About us
Research-driven. Scholar-led. Field-proven.
A buyer advisory firm that pairs academic rigour with decades of hands-on cross-border trade experience — and the AI to scale it.
Our story
We started at Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance, where our founder is a professional mentor. Sourcing decisions are treated as research.
We pair that with decades of cross-border trade on factory floors, and run it on Oracle's AI suite to scale across markets and categories.
Our mission
Give food-industry SMEs — manufacturers, processing and packaging firms, ingredient buyers — transparent, verified sourcing from China.
Smaller buyers get the same intelligence, verification and direct factory access that large corporations take for granted.
Track record
Trusted by institutions across Europe and beyond
EDP — Portugal’s largest utility
Supplier connection support for one of Europe’s major energy groups.
Portuguese Chamber of Commerce (CCILC)
Appointed as a procurement advisor to the chamber and its members.
Region of Extremadura, Spain
Procurement advisor to the Spanish regional government.
ASEAN Innovation Summit
Invited speaker on applying AI to cross-border trade.
Core team
The people behind your sourcing
Taptyg Abasov
VP, International Business
UCL mechanical engineering graduate with 9 years in cross-border procurement and supply chain across Europe, Central Asia and China (TechnoNICOL, Samolet Group, MTS). Led over US$100M in cross-border purchasing and built supplier networks across those regions.
Timothy Song (Song Tiancheng)
Advisor
Manchester University mathematics graduate with an Accounting & Finance masters from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. Former business manager and North America head at Sumec, leading teams to complete over RMB 2 billion in cross-border trade for clients such as Merck, CNGR Morocco JV and AESC US projects. Certified Chinese-English interpreter.
timothy.song@trans-mission.top
Zhu Qichen
Co-founder
25 years in investment and cross-border M&A across SCGC, Ping An, Fosun and Fosun-owned German HAL Bank, including leading HAL Bank China operations. Career mentor at SJTU Antai and other institutions.
Team on the ground
Alongside our clients and their partners
Our founder and team accompany clients and officials through visits, audits and introductions — in person, in China.
Our team on-site during an accompanying manufacturer visit
Hosting Mexico's Consul General in Shanghai
EDP delegation on a sourcing trip in China
Meeting with the APEC Secretary-General
Site tour with a Nigeria Ministry of Agriculture delegation
Visit with the Philippines Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
Let’s work together
Tell us your sourcing need and we’ll prepare a free matching report.