Manufacturing at China Speed: What New Zealand Manufacturers Need to See

New Zealand manufacturers are operating in a world where product cycles, factory automation, and supply-chain decisions are being rewritten at a pace most Western companies still underestimate. That pace has a name: China Speed.

Join Rich Robinson for a focused webinar designed specifically for Kiwi manufacturers. Unpack how robotics, AI-driven production, EV supply chains, and next-generation retail systems are actually being built and scaled in Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou and Shenzhen — and what that means for New Zealand companies that want to stay competitive rather than reactive.

You’ll get a clear picture of the kind of deep-dive, curated immersion tour that puts you in the room with the operators and innovators at companies like Xiaomi, Galbot, Alibaba, Baidu and others — not as tourists, but as peers. These are 1–2 week, 2–4 city programmes built for people who make things and need to understand, first-hand, how the world’s most dynamic manufacturing and tech ecosystems actually move.

 

About the Presenter 

Rich Robinson is a seasoned entrepreneur, executive, professor and investor in China for over 30 years. Rich and team curates high-impact tours that take founders, manufacturers and technical leaders directly into China’s core innovation clusters. The work is simple in concept and rare in execution: curated access, no fluff, and conversations with the people building the systems that are already reshaping global manufacturing benchmarks. Find out more about Rich.

 

If you want to understand China Speed from the factory floor and the innovation lab rather than from secondary reports, this is the session.