Quick update:
Got my drivers license by now :)

General Information for people who want to get their license in Beijing:
Contrary to some guides on the web you do not need to fill out any "application form". You just show the Health Examination, your foreign license & translation & your passport and you'll get a date for the test ~10 days later.
On Test day you actually get 2 tries ride away (lucky me, got 89 on first try :D). After second failed try you get a new test date.

Our plans changed slightly due to lack of time, we'll make a roundtrip with start and finish in kunming. So no Lugu Lake, Emeishan or Chengdu but on the other hand more southern yunnan.