Live in China. Learn Mandarin. Become family.
Come to China as an au pair with the most professional and safest au pair program in China. Live with a host family, study Mandarin and explore a new world, for 3 months up to a year.
- US$500 monthly education subsidy
- Mandarin tuition covered
- Flight reimbursed
- Insurance included
The adventure of a lifetime
A language and cultural exchange that gives you fluency, friendships and a second family.
Learn Mandarin
Study at a language school in China. We register you and cover your tuition.
Learn Mandarin in China →
Live like a local
Join a Chinese host family who provide your accommodation and meals.
Explore our host cities →
Share your culture
Spend 30 to 35 hours a week with your host family’s children, sharing your language and culture.
How the exchange works →
Explore China
Use your free time to discover cities, food, mountains and festivals across the country.
Plan a gap year in China →See what your days could look like
Lara's story
Lara's host mom shared these moments with us: cupcakes, hot pot birthdays, hanfu and mahjong. This is what an exchange with Waupair China really looks like. Scroll to see more.
Cupcake class: icing, sprinkles and a face-painted little chef.
Lara’s birthday at Haidilao, the hot pot restaurant famous for its birthday surprises.
A girls’ afternoon at the nail salon, choosing colours together.
Teppanyaki at the mall, with chopstick practice included.
Grocery shopping with a little helper leading the way.
Karaoke night: singing along together.
Go-kart racing: the little one takes the wheel.
Feeding baby pigs at a farm park with the family.
A museum day in Shanghai.
Hanfu on a family trip to Jingdezhen, China’s porcelain capital.
Learning mahjong with the family at a 24-hour Chinese spa, a classic weekend outing.
A Chinese head spa with her host mom: pure relaxation.
Trying moxibustion (艾灸, àijiǔ), a warming therapy from traditional Chinese medicine.
Your exchange, in safe hands
The most professional
Our roots go back to 1993 and a Shanghai travel agency founded in 2001. We handle your language school registration, tuition, visa documents and insurance, so you can focus on your adventure.
What the au pair program includes →The safest
Host families are carefully screened, everything is agreed in writing, and our team supports you for your whole stay.
How we keep au pairs safe →Headquartered in Shanghai
Our office is in TODTOWN Skyline (天荟悦麟), right above TODTOWN mall in Shanghai. Real people you can visit and meet.
Our Shanghai guide →“From cashless payments to high tech public transport, everything feels so advanced. I'm beginning to appreciate the seamless way in which everything functions.”
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Apply
Email your resume and a one-minute video, or create a profile in one minute.
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Meet your host family
Video call with families and choose the one that feels right.
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Fly to China
Get your student visa with our help and start your exchange.
Ready for your year in China?
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