Dutch Students Get a Firsthand Look at China's Business Landscape

On Wednesday, May 13, the Benelux Chamber of Commerce welcomed 61 students from The Hague University of Applied Sciences (De Haagse Hogeschool) for a full-day field trip to Shanghai's Lingang Special Area. Enrolled in Business Management programs including Business Administration, International Business, and Business & Data Management, the students spent the day immersed in one of China's most dynamic economic environments.

The program took the group across five destinations, each offering a different lens on how China plans, builds, and innovates at scale. Highlights included a special-arrangement visit to the top floor of the Bank of China Financial Center, which is not yet open to the public, a tour of the Dishui Lake AI Innovation Hub, and a visit to ThunderSoft's Dishui Zhixing, whose AI-native vehicle operating system is used by car manufacturers worldwide. The afternoon brought students to Yangshan Deep Water Port, the world's largest automated container port, before closing at Zero Cube, where they were walked through Lingang's brand-new entrepreneurship policy offering young founders near-zero startup costs.

For Business Management students, the visit offered direct exposure to the scale, speed, and ambition of China's economic development, and the chance to ask hard questions about what it means for European businesses and careers, something that no classroom can fully replicate.

This is precisely the kind of experience that Intern2China is built around. Beyond the internship itself, our program gives European students the tools, the network, and the context to truly understand China, and make the most out of their experience.

Students interested in applying for an internship through the Benelux Chamber of Commerce can visit https://intern2china.org.