联众拓海 Global Alliance
Contemporary Chinese lounge tea room with a round table, landscape screen and pendant lamp Illustrative

Global Alliance · A global alliance for going overseas

City Lounges

Taking trade from China to the world, and bringing resources together

In Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Yiwu and cities overseas, local hosts bring factories, buyers and service providers to the same table.

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City Lounges

One table for factories, buyers and service providers

Meetings, samples and filming all happen here, and each lounge is run by a local host.

OpenFuzhouHangzhouYiwu

A business meeting around a tea table in the lounge Illustrative
Tea and meetings
Lounge seating with timber lattice screens Illustrative
Lounge area
Meeting room with floor-to-ceiling windows and a long table Illustrative
Meeting room
A showcase of partner brand samples with visitors Illustrative
Product showcase
Content studio with lighting and a camera on a tripod Illustrative
Content studio

Illustrative images; photos of each city lounge will be added as they become available.

Focus 01

Trade from China to the world

From Chinese factory clusters to overseas shelves, someone takes over at every stage.

  1. A forklift loading a truck at a factory dock Illustrative

    Sourcing

    Factories in Yiwu, Fuzhou and beyond; price comparison and sampling

  2. Reviewing and signing certification documents Illustrative

    Certification

    FDA, NSF, ETL, UL and other market-entry certifications

  3. Container port and cargo ship Illustrative

    Ocean freight

    Full container or consolidated, with customs coordination

  4. A box truck unloading at a warehouse dock Illustrative

    Warehousing

    Receiving, distribution and delivery overseas

  5. Entrance and front desk of a Chinese restaurant Illustrative

    Stores and channels

    Store fit-out, supermarket and wholesale channels

Trade AI: get the numbers right before you go

AI calculates, researches and drafts first; specialists review and confirm.

  1. Overseas product library: oolong teas selling well on US e-commerce and how they relate to our products Screenshot
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    Overseas product library

    What sells overseas

    Overseas best-sellers compared item by item with our products.

  2. Requirement cards: SC production licence, export food producer registration and FDA food facility registration Screenshot
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    Requirement cards

    Every requirement sourced

    Each import requirement cites its official source; what is missing, who supplies it and which step it blocks, on one page.

  3. Trade AI workspace sample project “Wuyi rock tea to New York supermarkets”: five-step progress, three deliverables and the missing-items list Screenshot
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    Sample project: rock tea to New York supermarkets

    One project, one page

    Progress, missing items and landed cost on a single page; landed cost is calculated per unit and quotes are unit prices only.

Four kinds of business, four paths

  • Cargo planes and freight at an airport cargo terminal Illustrative

    Manufacturers going abroad

    Trade AI assessment → partner network for channels → logistics

  • Ribbon cutting at a new store overseas Illustrative

    Opening a store overseas

    Lounge meeting → whole-store sourcing and certification → shipped together → fit-out

  • Supermarket shelves stocked with Chinese food Illustrative

    Wholesale and overseas buyers

    Factory-cluster sourcing → full container or consolidated → customs clearance

  • Racks and loading bays inside an overseas warehouse Illustrative

    Cross-border e-commerce

    Compliance services → e-commerce team → overseas warehouse fulfilment

Key markets include the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Peru. Plans and quotes are confirmed in consultation.

Focus 02

A resource network

Every lounge is a node in one network: a request raised in Fuzhou can be answered in Los Angeles.

Diagram of the lounge network connecting cities in China and the Americas China Americas Fuzhou Hangzhou Yiwu Guangzhou Shenzhen New York Chicago Los Angeles Mexico City Buenos Aires
  • Open
  • Preparing
  • Partner site

ChinaFuzhouHangzhouYiwuGuangzhouShenzhen

AmericasNew YorkChicagoLos AngelesMexico CityBuenos Aires

How a request travels

  1. Business people talking around a meeting table Illustrative

    Record

    At each meeting we note three things: what you do, what you need and what you can offer.

  2. Home page of the Global Alliance resource network, where members look up their place by name or ID Screenshot

    Enter the network

    It becomes a verified entry in the resource network, traceable to the meeting it came from.

  3. A handshake across a meeting table Illustrative

    Introduce

    Matched by industry, region and capability, and introduced only with both sides’ consent.

  • Verified entries
  • Traceable sources
  • Contact details private
  • Clients stay with whoever introduced them

A cross-city export chain

  1. FuzhouOverseas Chinese buyers and channels
  2. YiwuConsolidated supply
  3. HangzhouE-commerce and content team
  4. Los AngelesWarehousing and delivery
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Hosts and core partners

The people in the lounge

The people you will meet when you visit.

  • Zhang Xu

    Founder · originator of the city lounge model

    Fuzhou · New York

    Long experience in overseas restaurant build-outs and supply chains; leads trade AI and the resource network.

  • Han Fang

    Co-founder · cross-border logistics and sourcing

    Hangzhou · Yiwu

    Knows Yiwu sourcing and routes to South America and Africa; leads logistics, customs and overseas warehousing.

  • Yan Yan

    Host, Hongli Lounge

    Fuzhou

    Arranges meetings between local companies and overseas Chinese entrepreneurs, focusing on Chinese medicine and Fujian companies going global.

  • Qiao Meijuan

    Lounge host · supply chain and certification

    Fuzhou

    Handles furniture and equipment sourcing; familiar with US certifications such as ETL, UL, FDA and NSF.

  • Cong

    Licensing, compliance and IP adviser

    Wuyishan · Fuzhou

    Rooted in the Fujian tea industry; handles tea production licences, export testing and IP compliance.

  • Alex Wang

    Photography and content

    New York

    Photographer and director producing content for lounge events and partner companies.

Lounge space plans and material samples Illustrative

Open a Lounge

Open a lounge in your city

We are inviting city lounge partners: you run the local space, and the alliance provides the brand, systems, network and delivery partners.

  • Joint operation

    Open a city lounge

    Local operating partners share the build-out and running of the space. The initial build-out is around RMB 300,000 in mainland China and around US$100,000 overseas, covering fit-out, furnishing and first-batch supplies.

  • Affiliate

    Become a partner site

    Already run a store, club or tea space? Display our brand, receive visiting companies and showcase partner products.

  • Project-based

    Service partner

    Logistics, certification, legal, design and content firms take on delivery work project by project.

The alliance provides

  • Brand and space standards
  • Operating procedures and training
  • Resource network access
  • Trade AI workspace

Process

  1. Talk
  2. Visit
  3. Plan
  4. Build
  5. Open

Clients stay with whoever introduced them, and the alliance never bypasses them; every collaboration begins with both sides’ consent.

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Contact

Come and sit with us

To open a lounge, list a venue, join as a service partner, or book a visit to your nearest lounge, email us.

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Email: xu@icook.cloud