Questions & answers

The roster of companies is defined within the chosen programme, fixed in the contract, and confirmed 2–6 weeks before departure — the exact timing depends on the direction and the host side's scheduling. We deliberately don't confirm it earlier: China's technology landscape moves fast, and we don't want to bring you to a site that has stopped being relevant by the time you visit.

Selection is built on our own industry database: over 350 Chinese companies, tagged by macro-sector and region, each rated on whether — and at what level — it already hosts foreign delegations. The database is continuously expanded and refreshed: we add new sites, re-check the relevance of existing ones, and drop those that stopped giving substantive access. With some companies we work directly, as a commercial partner, with no intermediaries — a fundamentally different level of reception, a partner-to-partner visit rather than a ticketed tour.

Directions we build programmes around:

• Robotics and humanoids
• Industrial automation, cobots, welding complexes
• Warehouse and intralogistics: AMR, AGV, sorting systems
• Food production and central kitchens, including 预制菜 (pre-made dishes)
• AI, LLM, digital ecosystems
• Medtech, biotech, lab automation
• New energy, EVs, automotive

Mixed requests are welcome — food production plus line robotisation, say, or automotive plus industrial cobots. In practice that is the real brief for most clients.

The specific route and site list is put together for your brief and discussed in person.

Yes — this is the core of the product, not a bonus. Every visit follows the same structure, regardless of direction:

1. 1.A 20–30 minute briefing on the bus. Our benchmarking-visit consultant walks the group through what to look for and what to ask. We walk onto the site with questions, not just to look around.
2. 2.A tour of the production or R&D area, guided by a technical specialist from the host side.
3. 3.A 45–60 minute themed session and open Q&A with a senior manager: adoption cases in your industry, project economics, partnership models, supply and localisation terms, government-support measures.
4. 4.An evening debrief — we fix the takeaways and next steps for every contact before they blur together.

If you have a specific task — sourcing a line, finding an OEM partner, evaluating a technology before investing — send your questions as soon as the programme roster is confirmed. We pass them to the host side in advance, so the people at the table can actually answer, not just handle protocol.

Three mechanisms make sure of that:

• The route is rebuilt for every group. We don't sell a frozen, off-the-shelf programme: in robotics and food technology, a six-month lag is already critical.
• We go inside industrial clusters, not to individual factories. The key clusters we work in concentrate several hundred specialised companies each and account for up to half of their region's industry output. Inside a cluster you see the production chain, not a single showcase.
• Priority goes to sites with a proven track record of hosting foreign delegations. We have documented precedents — including hosting delegations from dozens of countries at once. We're not "breaking in" access for the first time on your dime.

On honesty of framing: some sites will show live production, others a demo centre and R&D. We always specify exactly what kind of site it is in the programme, before the contract is signed.

Neither.

A professional Chinese–Russian interpreter works with the group every day, including technical sessions and supply negotiations. English matters less on-site than you'd expect: many Chinese engineers speak it worse than commonly assumed, so we build a direct Russian–Chinese channel from the start instead of double translation. For narrow fields — medtech, biotech, chemistry, food technology — we bring in an interpreter with the relevant terminology.

No technical background is required. Briefing sessions level the context for the whole group, and we frame each stop differently: an owner, a commercial director, and a chief engineer look at the same site very differently. In practice, non-technical leaders get just as much out of these visits — they read the business model, not only the equipment.

A direct answer, because it shapes expectations.

• Demo halls, showrooms, exhibition and testing areas — shooting is allowed and welcomed. This is 70–80% of the visually valuable material.
• Live lines and R&D labs — subject to the host's permission, often with area-by-area limits: fine here, not past this line.
• Some areas are fully closed. Some companies ask for an NDA before entry — we arrange that in advance and flag it before the visit.

An industry nuance: in food production and cleanrooms — medtech, microelectronics — personal phones and cameras are often not allowed into the production area at all. That's a hygiene and standards requirement, not secrecy.

The rule is simple: before each site, the group leader announces the shooting rules zone by zone. We don't shoot anything that hasn't been cleared. One incident closes a site to every future group, and we don't take that risk.

You don't need to shoot it yourself, either: a videographer travels with the delegation, and at the end of the trip you get a ready professional photo and video package — material for corporate social media, a board report, or an internal presentation. For smaller delegations this service is added on request.

Required

• A passport valid for at least 6 months from the departure date
• Business cards, 80–100 of them. In China exchanging business cards is a mandatory ritual for opening a conversation, not a formality. Bilingual, double-sided cards work best — we can prepare a Chinese version for you before departure if needed
• Closed, comfortable shoes: open shoes and heels aren't allowed on production floors, and there's a lot of walking
• Business-casual for site visits, one formal outfit for official receptions

Tech

• A laptop or tablet plus a paper notebook — handwriting is faster in technical sessions
• A China-compatible plug adapter, type A/I, 220V
• On power banks: if the programme includes domestic flights, unmarked power banks without CCC certification won't be allowed on board. Bring a certified one or none at all
• Set up before departure: WeChat with a card linked, Alipay, an offline translator app, a VPN. Harder to configure once you're there

Nice to have

• 2–3 corporate gifts with your company's logo: a reciprocal gift is valued highly by the host side and noticeably shifts the tone of the conversation
• A personal first-aid kit
• A little cash in yuan for pocket expenses — most payments run through QR codes
• For food plants and cleanrooms: minimal perfume and makeup, removable jewellery. Gowns, caps and shoe covers are provided on-site

The participation package includes:

• Accommodation in vetted 4–5★ hotels near the route's business clusters. The exact tier is fixed in the contract; an upgrade is available on request
• Meals — breakfast, lunch and dinner every day of the programme
• Transport — a comfortable bus for the whole tour, all airport–hotel–site transfers, and inter-city flights within China
• Programme — arranging access and reception at the companies, all technical sessions and Q&A with leadership
• Support — a Chinese–Russian interpreter, a benchmarking-visit consultant, a group coordinator
• Media — a videographer and a finished photo/video package at the end of the trip
• Documents — participant insurance, organisational and visa support

Not included: the international flight, personal expenses and purchases, alcohol outside group dinners, extra nights before or after the programme. We source and book flights separately on request — so you don't pay a markup on our rate and can use your own miles or fly business.

The cost of participation depends on the direction, the number of cities, how deep the programme goes, and the delegation size. We price it for your brief and discuss it in person — send us the basics and we'll come back with a quote.

Russian citizens don't need a visa. Visa-free entry on an ordinary passport applies for up to 30 days, including for business purposes. The policy took effect on 15 September 2025 and was extended by China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs through 31 December 2027 — covering the full planning horizon of our programmes.

All we need from you is a passport scan. Everything else — invitations from the host companies, guest-list verification at the sites, insurance, booking confirmations — is on us.

For participants holding other passports, we work out the visa requirement individually and handle the paperwork with support. Tell us your citizenship when booking and we'll take care of it.

Information current as of: 30.07.2026

It varies. The route's logistics are built and adjusted to maximise visits to the chosen companies — the business programme comes first, since that's what you're there for. The schedule depends on how many sites are in the programme, how spread out they are across cities, and how the host side is able to structure the reception: sometimes that's half a day at one site, sometimes two visits in one day.

That said, time for free programme and shopping can always be adjusted to the client's preference — both while agreeing the route and once you're there. Tell us what matters more to the group: the maximum number of companies in the same days, or a calmer pace with windows for the city. We'll build the logistics around that priority.

An interpreter for free time is available on request: we'll point you to and take you through the electronics and components markets, souvenir districts, and main sights in the route's cities.

Group dinners are also part of the programme, not just food — that's usually where useful connections form within the delegation itself.