| Date: | October 7–13 (men) October 14–20 (women) |
| Edition: | 4th (men) / 3rd (women) |
| Location: | Beijing, China |
| Champms: |  Greg Rusedski[1] |
| Champws: | Wang Shi-ting |
| Champmd: |  Martin Damm /  Andrei Olhovskiy[2] |
| Champwd: |  Naoko Kijimuta / Miho Saeki |
The 1996 Salem Open Beijing and the Nokia Open were tennis tournaments. The men's tournament was played on indoor carpet courts while the women's tournament was played on indoor hard courts. Both events were held in Beijing, China and were part of the World Series of the 1996 ATP Tour and of Tier IV of the 1996 WTA Tour. The men's tournament was held from October 7 through October 13, 1996, while the women's tournament was held from October 14 through October 20, 1996. Greg Rusedski and Wang Shi-ting won the singles titles.[3]
See main article: 1996 Salem Open Beijing – Singles. Greg Rusedski defeated Martin Damm 7–6(7–5), 6–4
See main article: 1996 Nokia Open – Singles. Wang Shi-ting defeated 
Chen Li-Ling 6–3, 6–4
See main article: 1996 Salem Open Beijing – Doubles. Martin Damm / Andrei Olhovskiy defeated Patrik Kühnen / Gary Muller 6–4, 7–5
See main article: 1996 Nokia Open – Doubles. Naoko Kijimuta / Miho Saeki defeated Yuko Hosoki / Kazue Takuma 7–5, 6–4