Project owners · Steven full duration
Private operating access for principals with a live China-shaped project — not a sightseeing tier, not a youth program with a higher price. Eight days with Steven Ducat. Density of access and judgment.
Shenzhen · Guangzhou · Foshan · Hong Kong · Early Bird US $38,888 · first 5 seats
China Unlocked
26 years of relationships → one week
US $58,888US $38,888
Early Bird · first 5 paid seats per departure
Partners and deals are goodwill unless a separate written advisory agreement says otherwise.
The project is real. The capital is real. China is the missing piece.
Cold outreach burns years. Consulting decks arrive without warm introductions. The wrong partner on a live initiative costs more than this week — measured in time, capital, and reputation.
China Unlocked is not a youth program scaled up. It is private access to the China operating playbook — for principals who need the keyholder, not another slide deck.
Keyholder principle
You already know the lock is China. What is scarce is the keyholder — trust, floors, and judgment on a live project.
Steven cannot be everywhere. Unlocked is the rare week he is present for the full duration — so Latest Byte can open the real China without burning the relationships that make access possible.
They already know
What they still lack
What 8 days transfers
Already know
China is not optional for the project
Still lack
Trust, floors, partners, judgment
Transfers
Keys — people, playbook, ongoing access
Already know
Consulting and trade missions exist
Still lack
Truth on a live line, off-record
Transfers
Steven's network since 2000
Already know
Time is more expensive than the fee
Still lack
One operator who has built here
Transfers
Compressed scars + intros that stick
Contracted deliverables live on the Booking Form. Venues remain indicative — access density is the product.
Factory owners, operators, logistics contacts on WeChat when introductions land — warm, not cold forwards.
Judgment on your specific China-shaped problem — factories, paths, and people, not a generic deck.
The week does not end at the airport. Relationship and follow-ups continue after you fly home.
Capability, speed, networks, strategy — compressed scars from someone who has built here since 2000.
The Steven difference
Makers, Engineers, Scale, and Frontier are guide-led immersions with Steven at defined intensity. China Unlocked is the only product where he aims to be present the full eight days — because the product is the operator.
Full operator story →Other programs
China Unlocked
Steven appearances or signature moments
Steven full 8 days
Lead guide runs the week
Steven leads; light bilingual support
Venues booked through network + guide
Steven calls the founder directly
Showrooms and visitor centers
Live floors during production when access opens
PowerPoint and briefings
Off-record dinners and floor whispers
Ends largely at the airport
WeChat graph continues after the flight
The keyholder
Co-founder, Latest Byte · CEO, SPD Energy · CEO, SPD Asia · Chief Global Advisor, CERS & CNECC
After 26 years in China, the system is not a mystery. Once you see the gears, you stop fearing it and start working with it.
Capabilities Steven can deploy based on your project, what opens that week, and which relationships are warm. Arrival and departure are the hard anchors. Everything else is density of effort.
Walk lines during production with an operator who knows where to stand and what to ask. Defect rates. IP. Real quotes. Sample classes: SMT, molding, batteries, CNC.
Private, off-record meals with builders from the network — not PR spokespersons. Nothing recorded. Nothing quoted.
Market density with an insider index — stalls, floors, vendors who connect to real factories. Chaos becomes a map.
Whiteboard. Hours. Your situation analyzed with specific paths, people, and what would kill the idea.
One question that must be answered. Steven builds a day around it from 26 years of relationships.
Not a recap — next three moves, warmed intros, translation of what a founder meant but would not say on camera.
The meta-experience: van rides, floor whispers, late honesty — often unscheduled. Named brands and guests are access classes, not guarantees. See terms.
This is for you if
This is not for you if
Need understanding without the keyholder tier? Compare Scale & Frontier →
How to think about the fee
Compared with a large consulting engagement with no warm introductions — or the wrong China partner on a live initiative — this week buys density of access and judgment. Not a guarantee that a named deal closes.
Per person
US $58,888US $38,888
Early Bird · first 5 seats · Standard US $58,888
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China Unlocked · Early Bird US $38,888. Tell us the project. VIP Access desk routes priority — we may recommend Scale or Frontier if Unlocked is not the right tool.