FAQs
If your passport is from the following countries, you can enter China visa-free for 30 days.
Europe (30 countries)
Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland.
Asia‑Pacific (3)
Australia, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, Singapore.
Latin America (5)
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Uruguay—all eligible from June 1, 2025 to May 31, 2026.
Middle East (4)
Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia—all eligible from June 9, 2025 to June 8, 2026.
If you are not from these countries, you may also qualify for visa-free transit for 144-hours, which applies to 58 countries. You can attend our retreat with the 1-week package. Confirm with the Chinese consulate of your passport country.
Our retreat attendees will mainly be remote workers, digital nomads and travelers who are curious about the remote work lifestyle.
China is a vast country. Our retreat visits a different location each edition. It is not usually located in Beijing, where the Great Wall is, which means we will not be visiting the Great Wall as a group if the edition is not in Beijing.
But if you want to maximize your time in China, apply for the tourist visa before you come and take a few more weeks to visit other parts of China after the retreat.
China is now an entirely cashless society – you do not need cash even for small purchases at a food stall or in a traditional market. However, please make sure you set up Alipay or WeChat Pay with identity verification (your passport) and link your bank card before coming to China. You will be paying for everything with either of these two mobile phone-based payments.
There are mobile phone power bank stations everywhere in urban areas to help people conveniently charge their phones in case they run out of power and do not have their own portable power banks.
China is now an entirely cashless society – you do not need cash even for small purchases at a food stall or in a traditional market. However, please make sure you set up Alipay or WeChat Pay with identity verification (your passport) and link your bank card before coming to China. You will be paying for everything with either of these two mobile phone-based payments.
There are mobile phone power bank stations everywhere in urban areas to help people conveniently charge their phones in case they run out of power and do not have their own portable power banks.
China is now an entirely cashless society – you do not need cash even for small purchases at a food stall or in a traditional market. However, please make sure you set up Alipay or WeChat Pay with identity verification (your passport) and link your bank card before coming to China. You will be paying for everything with either of these two mobile phone-based payments.
There are mobile phone power bank stations everywhere in urban areas to help people conveniently charge their phones in case they run out of power and do not have their own portable power banks.
China is now an entirely cashless society – you do not need cash even for small purchases at a food stall or in a traditional market. However, please make sure you set up Alipay or WeChat Pay with identity verification (your passport) and link your bank card before coming to China. You will be paying for everything with either of these two mobile phone-based payments.
There are mobile phone power bank stations everywhere in urban areas to help people conveniently charge their phones in case they run out of power and do not have their own portable power banks.
China is now an entirely cashless society – you do not need cash even for small purchases at a food stall or in a traditional market. However, please make sure you set up Alipay or WeChat Pay with identity verification (your passport) and link your bank card before coming to China. You will be paying for everything with either of these two mobile phone-based payments.
There are mobile phone power bank stations everywhere in urban areas to help people conveniently charge their phones in case they run out of power and do not have their own portable power banks.
China is now an entirely cashless society – you do not need cash even for small purchases at a food stall or in a traditional market. However, please make sure you set up Alipay or WeChat Pay with identity verification (your passport) and link your bank card before coming to China. You will be paying for everything with either of these two mobile phone-based payments.
There are mobile phone power bank stations everywhere in urban areas to help people conveniently charge their phones in case they run out of power and do not have their own portable power banks.
China is now an entirely cashless society – you do not need cash even for small purchases at a food stall or in a traditional market. However, please make sure you set up Alipay or WeChat Pay with identity verification (your passport) and link your bank card before coming to China. You will be paying for everything with either of these two mobile phone-based payments.
There are mobile phone power bank stations everywhere in urban areas to help people conveniently charge their phones in case they run out of power and do not have their own portable power banks.
You will need VPN to access most websites in China. We provide enterprise-grade VPN to all of our attendees which can be used on your computer or mobile phone. In addition, we recommend purchasing eSims for your phone as an additional backup in case of temporary VPN outage, which is rare but does happen from time to time and often for no more than a few minutes.
You can choose your own SIM cards, but we recommend purchasing eSims from vendors like Holafly, Airalo or Nomad, which we have personally tested.
We pick 1 city or town every retreat. To know the latest location, please refer to the first section of the homepage for the most updated location.
50% of the retreat package cost can be refunded to you up to 45 days before the retreat. After that there is no refund.
50% of the retreat package cost can be refunded to you up to 45 days before the retreat. After that there is no refund.
50% of the retreat package cost can be refunded to you up to 45 days before the retreat. After that there is no refund.
50% of the retreat package cost can be refunded to you up to 45 days before the retreat. After that there is no refund.
50% of the retreat package cost can be refunded to you up to 45 days before the retreat. After that there is no refund.
50% of the retreat package cost can be refunded to you up to 45 days before the retreat. After that there is no refund.
50% of the retreat package cost can be refunded to you up to 45 days before the retreat. After that there is no refund.