ChinaContact

CHINACONTACT

We’ll help you deepen your relationship with China.

Since 2002

WHO WE ARE

ChinaContact was founded in 2002 to offer opportunities to get to know China in deeper ways.

We’ve worked side-by-side with business students and religious organizations, environmentalists and interracial adoptees to open the doors and show the real China. Our ChinaContact guests get the best of both worlds – trips to major landmarks such as The Forbidden City and The Great Wall, but also personalized site visits to places and people relevant to their professional interests. We handle the logistics. You do the learning.

WHAT WE VALUE

Our mission is to promote mutual understanding between China and other cultures.

What makes us unique is our placement in a long and storied tradition of Jesuit education, one that teaches us that true cultural engagement first starts with friendship. ChinaContact and The Beijing Center provide a unique environment for students from all over the world to begin their engagement with China.

ChinaContact's Story

All of our pupils quickly learn that everything has a story, even the dumplings we eat together. ChinaContact is the same!

In 2002, after four years of The Beijing Center (TBC) semester students, TBC wanted to encourage the quickly-growing interest in China. Semester students traveled for a minimum of three weeks on TBC Excursions, not to mention their own time on weekends on holidays, and took classes with great enthusiasm while weaving through Beijing’s crowds and history. The expertise of the staff and faculty were like no other, and students were getting truly amazing opportunities. 

2002 was also the year TBC moved into the location it is now, on the grounds of the University of International Business and Economics, where it has its own classrooms, office space, and library to offer guests and learners of all kinds. With a more solid foundation, our founder Ron Anton had the idea to offer the boundless unique opportunities of TBC to short-term learners – professors, businessmen, high school students, and anyone else who wasn’t a currently enrolled undergraduate student with enough time to spend an entire semester in China. With that, ChinaContact was born. 

For over two decades, ChinaContact has introduced over 400 different groups to the real China, not to mention our repeat customers. For some, we’re an annual tradition. For others, we’re the first outstretched hand. For all of our friends, we’d like to be where you learn more about the world – and yourself. 

WHAT WE PROMISE

No Chinese necessary

Take lessons throughout the trip, as a focus of the journey, or not at all: we’ve got you covered.

Complete Educational Tour Package

We plan from wheels down to wheels up and everything in-between.

Affordable

We’ll fit your program to your budget and expectations of your team.

Flexible

China is your oyster and each trip is customized to the theme of your program.

Immersive

Cultural touchpoints and site visits relevant to your industry: embassies, companies, factories, hospitals, and schools, just to name a few.

China Educational Focus

We have university faculty for classes and location visits to give important insights.

Return on Investment

It’s not a holiday. From getting your board to understand Chinese work culture to enhancing the educational experience for your students, we will help you achieve your learning outcomes.

Our Culture

One thing we love doing is creating video recaps of trips for our groups.

Check back often to see the latest videos! Take a look at Australian Catholic University’s adventure below:

Our Partners

Meet the Main Team

ChinaContact’s team of experts have over twenty years of experience in assisting visitors to China.
ChinaContact is connected to The Beijing Center for Chinese Studies, a larger academic and research center.
Here are the main faces you’ll meet on your ChinaContact journey.

Shuting Liu

ChinaContact Curator

Shuting has been working in tourism and with international visitors since her sophomore year in college, but don’t remind her how many years ago that was! A Beijing local, Shuting loves to explore and find the best snacks.

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Amber Wang

Assistant Dean

Amber is a graduate of University of Technology – Sydney, and has worked at international corporations and with large-scale businesses. She also loves to hike!

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Olina Xu

Kunming Operations Officer

Olina is a Kunming native and has a bubbly personality to match the City of Eternal Spring. She has worked in administration and project management for over a decade, and spends most of her free time reading books.

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