself!

Let’s say tonight we are going to Magic Eggplant in Qingdao: 大尧三路26号 (Dayaosanlu 26hao)

1. Copy the adress here
2. To see the route, click on the blue button
3. Taxi route will appear firstly, you can see how much it might cost you if you chose this option, here 10 RMB
4. Click here to chose the public transportation way, and chose the first route for example ( to know more go the bonus pictures)
5. How to go there? Follow the foot
6. When is the bus coming? It’s one stop away on this case
7. Ok we arrived at the bus stop, let’s go to the restaurant – follow the blue foot again!

Bonus Information

For those who can’t read or speak Chinese, here is some more information on how to be a pro at Baidu Maps!

• Left part : How many stops in total / Right part : How long will the journey take
• Are you walking somewhere? First you can see how long it will take you, and how far the place is
• To pick the more suitable route, look at the duration, and kilometers to see what’s more convenient. Usually, 1st option is faster, but might have to walk more

I guess you’re now ready to come to China, so why not apply now!