Innovation Tours
Multi-day itineraries through startup ecosystems, R&D centers, and innovation districts — built to expose leadership teams to new technology, business models, and ways of working.
See a sample itinerary →Singapore · Shenzhen · Shanghai · Beyond
新加坡 · 深圳 · 上海 · 及更远之地
The innovation economies of Asia, seen from the inside
Nanyang Studios designs corporate journeys that trade the trade-show floor for the factory bench — into the labs, workshops, and studios where the region's next decade is being built.
10+
Asian cities covered
150+
Corporate delegations hosted
2
HQs — Singapore & mainland China
100%
Tailor-made itineraries
Our Philosophy
Understanding a place means standing inside it
A slide deck can tell your team what Shenzhen's hardware ecosystem looks like. Only a factory floor can tell them what it feels like. We design journeys that swap the conference stage for the workshop bench, because insight travels further when it's earned firsthand — in the smell of solder, the pace of a livestream warehouse, the quiet of a government lab at 8am.
"The best way to understand where an industry is heading is to stand inside the buildings where it's being built."
— Nanyang Studios team
What We Design
Four ways to bring your team into the field
Corporate Field Trips
Focused, single- or multi-city visits for functional teams — supply chain, product, marketing — to see best-in-class operations firsthand.
See a sample itinerary →Executive Study Missions
Senior leadership programs pairing site visits with closed-door briefings from operators, investors, and policymakers.
See a sample itinerary →Custom Itineraries
Tell us your industry, goals, and dates — we design a bespoke route across Singapore, China, and the wider region to match.
See how it works →Field Notes
Dispatches from where we work
Dispatch No. 01
Singapore 新加坡
A garden city built on order and ambition, where government-backed labs and fintech unicorns share the same tropical humidity. Start here to understand how a nation-state operationalizes innovation.
Dispatch No. 02
Shenzhen 深圳
Walk the electronics markets of Huaqiangbei and you'll understand why hardware ideas move from sketch to shelf in six weeks, not six months. This is where "good enough" gets replaced by "shipped."
Dispatch No. 03
Shanghai 上海
Consumer China moves fastest here — new retail formats, livestream commerce, and global R&D outposts sit inside the same blocks as century-old shikumen lanes.
Dispatch No. 04
Hangzhou 杭州
Home to the platforms that rewired how a billion people pay, shop, and borrow. A masterclass in digital-first scale.
Dispatch No. 05
Beijing 北京
Deep tech and policy sit closer together here than anywhere else in the region — a useful vantage point for where regulation and research are heading next.
Dispatch No. 06
Regional Add-Ons
Tokyo, Seoul, Jakarta, and Kuala Lumpur extend any itinerary for teams mapping innovation across the wider region.
Photography via Wikimedia Commons contributors, used under Creative Commons licenses.
Why Nanyang Studios
We plan it like insiders, not tourists
- Dual-market team. Native fluency in both Singapore's business culture and mainland China's fast-changing landscape.
- Vetted networks. Long-standing relationships with the companies and institutions we visit — no cold outreach, no generic tours.
- Full-service logistics. Transport, translation, visa guidance, and on-the-ground support handled for you.
- Outcome-focused design. Every itinerary is built around your team's specific learning objectives, not a fixed template.
Recognized craft
Our itinerary designers and on-ground hosts have collectively guided delegations through hardware supply chains, fintech sandboxes, government innovation labs, and closed-door founder briefings across the region — the kind of access that doesn't come from a search engine.
Get In Touch
Start planning your tour
Tell us about your team, your goals, and your ideal dates. We'll come back with a proposed itinerary across Singapore, mainland China, or the wider region.
Singapore Office 新加坡办公室
80 Robinson Road, #12-01
Singapore 068898
China Office 中国办公室
Kexing Science Park, Tower A, 3rd Floor
Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518057
Guangdong, China
Email
hello@nanyangstudios.com
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