China tech,
on your terms.

We no longer recruit individuals into public, open-enrollment trips. You can, however, put together your own group and come with us. We moved to this format because the groups consistently had a better experience. A surprising amount of the trip happens between formal visits — on buses, over meals, and in the conversations that follow each meeting. It is a good way to spend concentrated time with colleagues, clients, LPs, portfolio founders, or people you want to know better. Programs start at eight participants and typically cap at 25. We can also work with larger groups when the itinerary and meeting formats are designed for them. If you are traveling independently and want visits you can book directly, use our China industrial tourism and factory tour guide; those tours are operated by the factories, not by Tech Buzz China.

Most programs are designed for groups of eight or more. The right ceiling depends on the meeting format: a group that wants small, candid discussions is different from a delegation built around factory visits and presentations. Tell us the likely range even if the final headcount is not set.

Three to six months is a useful planning window. More lead time gives us more options for senior participants, specialized site visits, multi-city routing, and dates around major Chinese holidays. That does not mean every meeting will be locked months in advance. In China, detailed itineraries often do not firm up until two to four weeks before departure, and some details can continue moving after that. Host companies make decisions late and senior schedules shift. Groups need to be comfortable giving us the objective, then trusting us to deliver the right mix of companies, people, and site visits. We can assess shorter timelines, but access and route choices narrow quickly.

No serious operator should promise that before outreach. We welcome a wish list and will explain which targets make sense, but every meeting depends on relevance, availability, confidentiality, and the host company's willingness to participate. We design a strong program around the underlying objective rather than one logo.

Proposals normally cover program design, company and expert outreach, hotels, ground transport in China, group meals, meeting logistics, and on-the-ground program management. Interpretation is included where the program requires it. International flights, visas, and personal travel insurance are arranged independently unless the proposal says otherwise.

Private programs are quoted as a group project. Price changes with headcount, number of days and cities, hotel level, transport, interpretation, and the amount of custom research and outreach required. The budget question in the intake prevents us from proposing a program that is structurally wrong for the group.

Yes. We design programs for internal teams and mixed stakeholder groups. The participant mix affects the level of technical depth, confidentiality, meeting format, and how much time should be reserved for discussion within the group.

A typical program runs 10 to 12 hours with two to four substantive meetings or visits per day. We can build a more measured executive pace, but China distances and multi-city logistics reward honest choices about what matters most.

We review the brief as one set of constraints. If it is complete, the first reply can include an initial route, program format, commercial range, and assumptions. If one missing fact would materially change the proposal, we will ask for that first.