BYD Company Visit: How to Arrange a Factory Tour in Shenzhen

A BYD company visit in Shenzhen is arranged for corporate groups through pre-vetted access — not booked directly by individuals. At BYD's headquarters you walk through two full museum buildings that tell the company's 30-year story, see its flagship electric vehicles and Blade Battery technology up close, and — where the schedule allows — look into smart production areas. This guide covers what the tour includes, who can visit, how far ahead to book, and how we set it up for your team.

About BYD: not just a carmaker

BYD — short for "Build Your Dreams" — was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Shenzhen. In under 30 years it has grown into a global company spanning four industries: automobiles, rail transit, new energy, and electronics. For international executives, few companies explain modern China better, because BYD shows what deep vertical integration looks like — owning the battery, motor, electronic control, and IGBT chip technology in-house, which is how a battery maker became the world's new-energy-vehicle leader.

• New-energy-vehicle leader — a multi-year global leader, selling across six continents and more than 70 countries and regions, from pure-electric and plug-in hybrid passenger cars to commercial vehicles.
• Battery pioneer — one of the earliest movers in power batteries; the Blade Battery reset the industry's safety and longevity standards.
• Rail-transit innovator — the self-developed SkyRail and SkyShuttle systems offer green answers to urban congestion.
• Electronics powerhouse — a leading global electronics manufacturer, the original business the whole group was built on.

In other words, BYD is not simply a car company — it is a global technology group with the core science to lead a green revolution. That is what makes it such a rewarding visit for executive delegations, business schools, and industry groups from across the world.

What a BYD company visit includes

At the Shenzhen headquarters, the signature experience is the museum complex across Building 6 and Building 7, followed by the showroom and — where scheduled — a look into production. Building 6 tells the story of the group's 30 years and its battery business; Building 7 covers the four industries. Here is what a typical BYD factory tour walks through.

Building 6 — thirty years, floor by floor

Standing at the foot of the familiar factory building, the memories unfold. Just as a workday once began with clocking in, the tour begins at the door of Building 6, Floor 1 — at an old-style punch-clock machine.

The Floor 1 lobby holds a relief wall carved with the group's major milestones over 30 years. In the history hall, an employee photo-wall installation carries visitors back through time — showing the years of service, achievements, and roles of the people who built BYD.

"Thirty years walking together with BYD — thank you for being there along the way."

Beside it, a sand-table model records how BYD's headquarters changed over time — the green development road and the "dream-building" map facing each other across the corridor, condensing the highlights of thirty years.

On Floor 2, there's usually a "wow" from the group — a familiar reception desk pulls everyone's memory back years. This floor recreates the original offices: the general manager's office, engineering, quality, and design rooms. As visitors move through and touch familiar objects, the memories come flooding back, and people start describing the old days to each other. A "turning waste into treasure" interactive zone recreates the product-defect testing and improvement process — a nod to BYD's constant pursuit of quality: "quality is the life of a product."

Floor 3 tells how, from 1994 to 2000, BYD filled the gap in China's rechargeable-battery industry — the early research topics, instruments, semi-automated lines, and talent development. Weathered pulp-coating and winding machines stand on display; some veteran employees pause a long time, perhaps remembering the hard years when everyone worked head-down, side by side. In the 6-3 interactive area, lifelike worker wax figures stop everyone in their tracks — and visitors get to wrap a battery in film again, years later.

Floor 4 stays with the battery story — the move into lithium-ion, from consumer batteries to power batteries, as BYD kept breaking open the market with foresight and nerve.

Building 7 — the four industries

With Building 6 complete, the group moves into Building 7, Floor 1 to open a new chapter. Here is a sweeping history of BYD's automobiles: starting from a hard choice, training hard to catch up, insisting on in-house R&D, accumulating strength — and finally reaching the summit and leading on technology. It moves everyone in the room.

From Floor 2 to Floor 3, you see BYD steadily widening its industrial structure and opening new paths — autos, electronics, new energy, and rail transit advancing together. Every technical breakthrough is another act of "building dreams."

The last stop, on Floor 4, is the electronics hall — the group's founding business, with a full 30-year history. Each stage and story is etched into the memory of BYD's electronics people; lingering before the sample wall and the mask-making machine, many recall the days and nights of racing to finish a project.

Showroom, smart production & test drive

Beyond the museums, the visit brings BYD's technology right up to eye level:

• Showroom — see the latest Dynasty and Ocean series models, with deep dives into the Blade Battery, e-Platform 3.0, and DM-i super-hybrid technology, plus SkyRail / SkyShuttle models and the company's development story in pictures and video.
• Smart production — where the schedule allows, a view into highly automated workshops (selected areas open): robots working in coordination, precision assembly, and BYD's strict quality control and manufacturing processes.
• Test-drive area — subject to arrangement, a chance to experience the latest models, their performance, and driver-assistance systems.

Who can visit BYD — and who can't

BYD's Shenzhen headquarters receives organized corporate and institutional groups, not walk-in individual tourists. This kind of corporate visit is a strong fit for:

• Corporate delegations and executive teams
• Procurement, supply-chain, and manufacturing teams
• Investors and investment institutions
• Universities, research institutions, and study groups
• Government trade missions and industry associations

Because access is granted to groups and requires advance approval, individual visitors and last-minute requests generally can't be accommodated. If you're traveling alone, we can often place you with a scheduled group or build a wider Shenzhen itinerary around the visit.

How far in advance to book a BYD visit

BYD visits run on approval, so advance notice matters. As a rule of thumb, contact us at least 2–4 weeks ahead — earlier for large groups or busy periods around major trade fairs (Canton Fair, and China's Golden Week holidays). To request a visit we'll usually need:

• Your company name and a short introduction
• Group size, and the names / passport details of attendees
• Preferred dates and your objectives for the visit
• Any language or interpretation needs

We then submit the request, confirm the date and site, and send you the final schedule and on-site rules.

How to arrange it — through pre-vetted access

BYD does not accept individual public bookings for headquarters visits; access is granted to approved groups through established partners. That's exactly what we handle. As a China-based company with 13+ years of experience and teams in Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen, China Study Tour (CST) arranges the BYD company visit end to end — submitting your request, securing the date, and running the day on the ground, with a single point of contact. You focus on the meetings; we handle access, transport, logistics, and language.

What a typical BYD visit day looks like

Half-day or full-day formats are both possible; we tailor the run-of-day to your group's interests and objectives.

Cost & what's included

Pricing depends on group size, format (half or full day), and any add-ons, so we quote per request. A BYD company visit arranged with us typically includes:

• Visit request, approval handling, and date confirmation
• Private vehicle and transfers in Shenzhen
• English (or other language) interpretation on-site
• A dedicated coordinator accompanying the group
• Itinerary planning and on-the-day management

Every program is priced individually, because cost depends on your group size, the cities you visit, the length of the itinerary, and the level of service. Rather than a one-size-fits-all figure, we build a quotation around exactly what your team needs. Tell us your group size and preferred dates, and we’ll send a tailored, no-hidden-fee quote within 24 hours.

Pair BYD with other Shenzhen company visits

BYD sits in the heart of Shenzhen's tech ecosystem, so most teams combine it with one or two other visits to make the trip worthwhile. Popular pairings for a BYD factory tour Shenzhen itinerary:

• Huawei — consumer electronics, smartphones, and the broader hardware supply chain
• DJI — drones, robotics, and imaging technology
• Tencent — internet, gaming, and digital ecosystems

See our Shenzhen destination guide for the full picture, and our EV & New Energy study tours page for how we build BYD into a wider China itinerary across multiple cities.

BYD also opens other bases to visits by arrangement — including Shenzhen (HQ & new base), Xi'an, Shaanxi (passenger-vehicle super-factory), Hefei, Anhui (vehicle super-factory), Changsha, Hunan (vehicles & power battery), and Changzhou, Jiangsu (main Blade Battery base) — if your interest is a specific vehicle or battery plant rather than the Shenzhen HQ.

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