Pricing
Three audiences. Same 8-day circuit in Shenzhen, Dongguan, and Hong Kong — different outcome. Early Bird is the first 10 paid seats per departure (5 for China Unlocked).
For families
8 days in Shenzhen and Dongguan. Real factory floors. Huaqiangbei markets. Soldering, sourcing, building — not a camp simulation. They fly home holding things they made, with a story no university application has seen.
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Early Bird · per program
Programs
$6,888
$8,888
For companies
Your delegate walks live production lines — not trade-fair booths. Prices a bill of materials from real quotes. Eats with the owner. Comes back able to challenge any supplier and brief the board on what actually ships.
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Early Bird · per program
Programs
A priced BoM, a factory owner on WeChat, and the ability to challenge any quote.
$13,888
Ground truth: what ships, what is on a timeline, what is still fiction.
$16,888
For project owners
8 days with Steven Ducat — factory operator since 2000, known on the floor as 杜总. Warm introductions to owners who answer his WeChat. Whiteboard strategy. His number after you fly home. Not a deck. Not cold outreach.
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Early Bird · per program
Programs
Warm introductions, whiteboard strategy, and Steven on speed dial after you fly home.
$38,888
Fees are per person unless the Booking Form says otherwise. Specific venues flex with what opens that week — we sell access density, not a fixed brand checklist. See terms.
For families
Their child graduates into a world where China shapes the real economy — and right now they only know it from headlines and YouTube. Private school didn't fix it. Summer camp didn't fix it. A family holiday to a tourist city would make it worse. These programs put a teenager or young adult on a real factory floor, in Huaqiangbei with a soldering iron, and on the controls of robots and drones — so they come home holding proof, not photos.
What they walk away with
Teens 15–17
Steven · key momentsBuild, solder, fly — in Shenzhen
A backpack of things they made — not bought.
Young adults 18–25
Steven · key momentsA hardware portfolio no university can match
Soldered PCBs, custom designs, drone code — a portfolio that speaks.
For companies
Nobody on the team has walked a real Dongguan floor. Quotes arrive by email. Roadmaps are built on LinkedIn and consultant decks. One wrong sourcing decision — or one board brief built on vaporware — costs more than this trip. Send one person into the supply chain and the labs for 8 days. They return able to participate, not spectate.
What they walk away with
Companies
Steven · key momentsWalk the floor. Negotiate face-to-face. Cut COGS.
A priced BoM, a factory owner on WeChat, and the ability to challenge any quote.
Companies
Steven · key momentsStand next to the hardware. Brief the board.
Ground truth: what ships, what is on a timeline, what is still fiction.
For project owners
The project is real. The capital is real. China is the missing piece — and cold outreach will burn years you don't have. A consulting firm produces a PowerPoint and no warm introductions. China Unlocked is 8 days with the operator who has built factories here since 2000. Steven is present for the full duration. The product is the keyholder.
What they walk away with
The product is the person
Warm introductions from someone who has earned the right since 2000. Strategy built on 26 years of watching deals succeed and fail. Ongoing access — the week doesn't end at the airport.
Tell us who is travelling and what must change after 8 days. We'll recommend the right fit.
