6-Day Enterprise Study Tour: Xi'an Tech, Trade and Industry

Xi'an is both China's oldest capital and one of its fastest-moving inland tech hubs, and this programme uses both faces. Students hear an executive briefing in the High-Tech Zone on why an inland city competes for semiconductor and software investment, walk a BYD production line to see new-energy vehicle manufacturing at scale, visit a green-energy charging enterprise, and then ask the harder question of what happens to heritage crafts when they have to pay their own way. The week closes with a trade negotiation simulation built on Qin standardisation and Silk Road commerce, and a final presentation round with certificates.

• Take an executive briefing inside the Xi'an High-Tech Zone, home to semiconductor, software and aerospace firms serving markets the Silk Road once reached by camel.
• Walk the BYD production base and see how the world's largest new-energy vehicle maker organises assembly, quality control and supply chains.
• Visit a green-energy enterprise building EV charging networks, and map how charging infrastructure changes what cities and drivers actually do.
• Interrogate an intangible heritage workshop as a business: who buys, what the transmission chain costs, and what keeps a craft alive commercially.
• Study the Terracotta Army through the lens of standardisation - weights, measures, script and manufacture unified under Qin rule around 221 BC.
• Run a trade negotiation simulation with rotating roles, closing the week with team presentations, feedback and certificates.

• 5 nights hotels, good 4-star or equivalent, twin share with daily breakfast (5 nights in Xi'an)
• Meals as listed in the itinerary, with dietary requirements and allergies arranged in advance
• Private air-conditioned coach with licensed driver throughout, plus airport or station transfers on arrival and departure
• Professional English-speaking guide throughout the programme
• All entrance fees to the sites named in the itinerary, including the Xi'an High-Tech Zone, the BYD production base, a green-energy EV charging enterprise, an intangible heritage workshop and the Terracotta Army Museum, with shuttle buses and cable cars merged into the ticket price where the site requires them
• Study materials, record sheets and a printed reader for the programme
• Two accompanying teachers free of the land programme cost, amortised into the student price
• Travel insurance at 30 CNY per person per day
• Luggage handling where group size requires it
• Bottled water, tour headsets where group size requires them, and local handling services
• All government taxes and service charges as itemised in the quotation

• International air tickets to and from China, and any domestic flights or high-speed rail fares not listed in the itinerary
• China visa fees, invitation letters and any documentation costs
• Meals and drinks not listed in the itinerary, including all alcoholic beverages
• Optional evening performances, additional excursions and any activity not named in the itinerary
• Personal expenses: laundry, telephone, minibar, shopping and personal items
• Gratuities for guides and drivers (entirely at your discretion)
• Anything not expressly listed under “What is included”
• Costs arising from events beyond our control, such as flight delays, weather, or changes to opening hours or site access

Frequently asked questions

Are the enterprise visits confirmed in advance?

Yes. The host companies, the briefing format and the visit windows are confirmed before you travel, because production areas close for audits and stocktakes. If a host must reschedule we agree a substitute of the same kind in advance rather than on the day.

Can photography be restricted inside factories?

Yes, and it often is. Production floors at firms like BYD commonly restrict photography; we brief the group on the rules for each visit in advance so no one is surprised on the day.

What do students produce?

A company case book: briefing notes from each host, a supply-chain sketch, the negotiation debrief, and a final team presentation delivered at the closing ceremony. Schools can align the case book to business or economics syllabuses on request.

How many teachers travel free?

Two accompanying teachers travel free of the land programme cost, amortised into the student price. Quotations are built for 16, 20 or 30 students.