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.
Your global site needs a separate review for China. Chinafy’s vendor benchmark gives a reason to check the full page, including its outside requests, before choosing hosting or setting a launch date.
Chinafy tested 614 global websites with WebPageTest from Beijing, Virginia and London and reported that 2 in 3 failed to load from Beijing. Source: Chinafy, China Website Performance Benchmarks 2026, 14 April 2026. This is a vendor benchmark, with no WordPress-only breakdown.
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 suits teams using its editor and plugin workflow. Astro can prepare pages at build time. A headless setup can share content across sites. The publishing workflow decides the choice.
China-specific depth
Built for Baidu, WeChat and the Firewall
Review the site inside WeChat (微信), check its external requests and plan its Baidu (百度) search work. Fonts and other outside services need dated, host-specific evidence. We include those checks in the brief.
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.
Use the service list to divide the brief into work you need before launch and work that continues afterwards. Hosting and maintenance need an owner after the build ends.
ChinaWebFoundry lists 10 services, including China Hosting and Maintenance and Support. Source: ChinaWebFoundry service catalogue, checked 21 October 2026.
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.
Open a project to see what was delivered and which services it used. Compare that scope with your own brief before treating it as evidence for your site.
This page displays 3 published projects selected by catalogue order. Source: ChinaWebFoundry page source, checked 21 October 2026. The count describes the selection shown here, not the agency’s total work.
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.
Name an owner for the build. The site will also need someone responsible for its operation after launch; use the team page to start that discussion.
ChinaWebFoundry’s team collection names 2 leaders: Cyril Drouin and Echo Peng. Source: ChinaWebFoundry team collection, checked 21 October 2026.
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 should we send before asking for a proposal?
Start with your current URL and what a visitor needs to do on the site. We’ll also need to know who approves Chinese content, whether a mainland entity exists and which systems the site must use before agreeing a launch. Our guide to choosing a web agency in China explains how to compare the resulting scope.
Can you work with our existing global agency?
Yes. Agree who owns each part of delivery before work starts. Your global agency can keep the brand system and source content while the Shanghai team handles the China website scope. Record who approves designs, manages hosting access and accepts the finished site. Our website-in-China page sets out the work to include.
How does ICP filing affect the launch date?
Alibaba Cloud (阿里云) publishes an initial review of 1 to 2 working days, followed by provincial review generally taking 1 to 20 working days. Document preparation and corrections take additional time. For a mainland launch, agree the build schedule around the ICP filing (ICP备案) approval. The review windows are not a delivery guarantee.
Source: Alibaba Cloud (阿里云), ICP filing overview, 26 August 2026.
How do we choose between WordPress and Astro?
Start with how your team publishes. WordPress suits teams that want its editor and plugin workflow. Astro can suit sites whose pages are prepared at build time. Both need a review of external requests and hosting. Our WordPress plugin guide explains why the chosen integrations matter as much as the CMS name.
How will you price the work?
The proposal should separate the build from ongoing hosting and support. Chinese content can account for substantial work, so establish who supplies and approves it. List the templates and integrations that the quote covers, with a process for approving changes. Separate recurring costs make proposals easier to compare.
Booking this quarter
Start the conversation. With your web agency in Shanghai.
Send the brief with your current URL and the action a China visitor should be able to complete.
The general agency page lists 10 services for scoping the work. Source: ChinaWebFoundry service catalogue, checked 21 October 2026.
Send us a brief or book a 30-minute call. A human writes back within 24 hours, in your timezone.