China Study Tours & Benchmark Company Visits
In-depth China study tours and company visits to the businesses defining the country's future — BYD, Huawei, Xiaomi, Alibaba, Tencent and many more.
We design and run business study tours and factory visits for global executives — pre-booking access to China's leading EV, AI, robotics and internet companies, with industry-experienced escorts and full logistics. Real inside-industry exchange, not sightseeing.
What a China study tour with us looks like
China Business Travel plans and runs your China study tour and company visits end to end. With 13+ years of experience since 2013, we pre-book access to China's benchmark companies — BYD, Huawei, Xiaomi, Alibaba, Tencent and more — pair you with industry-experienced escorts, and build the full itinerary across cities. You arrive to learn from China's best, and leave with insight you can use — and, where it fits, real cooperation.
Join a scheduled group, or bring your own delegation
Whether you're one executive who wants to see China for yourself, or a company sending a full team, there's a track built for you.
Join our monthly executive study tour
A fixed group of 15–20 executives, departing on a set schedule each month to a fixed set of benchmark companies and cities. Regular, reliable departures — the easiest way for a CEO, senior leader or business owner to join in their own name without organising a whole trip.
Reserve a Group SeatDesign a delegation around your goals
Tell us your industry, objectives, group size and budget, and we build the program around you — your own departure dates and city, and the specific companies you want to visit. Ideal for corporate teams, business associations, chambers of commerce and travel partners.
Build a Custom TourMajor study-tour hubs & the companies in them
Explore benchmark companies across China's primary economic clusters. Pick a city to see who you can visit.
Another company or city in mind?
The companies listed here are only a starting point. We cover 20+ cities across China and can arrange access to companies beyond this list — including your own target suppliers, partners or benchmark firms. Tell us who you want to visit and where, and we will arrange and confirm the visit for you.
Tell Us Who You Want to VisitDon't see your city or your target company? We cover 20+ cities and can arrange access to companies beyond this list — tell us who you want to visit, and we'll confirm it before you travel.
What one company visit actually involves
Every visit is a structured, high-value session built around your goals — not a lobby photo and a brochure.
Factory & showroom tour
Walk real production lines, R&D centres, smart-factory floors and innovation halls — hands-on exposure to how China's leaders actually build and operate.
Executive briefing & exchange
Senior people share how the business was built — strategy, digital transformation, supply chain, product, and how they scaled at home and abroad.
Interactive Q&A
Direct, unscripted dialogue with company managers and executives, facilitated by our industry-experienced bilingual escorts — real questions, real answers.
Business matching & cooperation
Where there's a genuine fit, we help you go beyond observation — introductions, negotiation support and a path to real cooperation, not just a visit.
Not tourism. Not a scripted delegation.
A study tour is only worth the trip if you come away with something you can use. Here's what changes that.
Real industry depth
Our escorts are business people from inside these industries — not generic translators. You get inside-industry exchange and judgment, so every visit goes deeper than a guided walkthrough.
Built for outcomes
The goal isn't just to look. It's to learn what you can apply — and, where it fits, to reach real cooperation and deals with the companies you meet.
Access that's hard to get alone
We pre-book visits with company leaders through our own channels — the kind of access most overseas buyers simply can't arrange by cold email.
Depth over volume
Focused, meaningful visits matched to your goals — not a rushed "see everything" schedule that leaves you with photos and no substance.
250 Latin American entrepreneurs, a China they didn't expect
We led a 250-strong delegation of entrepreneurs from Latin America across Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen — through Alibaba, Tencent, SenseTime, the Luxeed (享界) smart factory, Xiaohongshu, iFlytek, Ubtech and Baidu Apollo.
They came to observe and left with a completely new picture of China — its new-energy vehicle plants, humanoid-robotics companies, AI leaders and best-known internet firms. Programs at this scale are routine for us.
Plan your China study tour
Tell us your goals, industry and dates. We'll build a verified company-visit itinerary around your objectives, with industry-experienced escorts and full on-site support.
Trusted by leading global peer networks
Members of these global executive communities travelled with us — part of the 250 entrepreneurs we hosted across China.
Vistage
A global CEO peer advisory organization that connects business leaders through executive networking, leadership development and strategic learning programs. We supported their China visit with customized business meetings and corporate visits.
Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO)
A global network of entrepreneurs and business leaders, providing peer-to-peer learning, leadership development and business exchange opportunities. We supported EO members with customized China business visits and corporate learning programs.
Programs built around your industry
Tell us your sector and we match you to the right benchmark companies. A few of the themes executives ask for most.
New Energy Vehicles & Smart Auto
EV manufacturing, battery tech, autonomous driving and the smart-factory model — inside the plants redrawing the global auto map. Featured: BYD, Xiaomi Auto, XPENG, Li Auto, Luxeed (享界) factory.
AI, Robotics & Frontier Tech
Applied AI, humanoid robotics, computer vision and autonomous systems — where China is moving fastest. Featured: SenseTime, iFlytek, Baidu Apollo, humanoid-robotics makers, the world's largest robot data-training center.
Internet & Digital Economy
E-commerce, social commerce, the live-streaming economy and platform operations at scale. Featured: Alibaba, Tencent, Xiaomi, Xiaohongshu (RED).
Advanced Manufacturing & Smart Factory
Lighthouse factories, automation, quality systems and China's manufacturing depth up close. Featured: Huawei, DJI, and smart-factory sites across the Pearl River Delta.
Corporate Culture & Management
How China's champions build teams, run operations and scale — leadership, org design and management learning drawn from the companies themselves. Featured: Huawei, Alibaba and more.
Your Industry — Custom
Don't see your field? Send us your sector, purpose and the profile of company you want to learn from — we design the theme and the company list around you.
Four steps from enquiry to arrival
Tell Us Your Goals
Share your industry, group size, target cities, the companies you want to see, and your dates.
We Match & Pre-Book
We shortlist the right benchmark companies and confirm every visit with company leaders in advance.
Custom Itinerary & Quote
A day-by-day route across cities with visit themes and a clear quote — all appointments confirmed before you travel.
On-Site Execution
Industry-experienced escorts, interpretation and transport on the ground — plus a structured post-visit report.