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On December 15, the annual passes for admission to Beijing's parks in 2025 are officially on sale. Please check this user manual for details.
Terms of Purchase
Trade union members with their Bank of Beijing cards can purchase an annual pass for CNY 100, while retirees can do so with their retirement certificates. Other visitors can purchase a combined annual pass for CNY 200. In order to obtain either type of annual pass, recent bareheaded photos must be provided. For those purchasing a physical card, a one-inch photo is required.
Channels of Purchase
1. Online Processing:
Buyers may log in to the Beijing Yikatong App or the ticketing platforms in the official WeChat accounts of Visiting Beijing Parks, the Summer Palace, the Temple of Heaven, the Fragrant Hills Park, Beijing Zoo and China National Botanical Garden, or the Yuyuantan Park 5G WeChat mini-program, and click on the "Annual Pass" as prompted to complete the purchase.
Service hours: 5:00-23:00, December 15, 2024 to October 20, 2025.
2. Offline Processing:
Buyers may purchase or recharge an annual pass at the ticket offices of the Summer Palace, the Temple of Heaven, Beihai Park, Zhongshan Park, the Fragrant Hills Park, Jingshan Park, China National Botanical Garden (North Garden), Beijing Zoo, Taoranting Park, Zizhuyuan Park, Yuyuantan Park, Baiwangshan Forest Park and Shuangxiu Park. Organizations can consult the ticket offices for service with an official letter and a list of union members.
Service hours: 8:30-16:30 every day from December 15, 2024 to January 15, 2025.
In addition to the above park ticket offices, buyers with the third-generation social security cards can also visit the service outlets of 15 banks, including the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and Bank of China, to have the annual pass (CNY 100) function added to their social security cards. The service hours are consistent with the business hours of the bank outlets.
Scope of Application
1. Beijing Park Sightseeing Annual Pass (CNY 100)
In addition to the above 16 parks in Beijing, this annual pass also provides access to the scenic areas covered by the Culture and Leisure Scenic Spots in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region Annual Pass, including the Yangtaishan Natural Scenic Area, Xishan National Forest Park, and Beijing Back Garden (Baihujian) Scenic Area. Its period of validity is subject to the time indicated in the manual.
Hotline service: 96066
(Sources: Beijing Municipal Administration Center of Parks, Visiting Beijing Parks Website)
Source: BeijingService