Day-by-Day Sample Schedules
Real program outlines for every age group — from primary school discoveries to university research exchanges. All itineraries are fully customisable around your curriculum and objectives.
China Discovery Tour
Beijing & Chengdu · 8 Days
A magical introduction to China designed for primary-age students. Every day balances history, culture and interactive fun — with safety and supervision built into every moment. Students return with a genuine love for China and a broadened view of the world.
What's Included
- Great Wall — Mutianyu cable car
- Forbidden City guided tour
- Giant Panda Base, Chengdu
- Dumpling-making workshop
- Mandarin language class
- Temple of Heaven
- Local primary school exchange
- 4-star hotels
- English-speaking guide throughout
- 24/7 teacher emergency line
Airport pickup, hotel check-in, orientation walk. Welcome dinner where students try their first Chinese meal together. Guide introduces basic Mandarin: nǐ hǎo, xièxiè.
Guided tour of the world's largest palace complex. Story-led narration at every courtyard. Students complete a simple illustrated journal page.
Hands-on session learning to make traditional jiaozi. Students eat what they make. A firm favourite — messy, fun and genuinely educational.
Cable car up to the most student-friendly section. Supervised hike along the battlement. Toboggan slide back down. ⭐ The single most memorable experience for most students.
Joint morning activities with a Beijing partner primary school — art, music or sports plus Mandarin games. Genuine peer connection across cultures.
Rickshaw ride through old Beijing lanes, visit a traditional siheyuan and meet a local family.
2.5-hour flight to the capital of Sichuan. Hotel transfer. Afternoon free time to explore the local street-food area with teachers.
Full morning at the world's leading panda conservation center. Guided tour on conservation science and breeding. 🐼 We arrive at opening time when pandas are most active.
Students learn to write their own name in Chinese characters and take their work home.
Fun session — numbers, colours, greetings and a short skit. Many students leave able to count to 100 and order food in Mandarin.
Walk Chengdu's most famous historic street. Final group dinner at a Sichuan hotpot restaurant (mild option always available).
Students share their top 3 memories. Journal pages collected for a class display. Transfer to Chengdu Tianfu Airport for departures.
China Immersion Program
Beijing · Xi'an · Shanghai · 10 Days
A rich, academically substantive program taking students from ancient imperial China to the world's leading innovation economy. Designed for IB, A-Level and senior secondary students with clear curriculum links throughout.
What's Included
- Great Wall & Forbidden City
- Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an
- Shanghai tech & culture immersion
- High-speed rail Beijing → Xi'an
- Local high school exchange
- Mandarin workshop & calligraphy
- STEM innovation visit (Shanghai)
- 4-star hotels
- English guide throughout
- Curriculum-linked resource pack
Airport transfer, hotel check-in, evening orientation walk. Welcome dinner with briefing on program aims, conduct and daily journal requirements.
In-depth guided tour of the Ming and Qing imperial palace with thematic focus questions. View of the complex from Jingshan Hill.
Guided tour plus joining local Beijingers — tai chi, calligraphy, chess, badminton. A genuine slice of everyday life.
Cable car up. Students hike up to 2km along the battlements with checkpoints. Structured debrief on engineering and history. Toboggan back down.
Joint morning with Beijing high-school students — English debate and cross-cultural discussion on ambitions, university systems and social values.
Bike tour through hutong neighbourhoods, then 798 — Beijing's contemporary art district in a former Soviet-era factory.
A high-speed rail journey that is itself a lesson — students get an infrastructure comparison worksheet. 350 km/h · 1,200 km · 97% on-time.
Morning at the Terracotta Army (pits 1–3 with narration). Afternoon city-wall cycling. Evening Muslim Quarter street-food tour.
2-hour flight. Afternoon transfer and orientation walk along People's Square and Nanjing Road.
Visit to a technology museum, innovation center or company experience space, customised to academic focus. Students complete a structured observation report.
Walk the Bund waterfront with guided explanation of Shanghai's history and transformation into a global financial hub.
Final language session — 5 key characters and a short conversation. Afternoon at Yu Garden, a classical Ming-era garden.
Students present one key insight. Journal collections. Farewell lunch. Transfer to Shanghai Pudong International Airport.
China Academic Exchange
Beijing & Shanghai · 8 Days
An academically rigorous program for undergraduate and MBA cohorts combining Peking University and Fudan University visits with company site visits, expert guest lectures and structured business analysis.
What's Included
- Peking University campus visit & lecture
- Fudan University exchange session
- 2–3 company or industry visits
- Expert guest lectures (2 sessions)
- Great Wall group experience
- High-speed rail Beijing → Shanghai
- Strategic debrief report
- 4-star hotels
- Bilingual academic guide
- Curriculum-linked case study pack
Airport transfer, hotel check-in. Evening briefing dinner with your academic group and our China expert guide. Distribution of the pre-trip academic reading pack.
Guided tour of one of Asia's top universities. Lecture from a PKU faculty member matched to your cohort's field. Q&A with PKU students.
Visit to a Beijing technology company (Baidu, iFlytek or a partner innovation center). Executive briefing and Q&A.
Private lecture from a senior economist on China's trajectory, the 14th Five-Year Plan and strategic priorities for 2030. 60 min + 30 min discussion.
Tour with academic framing — governance, symbolism, imperial architecture and political power. Afternoon at the Summer Palace.
Full-day Great Wall at Jiankou or Mutianyu. Facilitated discussion: infrastructure, national identity and China's approach to mega-projects. Evening Peking Duck dinner.
High-speed rail with onboard case study discussion on China's logistics and infrastructure investment model. Arrive Hongqiao, hotel check-in.
Structured exchange with Fudan MBA or undergraduate students. Joint case study analysis facilitated by Fudan faculty.
Visit customised to cohort focus — fintech, e-commerce, sustainability or MedTech. Executive Q&A included.
Second expert session from a practitioner on what it means to operate in or with China from a business-strategy perspective.
Free afternoon with guided options. Evening farewell dinner at a renowned Shanghai restaurant.
Each student or sub-group presents a 3-minute insight. Distribution of the written Strategic Briefing Report. Exchange of contacts.
Individual departures. Our team coordinates all transfers and provides a hotel send-off.
China Teacher CPD Program
Beijing & Shanghai · 8 Days
A structured professional development program combining classroom observation in Chinese schools, curriculum benchmarking sessions, cultural immersion and structured reflection — designed to meet CPD requirements and bring back directly applicable insights.
What's Included
- Chinese school classroom observation (2 schools)
- School leader exchange & roundtable
- STEM education facility visit
- Curriculum benchmarking workshop
- Great Wall & cultural program
- High-speed rail experience
- CPD certificate of completion
- 4-star hotels
- Bilingual education specialist guide
- CPD reflection and reporting framework
Airport welcome, hotel check-in. Evening dinner with program introduction. Each participant shares their primary CPD objective. Distribution of observation frameworks and reflection journals.
Structured observation across multiple year groups and subjects — pedagogy, engagement, STEM approaches, assessment. 🏫 Partner schools host international teacher delegations regularly.
Facilitated roundtable with the host school's leadership on curriculum priorities, teacher development, wellbeing and parental engagement.
Visit to a leading STEM facility or EdTech company — AI-assisted learning tools, robotics curricula and hands-on science programmes.
Participants compare their home curriculum with China's national curriculum across 3 subjects and draft a 1-page insight memo for leadership.
A full day of China's iconic experiences for reflection, inspiration and personal enrichment. Evening traditional Peking Duck dinner.
High-speed rail with facilitated discussion on how China's education system shaped the engineers behind this infrastructure. Arrive Shanghai, hotel check-in.
Second observation with a different school type. Compare with Beijing: what's different, what's consistent?
Guided walk through the Bund and French Concession. Afternoon free time for personal exploration.
Each participant drafts a CPD Action Plan — 3 practices to implement, 1 partnership idea, a sharing plan. Afternoon Yu Garden and free time. Farewell dinner.
Each participant shares their top CPD takeaway. Peer feedback. Presentation of CPD Certificates of Completion. Documentation pack distributed.
Individual departures. Full program documentation pack emailed within 3 business days for CPD reporting.
How to Use These Schedules
These schedules fit when…
- You want a realistic day-by-day structure to show colleagues, parents or your board.
- You're ready to customize — every schedule flexes around your dates, cities and curriculum.
- Your group matches one of the four age bands (primary, high school, university, teacher).
- You value balanced pacing — learning, culture and rest built into each day.
Less suitable if…
- You expect these exact dates and visits fixed, with no customisation
- You need a private leisure holiday rather than an educational program
- You're a corporate delegation — see our executive China Study Tour (CST)s
What Teachers Ask About Schedules
"Is this the exact schedule we'll get, fixed as shown?"
No — each schedule is a starting point, not a fixed package. Cities, visits, pacing and length all flex around your curriculum, dates and group size. Drawing on 13+ years of relationships, we rebuild the itinerary around your specific objectives while keeping the balance and safety these examples show.
A few honest practicalities.
- Specific company/university/school visits are confirmed during planning and depend on availability.
- School and university exchanges depend on Chinese term dates; we schedule around them.
- Intercity travel days (rail/flights) are fixed points the rest of the itinerary builds around.
- Popular spring/autumn windows fill early — book 4–6 weeks ahead.
Why These Schedules Work
Balanced pacing. Learning, culture and rest in every day — never an exhausting checklist of sights.
Curriculum-linked. Each activity ties to learning objectives, with worksheets and reflection built in.
Safety throughout. Supervised transport, 4-star hotels and a 24/7 line across every itinerary.
Fully customisable. Every schedule is a starting point we rebuild around your group.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Like What You See? Let's Build Yours.
Every schedule above is a starting point. Tell us your group and we'll customize every detail around your curriculum and objectives.