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Education Study Tours to China, Built Around What You Teach.

Study tours to China for high schools, universities, business schools and executive education. Your teachers or faculty set the learning goals. We arrange the visits, interpreters, hotels and visas, and our bilingual team travels with the group.

Plan your trip How it works
Study tour group at sunset above the Bund in Shanghai Carriage of a Chinese high-speed train used to travel between cities on a study tour High school · University · MBA · Exec Ed
Your curriculumGoals set by your teachers or faculty
Bilingual teamWith the group the whole trip
Every levelFrom Year 9 or Grade 9 to EMBA
Your calendarLength, cities and dates flexible

01 Why go

Learning That Starts When They Land

Students can read about China’s history, its cities and its companies. What changes their understanding is seeing them in person and asking their own questions.

Most schools and universities can’t arrange that alone, and teachers shouldn’t spend the trip managing transfers. We handle the logistics, so your academic team leads the learning.

Visitors in an immersive technology showroom during a study tour to China

02 The programme

One Method, Every Level

Each programme is built for its group: the age, the subject and what the trip has to teach.

High Schools

Culture, history, Mandarin, STEM and economics for students from Year 9 or Grade 9. One InfluChina team member for every 20 students, on top of your teachers.

Universities

Study trips for bachelor’s and master’s programmes, built around a course or a module and the questions it asks.

Business Schools

MBA and EMBA immersions with visits to companies such as Alibaba, Tencent, JD.com and ByteDance, matched to the themes of your course.

Executive Education

Open and custom programmes for managers, with briefings on China’s economy, consumer market and technology, pitched at the level of your participants.

Academic Co-Design

We build the programme with your teachers or faculty: topics, learning outcomes and the reading that frames each visit.

Flexible Format

Group size, cities and dates set around your school or academic calendar, from a short trip to a full residency.

03 Example route

An Example Study Tour Route

Every route follows your learning goals. This is one way a trip can flow.

Pudong skyline from the Bund, the Shanghai stop of a China study tour
Stop 01 · Shanghai

History & Business

The Bund, old neighbourhoods and one of the world’s biggest ports, next to the brands every global company is studying.

Carriage of a Chinese high-speed train during a study tour
Between cities

High-Speed Rail

Fast, comfortable transfers between cities, and a lesson in China’s infrastructure on its own.

West Lake and the Hangzhou skyline, a stop on a China study tour
Stop 02 · Hangzhou

Culture & Innovation

West Lake and tea country, and the hometown of Alibaba, where old China meets new technology.

See the companies & cities we cover

04 How it works

How We Build Your Study Tour

Four steps from first call to departure. You are involved in the first two and free of the rest.

Step 01

The Brief

A working call to pin down the objective, who is travelling and what would make the trip worth it.

Step 02

The Design

A proposed route, a target list of companies and a day-by-day agenda. You cut and add until it’s right.

Step 03

The Arranging

We secure the visits, brief each host on who you are, book hotels and transfers, assign interpreters and support visas.

Step 04

On the Ground

A bilingual team runs the logistics and stays in the room. You leave with a contact dossier and written next steps.

05 What we handle

Everything Except the Flights

Access & Agenda

Company outreach, host briefings, confirmed visit slots and institutional introductions where your agenda calls for them.

Language

Senior bilingual guides and professional English↔Chinese interpretation in every meeting, plus bilingual materials.

Hotels & Logistics

Hotels in the category you choose (3-star, 4-star or 5-star), domestic travel, transfers, on-site coordination in each city and visa support.

After the Trip

Contact dossier, company profiles, visit notes and a debrief to turn the week into next steps.

06 Questions

Education Study Tours, Answered

What Is an Education Study Tour to China?

A study trip to China for a school, university or business school group, built around what the group is learning. Teachers or faculty set the learning goals. We arrange the visits, interpreters, hotels and visas, and our bilingual team travels with the group.

Do You Organise Trips for High School Students?

Yes, from Year 9 or Grade 9 upwards. A bilingual InfluChina team travels with the group from arrival to departure, with one team member for every 20 students on top of your teachers, who stay responsible for the students as on any school trip.

Can It Count as an EMBA International Residency in China?

Yes, if your programme structures it that way. We build the content around your learning outcomes and deliverables, so the module can serve as an international residency, a global immersion or an elective.

Which Companies Can University and Business School Groups Visit?

It depends on the course themes. Our network includes companies such as Alibaba, Tencent, JD.com and ByteDance, plus manufacturers, retailers and startups. Visits are confirmed before departure.

Who Leads the Learning?

Your teachers or faculty. They set the academic frame, run sessions and debriefs, and decide what matters. We handle access, interpretation, transfers, hotels and timing.

How Large Can the Group Be?

From small executive education groups to full classes and year groups. Tell us the size in the form and we will shape the programme and logistics around it.

Visas, safety, language and more in the full FAQ

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Plan your trip

Plan Your Study Tour

Three quick answers about your group tell us enough to come back with a concrete recommendation.

  1. We read your answersWe reply by email with a first recommendation, or a few questions if we need them.
  2. A short callWe agree the objective, the rough timing and who is travelling.
  3. Your proposed routeA route, a target list of companies and an agenda for you to shape.

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  1. We read your answers and reply by email with a first recommendation, or a few questions.
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