Business delegation trips to China
China Business Tours That Put You in the Room.
China business tours and expeditions inside the companies, factories and policy rooms shaping the world’s fastest-moving market. No showrooms, no PR decks — direct access, arranged end to end.
01 Why go
Why a China Business Tour Beats Another Report
Most boardroom assumptions about China were formed before 2020 — and the country has rebuilt entire industries since. Reading about it is not knowing it.
You Are Deciding on Second-Hand Information
Everything you know about China arrived through a filter: a consultancy deck, a headline, someone else’s summary. By the time it reaches your boardroom, the market has already moved.
Being in the Room
Headquarters, production floors, incubators and government briefings — live Q&A with founders and engineers, professional interpretation, nothing staged.
A Defensible Strategy
Verified contacts, a working model of how the ecosystem operates, and a China position you can argue in front of your board.
02 Who it’s for
Built for the People Who Decide
Cohorts are curated and deliberately small. Every seat belongs to someone who can act on what they see.
Founders & CEOs
Weighing China as a market, a supply base or a source of partners — and unwilling to decide from second-hand information.
Corporate Executives & Strategy Leads
Responsible for a China thesis the board will question. You leave with answers you’ve verified in person.
Investors & Fund Managers
Due diligence beyond the data room: the operating environment, the competition and the teams, seen up close.
Trade Organisations & Chambers
Group delegations for members — organised end to end under your banner, with your agenda built in.
Supply-Chain & Sourcing Leaders
Factories, suppliers and logistics hubs evaluated on the ground, against your actual requirements.
Who It’s Not For
This is not tourism with meetings attached. If a trip without a working agenda is what you need, we’ll say so on the first call.
03 The route
Six Cities, One Corridor of Innovation
Our China business tours run the length of the country’s innovation corridor — from the Pearl River Delta’s hardware belt to Beijing’s policy centre.
Shenzhen 深圳
Hardware & deep techThe hardware capital: prototype to production in days, not quarters. Home of DJI, Huawei and the accelerators feeding them.
Guangzhou 广州
Trade & sourcingTrade fairs, sourcing floors and the supply chains that reach the rest of the world. Where manufacturing deals actually close.
Hong Kong 香港
Capital & financeCapital markets, holding structures and the bridge between mainland operations and global finance.
Hangzhou 杭州
E-commerce & AIAlibaba’s hometown and the livestream-commerce lab where the global e-commerce playbook is being rewritten.
Shanghai 上海
Brands & market entryConsumer brands, venture capital and the Free Trade Zone machinery that handles foreign market entry.
Beijing 北京
Policy & AI researchPolicy, frontier AI research and the institutions that set the direction of travel for everything else on this list.
04 Access
The Companies You’ll Sit Down With
Visits are confirmed per cohort and matched to your sector. A representative sample of the network we operate across:
AI & Deep Tech
Mobility & EV
Commerce & Platforms
Hardware & Making
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05 The programmes
Two Ways to Book a China Business Tour
Join a scheduled cohort with peers, or have the entire route built around one organisation’s agenda.
Organized Expedition
A curated group of non-competing executives. Everything arranged — you show up and absorb.
- Small cohort — peers, not tourists
- Fixed annual departure dates
- Set route across the innovation corridor
- Corporate visits, briefings and B2B sessions
Bespoke Expedition
Built around your sector, your targets and your calendar. For boards, funds and trade delegations.
- Route and companies chosen with you
- Your dates, your group
- Partnerships, due diligence, sourcing or policy
- Confidential by default
06 On the ground
What Happens on Tour, Day to Day
Headquarters Access
Inside the buildings where the decisions are made — with the people making them.
Factory Floors
Production lines and supply chains at full speed, not a curated showroom tour.
Government Briefings
Policy, incentives and free-trade-zone mechanics, explained first-hand.
Incubators & Accelerators
Where the next cohort of Chinese companies is being built right now.
Sourcing & B2B Sessions
Supplier and partner meetings arranged against your actual requirements.
End-to-End Logistics
Hotels, transfers, interpreters and visa support. You focus on the meetings.
07 From the field
Previous Expeditions
Real cohorts, real rooms — not stock photography.
Next departure
Come and See It for Yourself
Tell us what you need from China. We’ll tell you honestly whether a business delegation trip is the right way to get it — and which of our China business tours fits.