Technology & Innovation in China
A STEM Study Tours
Programme Overview
Duration
7 Days · 6 Nnights
Route
Shanghai → Hangzhou
Highlight
1 China Macroeconomy Briefing
4 Future-Facing Industry Visits
5 Innovation Workshops
3 Iconic Cultural and hands-on Experiences
Why This Programme
China offers one of the clearest live contexts for understanding how STEM moves from theory into industrial systems. From applied AI and robotics to smart manufacturing, mobility, and infrastructure, participants explore how ideas are tested, scaled, and embedded into everyday life.
This programme helps participants move beyond classroom concepts to see how engineering, technology, policy, and market demand work together in real-world innovation ecosystems.
What We Do
A 7-day STEM-focused field programme across Beijing and Shenzhen, examining China’s technological development, urban transformation, and innovation ecosystems.
Through 5 Academic Workshops and 4 Industry Visits, students explore engineering principles, AI applications, robotics, smart manufacturing, and mobility innovation. The programme includes engagement with leading companies such as Xiaomi, JD.com, DJI, and EHang, alongside structured inquiry into how policy, infrastructure, and digital systems support large-scale technological growth.
Key Takeaways
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See how engineering, AI, smart devices, mobility, and automation move from classroom concepts into working products and systems.
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Understand how companies use supply chains, infrastructure, and digital systems to scale technology rapidly.
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Explore how smart devices, logistics, electric vehicles, and aerial mobility are reshaping how people live, move, and connect.
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Explore how Beijing’s heritage and Shenzhen’s innovation ecosystem reveal the relationship between history, urban change, and technological development.
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Build confidence in observing, questioning, and discussing the technologies shaping tomorrow’s industries.
Beijing
The political and research capital of China, where national priorities, advanced research, and technological ambition intersect. Beijing provides context for understanding how innovation is shaped by policy, education, infrastructure, and long-term strategic planning.
Destinations
Shenzhen
Once a fishing village, it’s now a leading innovation hub and one of the world’s most dynamic technology ecosystems. From consumer electronics and smart manufacturing to drones, robotics, and mobility, Shenzhen offers a direct view into how ideas move from prototype to global product.
Industry Access
Xiaomi
(Smart Device)
From smartphones to smart homes, Xiaomi shows how connected devices, user feedback, and ecosystem thinking scale consumer technology globally.
JD.com
(Smart Logistics)
Explore how automation, AI, and data systems support one of China’s most advanced e-commerce and logistics networks.
Understand DJI's product platform establishment and it's journey to world's largest drone supplier. See how drone technology moves from engineering design into real-world applications across imaging, mapping, logistics, and environmental monitoring.
DJI
(Drones & Robotics)
EHang
(Autonomous Flight)
Explore how autonomous aerial vehicles are moving from concept to commercial reality, offering a glimpse into the future of urban mobility.
Itinerary
BEIJING
Welcome Dinner & Free time
A welcome dinner and settle in Beijing.
Programme Briefing
Short orientation session outlining the journey, logistics, and experience flow.
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