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.

Greg Rusedski and Wang Shi-ting won the singles titles.

[3] Greg Rusedski defeated Martin Damm 7–6(7–5), 6–4 Wang Shi-ting defeated Chen Li-Ling 6–3, 6–4 Martin Damm / Andrei Olhovskiy defeated Patrik Kühnen / Gary Muller 6–4, 7–5 Naoko Kijimuta / Miho Saeki defeated Yuko Hosoki / Kazue Takuma 7–5, 6–4