Internships in China for students
Your complete guide to interning in China: paid vs unpaid, the visa reality, and how to land a fully paid hospitality placement at a five-star hotel.
Your complete guide to interning in China: paid vs unpaid, the visa reality, and how to land a fully paid hospitality placement at a five-star hotel.
An internship in China gives students and recent graduates real work experience inside international brands, while living in one of the world's most dynamic countries. Popular fields include business, marketing, finance, technology and hospitality, with most placements in major cities such as Beijing and Shanghai.
For international students the appeal is clear: hands-on experience on your CV, a global network, cultural immersion and a real edge in a competitive job market. The big question is usually a simple one, will it be paid, and that is where the details matter.
Here is the part most guides skip. A lot of "internships in China" are actually unpaid, because they run on a short-term business (F) visa that does not legally allow a salary.
A hospitality management traineeship works differently. With LinkedTour you receive a monthly stipend, and your host hotel provides free accommodation and three meals a day, so your living costs are covered. It is one of the most accessible ways for a student to do a genuinely paid, fully supported placement in China.
The program is funded by China's hotel industry, so there is no tuition or placement fee. Applying costs you nothing.
A monthly stipend, plus free accommodation and meals at your host hotel, so your living costs are taken care of.
Train with IHG, Hilton, Marriott, Hyatt, Accor and Shangri-La, names that open doors anywhere in the world.
A friendly one-on-one interview, then you pick the hotel, role and city that suit you.
We guide you through the visa, you join the two-week study program in Shanghai, then your paid traineeship begins.
Apply for free today and our team will guide you from your first interview to your first day at the hotel.