On the ground
We live in the market we serve
Our leadership team has been in Shanghai for 15+ years. We open your site in WeChat on a Chinese phone every morning, file ICPs in Mandarin, and answer the questions HQ never thought to ask.
Web agency in China · Based in Shanghai
The web agency in China for international brands.
We are an independent web agency based in Shanghai. We plan, build, grow and run websites in mainland China for foreign brands. 15+ years on the ground, 50+ projects shipped, every service in-house.
15
Years on the ground
50
Brand sites shipped
10
In-house services
What kind of web agency · 哪种代理
What a real China web agency looks like.
Four things make our work in China different from work shipped out of London, Paris or New York. All four are operational, none are marketing copy.
Stack agnostic
Pick the stack per project
WordPress when editorial workflow matters. Astro when raw speed wins. Headless when scale and reuse demand it. The brief decides, then we build.
China-specific depth
Built for Baidu, WeChat and the Firewall
Baidu indexing rules differ from Google. WeChat in-app rendering breaks half of foreign designs. The Great Firewall blocks fonts, maps, analytics and CDNs you take for granted. We design around all of it from day one.
End to end
One contract, one team, four phases
Plan, build, grow, run. The same people handle strategy, copy, design, code, hosting, Baidu SEO and Chinese AI engine visibility. One invoice, one point of contact, every step of the way.
Our services · 服务
10 services. One web agency. Every step of your China web presence.
Strategy, content, design, build, search, AI visibility, hosting, maintenance. Every service delivered by the same people, in-house, in Shanghai.
Strategy & Audit
Comprehensive analysis of your WordPress site's China-readiness. We identify blocking issues, performance bottlenecks, and compliance gaps, then deliver a clear roadmap for successful market entry.
China Migration
Seamless migration of your existing WordPress site to China-compliant hosting. We handle ICP licensing, DNS configuration, database transfers, and ensure zero downtime during the switch.
UX/UI Design
We design WordPress experiences built for Chinese users. Culturally adapted layouts, mobile-first, optimised for local platforms, browsers, and trust signals.
Technical Integration
Full WordPress integration for China. Server config, blocked plugin fixes, WeChat Pay, Baidu analytics, and data compliance. Based in China.
Chinese Content
Native Chinese copywriting, transcreation and content management for WordPress in China. Baidu-optimised content by native speakers, managed in your CMS.
Baidu SEO
Ranking on Baidu requires a fundamentally different strategy than Google. We optimise your WordPress site's structure, metadata, content, and backlink profile for Baidu's algorithm and submission protocols.
GEO China
Generative Engine Optimisation for the China market. We make your content the source DeepSeek, Doubao, Kimi, Yuanbao, and Baidu AI trust enough to recommend.
Plugins & Extensions
We build custom WordPress plugins for the Chinese market and fix existing ones that break behind the Great Firewall. China-based agency.
China Hosting
Reliable WordPress hosting within mainland China. Fast servers, ICP-licensed infrastructure, guaranteed uptime, and local data centres, all managed by our team so you never have to log into a Chinese hosting panel yourself.
Maintenance & Support
Ongoing WordPress maintenance from inside China. We handle updates, Great Firewall monitoring, Baidu SEO, security, and support so you don't have to.
Selected work · 作品
Sites we shipped for international brands in China.
How Bassetti Launched Their WordPress Website in China in Just 6 Weeks
Migrated Bassetti's WordPress + Elementor site to China in 6 weeks. ICP filing, .cn domain, China hosting, blocked dependency swaps, and ongoing maintenance.
Opening a Swiss Luxury Watch Store to China's 1.4 Billion Consumers
Swiss luxury watch brand IMHOF needed their WordPress WooCommerce store to work in China. We migrated, fixed, and launched their site for Chinese buyers.
Building a Bilingual WordPress Website From Scratch for China and the World
Pharmaceutical packaging supplier ZeinLey needed a bilingual WordPress website for China and international markets. We built it from zero content to dual-hosted launch.
Why us · 关于我们
The web agency you brief is the team that ships your site.
ChinaWebFoundry is led by Cyril Drouin, who has lived and worked in China since 2005. Our delivery team is bilingual, Shanghai-based, and works full-time on China web projects. Every line of code, every Chinese sentence and every design decision comes from the people you brief. We never subcontract.
When you sign with us, you get our writers, our designers, our developers and our SEO leads. You also get a single point of contact who answers within 24 hours, in your timezone, in English or French.
Questions · 常见问题
About working with a web agency in China.
What is a China web agency, and when do you need one?
A China web agency builds and runs websites designed to work inside mainland China. That means hosting that loads from Chinese data centres, ICP licensing, native Chinese copy and UX, Baidu SEO, and now the Chinese AI engines (DeepSeek, Doubao, Kimi, Yuanbao, Baidu AI). You need one the moment your global site stops doing the job for your Chinese audience, which is usually within 6 months of launching a translated version.
Why does location matter when choosing a web agency for China?
A web agency outside China can read about the Great Firewall. A web agency inside China hits it every day. We test from a Shanghai connection, file licences in Mandarin, work with Chinese banks for invoicing, and meet clients face to face in Shanghai or Hangzhou. The difference shows up in the work itself.
WordPress, Astro, headless: what stack do you build on?
It depends on the project. WordPress for editorial-heavy sites and multilingual content workflows. Astro for marketing sites where speed and SEO performance are critical. Headless when a global brand needs one content source feeding multiple regional sites. We help you pick during the strategy phase, once we know what the site needs to do.
How long does a typical China website project take?
For a focused brand site, 8 to 12 weeks from kickoff to ICP-licensed launch. For a full migration of an existing global site with localisation, content rewrite and Baidu indexing, 14 to 20 weeks. Most of our work breaks into 4 phases: Plan (1-2 weeks), Build (4-10 weeks), Grow (ongoing from week 6), Run (perpetual).
How do you work with clients in Europe or North America?
Shanghai is GMT+8, which means we overlap with Europe in the morning and the US East Coast in the evening. We schedule weekly calls in your timezone, send written updates between calls, and reply to email within 24 hours. Your account lead speaks English (and French if you prefer). No-one on our delivery team needs translation.
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