7th International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Application (SERA 2009)
December 2 - 4, 2009
Golden Coast Lawton Hotel, Haikou, Hainan Island, China
Location and Hotel
SERA2009 will be held at Golden Coast Lawton Hotel , Haikou, Hainan Island, China. Hainan Island is well-suited to receive tourists particularly in the popular visitor areas such as Haikou, Sanya and the region within Sanya known as Yalong Bay. In these towns, you¡¯ll find no shortage of accommodation options. These areas also offer the best in terms of eating out and nightlife options.
The Hainan Island is the place that most has the special features of tropical ocean climate: It is warm and hot in the whole year, the volume of rain is abundant, the dry and wet season are obvious, the often breeze is heavier, the tropical storm and typhoon are multifarious, the weather resources are diverse. The winter and spring in Hainan are dry, the dry quarter is from November to the next April or May, and it is 6 to 7 months long. The precipitation rain fall of summer and autumn are much, the raining season is from May to October, the total rainfall is 1500 millimeters or so, has 70% to 90% of the rainfall of whole year. Rain source contains frontal surface rain, hot thunder-storm, typhoon rain...etc.
Haikou is the capital city of Hainan Province. Haikou lies in the north of Hainan Island. It borders on Qiongzhou Strait in the north, and is separated from the mainland for about 18 nautical miles. Haikou is plain of the seashore for the most, and mainly consists of new and old deposits. High in the south and low in the north, it is low and flat.
Haikou is at the northern edge of the Torrid Zone, and it belongs to the monsoon tropical zone. The annual temperature is 23.8C¡ã on average. Summer is long and winter is short. There is no obvious change in different seasons. Daytime is long, so it is rich in sunlight. The rainfall here is plentiful, and the wind is a little bit strong. Every year, from April to October is the active period of tropical storm and typhoon, and most of them occurred between August and September. May to October is the rainy season, and most of the rainfall comes in September, and the average precipitation is 300.7mm. July and¡¡August are the hottest months with the average temperature about 29C¡ã, and January, the coldest, with the temperature about 17.2C¡ã. It is suitable for tourism in all seasons, and the golden period is from October to the next April. When the north is covered with white snow, Haikou is still in green.
Air Transport
International, Domestic Air Routes (Charter) Airport Haikou Meilan Airport is an important domestic airport. It was constructed with 4E standard of International Civil Aviation Organization. The airport is designed to handle 6 million passengers and 150,000 tons of cargo yearly. The taking-off ground is 3,600 meters long and 45 meters wide. The parallel ground is 3,600meter long and 34-meter wide. The main facilities can meet the needs of the taking off and landing of Boeing 747-400. Mailan Airport lies in Mailan Town, Qiongshan Prefecture, and Hainan Province. The Airport Expressway is linked with Haiyu Expressway (from Haikou to Sanya), Haiwen Expressway (from Haikou to Wenchang) and the to-be ring road of the island in the future. Shuttle buses enable the transportation to Haikou convenient. By now, cities with direct flights to Haikou are: Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Harbin, Hefei, Nanjing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Shantou, Shenzhen, Guiyang, Wuhan, Nanchang, Beihai, Lanzhou, Nanning, Xiamen, Changchun, Dalian, Zhengzhou, Jinan, Taiyuan, Shenyang, Fuzhou, Haikou, Changsha, Kunming, and Bangkok.