Off Campus Facilities
Eating:
The local food could be too salty and spicy compared with other food. On the main campus, there are seven
canteens that serve different types of Chinese food. Cash is not acceptable in most of the canteens on the campus; students need to use Golden Dragon Card (Jin Long Ka) to pay. The card costs ¥10 and you can pay as much as you like on the card. Off the campus, there are many places near the school gate and in the downtown for eating. Down most side streets near the college gates there are many small restaurants.
Post:
Off campus: China Post Office is near the gate of the College. Please use the following format to have letters addressed to you:
Your name C/o Nick He, International Student affairs Office, NINGXIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY. 692, Shengli, Ningxia, Yinchuan, P. R. China
Tele-Communication:
There are lots of phone booths where you can use the IC Card – talk locally.
Internet:
On the third floor – 1st floor of the library, there are electronic reading rooms where you can pay １ yuan / hr and use the Internet. Many Internet bars can be easily found outside the campus, and also in the city center.
Banking: 
Agricultural Bank has ATM machine at the new teaching building. ATM of ICBC is just beside the campus, and the others belong to the Yinchuan City Commercial Bank. Cash can be withdrawn from the ATMs. You can open up an account at the local banks. Any issues related to a foreign account, money transferring, cashing travelers cheques, please go to the Bank of China, Ningxia City Branch, you may be requested to present your passport and a copy of that.
Some useful telephone numbers:
Fire alarm: 119
First aid: 120
Police Station: 110
International Student Office: 083453
Others:
Hairdressing: you can have your haircut near the school gate. Of course, there are some well-equipped salons in the city center. They usually have the well-done craftsmen.
Laundry: You can ask them for help with some payment. In the city center, there are lots of Dry-cleaners; you also can send your clothes there.
Bookstores: Off campus: Ningxia Bookstore—the biggest bookshop in town. Maps, English books are available there. It is on Xunyang Lu.
