Tipping is not expected in China, but it is enormously appreciated. For a person who earns US$ 100 per month, a US$ 10 tip is about 3 days' wages. Up-market hotels and some restaurants may slap a 5% service charge on top of the government's 10% value-added tax (VAT). This service charge might be considered a mandatory tip, though it's doubtful that much of it reaches the employees. In general, if you stay a couple of days in the same hotel it's not such a bad idea to tip the staff who clean your room - US$ 2 should be enough.

You should also consider tipping drivers and guides - after all, the time they spend on the road with you means time away from home and family, especially when they accompany with you at night for overtime. Ditto if you take a day tour with a group - the guides and drivers are paid next to nothing. Typically, travelers on minibus tours will pool together to collect a communal tip separately for guide and driver.

For group of 1-4 passengers, recommend tipping policy is:
About US$ 5 per day (per tourist) for guide, US$ 2 per day (per tourist) for driver is standard. Of course, give more if you're feeling generous, but if you find a genuine reason not to tip, don't.

For group of 5 passengers and above, recommend tipping policy is:
About US$ 2 per day (per tourist) for guide, US$ 1 per day (per tourist) for driver is standard. Of course, give more if you're feeling generous, but if you find a genuine reason not to tip, don't.

Tip everyday, or tip at the end of the trip?
We highly recommend you to tip every day, when you go back to the hotel and say bye-bye to your tour guide and driver. It is a good chance to encourge better service in the next coming days.

Optional programs
Some fo the shows in the evening are really worth to see,  you might need to ask your tour guide and driver to wait till the show finishs and take you back to your hotel. Usually your tour guide tells you a rate, it is inclusive of the ticket cost, hotel/show round trip transfers and extra hours of your tour guide and driver.  Generally speaking, aftering deducting the cost of tickets and transfers, they can earn not so much for working this evening.   It is time when they should stay with their families.  So it is polite to give some extra tips for extra service tonight.

In Beijing, some famous shows and entertainment in the evening are: 
- Legend of Kungfu
- Beijing Acrobatic show
- Peking Opera
- Laoshe Teahouse
- Bar street near Shicha Lake