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China Market Development · 上海 Shanghai

China marketing for B2B and consumer brands

Our team in Shanghai gets you found and chosen where Chinese buyers look: Baidu, WeChat, RedNote, Douyin and the AI tools they ask.

B2B leads
300+
B2B leads
Specialty chemicals
WeChat Store sales growth
450%
WeChat Store sales growth
Audio technology
ROI from signed contracts
352%
ROI from signed contracts
Workwear services

Before you start

What's different about marketing in China

China runs its own internet, with its own search engines, social platforms and AI tools. These are the four things we see go wrong most often.

01

Your usual channels reach no one.

Google, Meta and YouTube are blocked in mainland China, and ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude don't work without a VPN. Buyers search on Baidu, scroll WeChat and RedNote, and ask DeepSeek or Doubao.

What brands bringGoogleMetaYouTube
What China uses

百度

Baidu

微信

WeChat

抖音

Douyin

02

Your website may not load.

Sites hosted outside China can load slowly or not at all. A site on mainland servers needs an ICP filing from a Chinese entity or a licensed local partner.

What brands bringyourbrand.com, hosted abroad
What China uses

yourbrand.cn

Hosted in China, ICP filed

03

Each AI tool reads its own ecosystem.

Doubao leans on ByteDance platforms. Baidu's ERNIE leans on Baidu's. Being cited in one doesn't put you in the others.

What brands bringChatGPTGeminiClaude
What China uses

DeepSeek

DeepSeek

豆包

Doubao

文心

ERNIE

Kimi

Kimi

04

Translated copy misses the questions.

Chinese buyers ask different questions and use different words. Good content starts from what they actually search for.

What brands bring“calibration equipment supplier”
What China uses

工业校准设备供应商哪家好

“Which industrial calibration supplier is good?”

B2B and consumer

Business buyers and consumers find you in different places

Chinese business buyers do their research before they contact a supplier. We make sure you show up at every step, then turn that attention into leads.

230+

leads in 8 months for a calibration equipment maker, with 40% of website traffic coming from Baidu.

  1. 1

    百度Baidu

    Buyers search for the problem they need solved. We run your Baidu SEO and search ads.

  2. 2

    知乎 · 公众号Zhihu and WeChat articles

    They read comparisons and supplier articles. We write and publish yours.

  3. 3

    DeepSeek · KimiAI tools

    They ask AI tools who to call. We work on getting your name into those answers.

  4. 4

    询盘Enquiry

    They send an enquiry or add you on WeChat. We build the pages and forms that get it to your sales team.

What we do

What we do in China

Research and market entry

Market size, competitors, your buyer, and how your product reaches them: direct, through distributors or online. We also find and qualify distribution partners.

北京 Beijing
上海 Shanghai
成都 Chengdu
广州 Guangzhou
深圳 Shenzhen

A website that works in China

Local hosting, ICP filing, a localised version of your site, and copy and design made for Chinese buyers.

● yourbrand.cn
沪ICP备 已备案 · ICP filed

Search and AI visibility

Baidu and 360 SEO, plus visibility in DeepSeek, Doubao, ERNIE and Kimi.

AI 回答推荐供应商包括 你的品牌

Social and content

WeChat Official Accounts, RedNote, Douyin, Bilibili and WeChat Channels. Content, publishing and KOL work.

行业洞察 2026

公众号

WeChat article

真实使用一个月

小红书

RedNote post

♥

Paid media

Baidu, 360 Search and WeChat Ads. Keywords, bids, creative and targeting, managed every week.

Sales and lead capture

WeChat Stores, Mini Programs and landing pages built to turn visits into leads or orders.

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Start with one part or hand us all of it. The same team runs it.

Results

Work our team has delivered

Nordic brands, from industrial B2B to consumer technology.

Specialty chemicals

B2B · Sweden

Two-year programme

A website built for Baidu, search ads and weekly WeChat content.

300+

B2B leads

66% more website visitors · 57% of traffic from Baidu

Calibration equipment

B2B · Finland

8 months

Baidu website optimisation, landing pages and search ads.

230+

leads in 8 months

40% of traffic from Baidu

Workwear services

B2B · Finland

First six months

Market research, SEO, search ads, landing pages and WeChat content.

352%

ROI from signed contracts

200+ leads · 45% more website visitors

Audio technology

Consumer and B2B · Sweden

September to December

A WeChat Store, two WeChat accounts, a website, Baidu SEO and ads, and event campaigns.

450%

WeChat Store sales growth

200% more website traffic · Its best Double 11 to date

Delivered by our team. Client names on request.

The team

The people who run your China marketing

Ainsley Tao

Ainsley Tao

Marketing Director, China / Co-Founder

Ainsley has more than 11 years of experience in marketing strategy and digital execution across Europe and Asia. She specialises in SEM, SEO, social media and PR, and has driven growth for both B2B and consumer brands.

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Xiaonan Hui

Xiaonan Hui

Performance Manager

Xiaonan oversees all performance channels, including search, social and website development. With more than 8 years of experience, he has run campaigns for clients from B2B to consumer goods.

Mikael Lindblom

Mikael Lindblom

Co-Founder

Mikael has spent more than 15 years in Asia, eleven of them in China. His background is B2B sales and business development, and he leads strategy and go-to-market for our clients.

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How we work

How we run your China marketing

We run every engagement the same way, for B2B and consumer brands.

  1. 01

    Research

    We map your market, your buyers and your competitors in China, and tell you where to spend first.

  2. 02

    Foundation

    We get your website, WeChat and search presence ready, so buyers find something worth trusting.

  3. 03

    Launch

    We publish, start the first campaigns and track what turns into leads or sales.

  4. 04

    Scale

    We put more budget behind what works and cut what doesn't.

Questions

Questions we get asked

It depends on what you want to do. A website on mainland servers needs an ICP filing, which has to come from a Chinese legal entity or a licensed local partner. Other channels have their own rules. We map out what you need before you start.

Contact

Let's talk about China

Tell us what you sell and where you are now. We'll tell you what we'd do first.

Ainsley Tao

Ainsley Tao · China

上海 Shanghai

ainsley@vimi.digital
Mikael Lindblom

Mikael Lindblom · Asia

新加坡 Singapore

mikael@vimi.digital

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