China business travel, trade & innovation missions - managed end-to-end.

A China business trip is not a flight and a hotel

Most China programmes out of Nairobi combine at least three things: a fair or exhibition with fixed dates, a set of supplier or factory appointments in different cities, and internal meetings that only work if the group arrives rested and on time. Each pulls the itinerary in a different direction, and the fare is usually the least important variable.

We plan the commercial objective first, then the cities, then the route - not the other way round. That single ordering removes most of the cost and friction people associate with China travel, because it stops you buying a ticket you then have to bend the meetings around.

• Business objective and what the trip must produce
• Exhibition dates, phase and registration deadlines
• Supplier appointments and factory sequencing across provinces
• Interpreters, local transport and high-speed rail between cities
• Business visa documentation and realistic embassy timelines
• Hotel positioning relative to fairs, markets and meeting venues
• Traveller communications, group manifests and contingency planning

Factory and supplier visits

Factory visits are rarely in the fair city and often not in the same province. We confirm each site address in Chinese characters, agree the visit window with the supplier ahead of travel, and route the group by high-speed rail where it beats flying on door-to-door time. We build slack between appointments: a day planned around three factories usually delivers two and a rushed third.

Tulla Travel coordinates travel and visit logistics. We do not guarantee supplier quality, factory credentials, commercial outcomes or procurement decisions - those remain your commercial judgement, and any partner promising otherwise should be treated carefully.

Sourcing missions: Yiwu, Guangzhou, Foshan and Shenzhen

Sourcing groups usually need a different itinerary from delegations. Yiwu suits SMEs and importers doing wide product discovery across the International Trade City; Guangzhou and Foshan suit wholesale, furniture, building materials and manufacturing clusters; Shenzhen suits electronics, components and technology-led sourcing.

Our part is the travel-management component: market-adjacent hotels, daily movement sheets, interpreters who know the market halls, sample-friendly transport, and city sequencing that does not waste two working days on transfers.

Innovation and technology exposure missions

A growing share of enquiries are not sourcing trips at all. Boards, technology teams, county and institutional groups want structured exposure to how manufacturing, electronics, digital commerce, smart infrastructure and agritech operate at scale - with Shenzhen and the Greater Bay Area as the usual anchor.

We build these as business missions with an agenda: host organisation visits, technology parks, production environments, interpreter support and structured debriefs, with a route that keeps travel time subordinate to learning time.

What Tulla manages on a China programme

One coordinator holds the entire programme, from the first route sketch to the post-mission reconciliation.

• International flights from Nairobi and regional feeder travel
• Hotels positioned for fairs, markets, factories or meeting venues
• China business visa documentation support and appointment staging
• Travel insurance and traveller documentation packs
• Airport transfers, in-city vehicles and briefed drivers
• High-speed rail and inter-city routing
• Mandarin–English interpreters and local liaison
• Trade fair registration timing and fair-day logistics
• Group manifests, rooming lists and daily movement sheets
• Pre-departure briefings and traveller communications
• On-trip support across the Nairobi–China time gap
• Inbound China–Africa delegation handling in Kenya