China-wide network
China's AI ecosystem is distributed across specialised innovation hubs. We combine one or more destinations according to your sector, preferred companies, timing and strategic priorities.
Research, models & policy
Foundation models · research · autonomous mobility
China's densest concentration of AI research institutions, frontier model companies and policy-facing technology ecosystems.
Potential hosts: Baidu · Moonshot AI · Zhipu AI · ByteDance / Volcengine · Xiaomi
Enterprise AI & global business
Enterprise adoption · capital · multimodal AI
A global business center where model companies, multinationals and industry operators meet enterprise-scale AI deployment.
Potential hosts: MiniMax · SenseTime · Bilibili · Lenovo
Platforms, fintech & robotics
Cloud AI · digital finance · embodied intelligence
Home to platform-scale commerce, financial technology and a fast-growing robotics and model ecosystem.
Potential hosts: Alibaba Group · Ant Group · DeepSeek · Unitree Robotics · Hikvision
Hardware & intelligent manufacturing
AI infrastructure · drones · EVs · supply chains
The place to understand how algorithms become devices, vehicles, factories and globally scaled hardware products.
Potential hosts: Huawei · DJI · Tencent · BYD
Mobility & commercial innovation
Electric mobility · aerial transport · commerce
A major Greater Bay Area hub for automotive intelligence, low-altitude mobility and consumer-scale commercial innovation.
Potential hosts: XPeng · EHang
Advanced manufacturing
Industrial automation · semiconductors · biomedicine
An advanced manufacturing base suited to sector-specific programs spanning automation, precision industry and industrial parks.
Host mix is developed against the program brief.
Speech AI, EVs & science
Speech intelligence · mobility · research commercialisation
A science-led innovation hub connecting university research, specialised AI and next-generation vehicle manufacturing.
Potential hosts: iFlytek · NIO
Digital economy & western China
Software · digital services · regional innovation
A gateway to western China's digital economy and a useful lens on how AI ecosystems grow beyond coastal megacities.
Host mix is developed against the program brief.
Programs may cover a single hub or combine several regions. Routes are confirmed only after the host mix and learning objectives are aligned.
Tell us what your leaders need to understand. We will recommend the most relevant hubs and a realistic sequence of company visits, briefings and field experiences.