Your child graduates into a China-shaped economy. Right now, they know China from headlines and YouTube. That’s not their fault — no school, summer camp, or family holiday puts a teenager on a real factory floor in Shenzhen with 2,000 workers eating lunch on metal trays.
This is 8 days to fix that. They come home holding things they made — not bought, not photographed, made.
What they walk away with
A backpack full of proof:
- A Bluetooth speaker built from parts they sourced themselves in Huaqiangbei
- An iPhone logic board they tore down under a real microscope and framed as art
- Robot dog race footage with them at the controls
- Drone flight video over the Shenzhen skyline
- A story they tell for years: “I made this. In China.”
Not a certificate. Not a photo album. A permanent perspective shift — before university hardens into pure theory.
What the week looks like
- Huaqiangbei live — component stalls, real negotiation, building things that play music the same day
- Solder and assemble — working with surface-mount parts most adults never touch
- Factory floor — the noise, the speed, the 2,000-worker lunch shift. The human reality behind every product they own
- Robots and flight — piloting quadruped robots that backflip, flying drones at night over a Chinese megacity
- The GBA circuit — Shenzhen, Dongguan, Hong Kong. A living supply chain, not a textbook diagram
No simulation. No YouTube substitute. The week is designed by someone who has built factories here since 2000 — so the doors actually open.
Who runs it
A bilingual lead guide runs the week. Steven — 26 years owning factories in China — appears at the welcome, a critical mid-week moment, and farewell. The access is real because the relationships are real.
The fee is small next to
One semester of private school tuition. A family ski holiday. A lifetime of China-blindness your child can’t afford.
Pricing
| Early Bird | Standard |
|---|---|
| $6,888 | $11,888 |
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