Great Hall of the People Tickets

Your Experience

Explore Beijing's Great Hall of the People at your own pace with entry tickets to its landmark political and ceremonial spaces.

Getting started

Use your Great Hall of the People entry ticket to access the complex on the west side of Tiananmen Square. After ticket validation and security checks, follow on-site signs into the main building. From here, you can move independently toward the core halls included in your ticket, choosing the order that suits your visit.

What to expect

Great Hall of the People

This significant political landmark hosts important national meetings and diplomatic events, and has witnessed many key historic moments in China.

Features

• With entry to the Great Hall of the People, you step into a seat of national governance that combines traditional Chinese aesthetics with modern architectural design. The scale of corridors, foyers, and chambers highlights its role in major state ceremonies and assemblies.
• Architectural details inside the China Great Hall reflect a blend of symbolic decoration and functional layout, giving you a direct sense of how spaces are arranged for national meetings and high-level receptions.

Ten-thousand-Person Auditorium

At the core of the building, the Ten-thousand-Person Auditorium serves as the primary venue for large-scale national gatherings.

Features

• Your access to the Ten-thousand-Person Auditorium lets you see one of the grand interior spaces of the Great Hall of the People, designed to accommodate vast audiences for important political sessions and events.
• From your vantage points inside the auditorium, you can observe how seating, stage, and interior finishes work together to support major plenary meetings and ceremonial occasions.

Banquet Hall

The Banquet Hall is dedicated to state banquets and official receptions.

Features

• Included access to the Banquet Hall allows you to view a formal reception space used for diplomatic events and large official dinners. The room layout shows how guests are accommodated for national-level hospitality.
• Interior design in the Banquet Hall emphasizes scale and order, so you can appreciate how the setting supports protocol-heavy banquets and structured social occasions.

Provincial halls

Alongside the national spaces, the building contains characteristic provincial reception halls.

Features

• Your ticket includes access to provincial halls, where each area represents a different region with its own Chinese style. Walking through these halls gives you a sense of how provinces are individually showcased within the national complex.
• Design elements in the provincial halls highlight regional character through layout and decorative choices, offering varied visual experiences as you compare how different parts of China are presented.

Highlights

• Step inside China's Great Hall of the People on Tiananmen Square and see the main venue for state meetings and diplomatic ceremonies.
• On the day of your visit, present your ticket at the entrance and then move into the building to start exploring the interior at your pace.
• Walk through the Ten-thousand-Person Auditorium, Banquet Hall, and provincial reception halls, each space showing characteristic Chinese style.
• Take time in the main chambers to notice how traditional Chinese motifs combine with modern architecture, from ceilings and columns to lighting.