I run a technical team
Bring a specific technical bottleneck. We investigate the Chinese labs, factories, partners and places that could move the work forward.
What are you building? →Independent China research for technical teams and founders
Find the Chinese lab, factory or partner your project needs.
Tell us what you are building and what is holding it up.
Leo researches potential partners, checks the practical requirements and helps define the next step. Based in Beijing, with project research across China.
Send a project outlineStart with the question you have
What do you need help with?
I'm deciding how China fits
Explore company setup, customers, workspace and places to live. Start with the question you need to resolve.
Compare Founder Routes →Resources for the next development step
Labs, pilot facilities and support you may be able to use.
We research commercial companies, universities and research institutions, shared laboratories, testing centres and pilot-production facilities. Public programmes are part of that research when they change project costs, eligibility, access or timing.
Field visit · Shunyi
A dental-tech project can start with real lab infrastructure
Leo visited the base’s shared laboratories and learned about its local computing, animal facilities, pilot production and testing. The field report explains how a defined R&D task can precede a local operation.
See the facilities and cooperation context →Published facility evidence · Huairou
Processing and measurement for specialist hardware
Huairou’s micro/nano platform record identifies equipment and expansion works relevant to instrument, sensor and semiconductor projects. The useful question is whether a specific process and batch can be supported.
Explore the platform evidence →Programme evidence · Beijing
Testing and compute support can change the budget
Beijing’s September innovation-voucher call includes listed testing, R&D and compute services. Support depends on the applicant, service and remaining allocation; these conditions belong in the project comparison.
Read the services and eligibility context →Tell Leo the technical task and the result you need next. You can start the conversation without a Chinese entity or a preferred institution. We distinguish published capabilities from access confirmed for your project.
How we choose a place
The best place depends on the job.
Labs, factories, talent, policy and infrastructure cluster differently. We map the problem against what each place can actually provide.
Find the place that fits the function.What are you building?
Start with the technical problem, then follow the capability evidence.
Building across categories? Start with the part that must move next.
What the research produces
Information→Decision→Implementation
Know who can help and what to do next.
A Decision Brief names potential partners, records what they confirmed, compares costs and sets out the next test. See the illustrative sample for a fictional 14-person robotics team.
See a Sample Decision Brief →Recently published & updated
Recent research and field reports
- Decision BriefingChina's October 2026 Technology Policy: What Foreign Companies Can Actually Use →
China's October 2026 technology directive signals support for industrial equipment upgrades, pilot-production facilities, industrial AI and international R&D. What foreign companies can actually use.
- Decision BriefingR&D and Manufacturing in China: What the 2026–2030 Plan Means for Foreign Tech Companies →
Explore R&D and manufacturing in China for foreign tech companies: prototype engineering, industrial pilots and partnerships under the 2026–2030 plan.
- Practical R&D guideR&D in Beijing for Foreign Companies →
Research services, local teams, R&D centre recognition and the practical work needed to develop a Beijing project.
- Decision BriefingBeijing CDMO Contract Support: The 2026 Round Is Closed →
Beijing’s 2026 CDMO application round closed on 15 October at 17:00 Beijing time. Its 30% contract-support rules remain useful for planning eligible drug-development and manufacturing work.
- Decision BriefingTongzhou Opens Up to RMB 10 Million in Support for Incubators and Shared Technology Platforms →
Tongzhou’s incubator and shared-technology-platform calls close on 19 October 2026 at 17:00 Beijing time. Eligible platform operators can seek performance-based support of up to RMB 10 million.
Read the research
Policy updates, places and practical guides.
Understand a change
Decision Briefings
Policy changes, facilities and programmes that may matter to your project.
Open Briefings ↗Experience the placeField Notes
First-person visits to Beijing villages, businesses and research districts.
Read Field Notes ↗Use a dated referenceBeijing Landing Manual
A practical, edition-dated handbook for founder-side operating questions.
Open the Manual ↗Move a real projectHow We Work
Working modes, verification, boundaries, deliverables and handoff.
See the process ↗Choose the operating model.
Find guidance for a small company, a place-based business or a home in China.
Business FitWhat must China provide?
Identify the capability or scarce input that would change the next milestone.
Ecosystem FitWhere are the people and facilities you need?
Compare cities by research, suppliers, customers and the work you need to do.
Founder PathPlan the practical steps.
Use a checklist for company setup, work status, locations and first commitments.
Capability and policy evidence
Labs, engineering and production around Beijing
Explore research facilities, testing platforms and industrial programmes in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei. Each record links to its evidence and the questions to check with the operator.
Explore labs and platforms →Explore the policy atlas →Local guides · 6 outer districts
Compare places to work and live around Beijing.
Open Region Comparison →Village Atlas · 16 published entries
Village visits, homes and small businesses.
Open all Village Atlas entries →
Latest · September Founder Operating Edition · Free PDF
Beijing Landing Manual 2026
Download the current practical founder handbook, with the previous Q3 edition retained for reference.
Open the latest free Manual ↗Concrete place intelligence
Different places, different jobs.
Gubeikou · place operator
Build a concept at the pass.
A Great Wall town recruiting non-standard commercial operators.
Open Gubeikou →Nanshan · hospitality + emergency conversionBuild for normal days and emergencies.
A hospitality-and-resilience model with an emergency conversion function.
Open Nanshan →Sanduhe · living geographyLive near a science‑and‑creative corridor.
A rural living and hospitality base within reach of Huairou's science-city ecosystem.
Open Sanduhe →Miyun Reservoir · Field NoteExperience the living geography.
Field observations from the reservoir edge to the radio telescopes.
Read the Field Note →We show the published baseline, the local facts that change the route, and the first conversation that moves a real plan forward.
Sources & method →Operated by
Meridian Flow LLC
CyberNomad China is a research and project-development initiative of Meridian Flow LLC. Leo leads the research and project conversations. Paid work has a separate written scope.
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