The Chairman’s Bao
The facts below are what the maker publishes about The Chairman’s Bao, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From The Chairman’s Bao's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| 1 month | $11 a month | Full, unlimited access (website and app) · Cancel anytime · No teacher access · $ 11 / month |
| 3 month | $27.50 a month | Full, unlimited access (website and app) · No teacher access · $ 27.50 billed every 3 months |
| 6 month | $49.51 a month | Full, unlimited access (website and app) · No teacher access · $ 49.50 billed every 6 months |
| 12 month | $88 a year | Full, unlimited access (website and app) · No teacher access · $ 88 billed annually |
| 2 year | $1,542 | Full, unlimited access (website and app) · No teacher access · $ 154 billed every 2 years |
| TCB Classroom | Priced on request | Institutional classroom package · Personalized school portal · Individual student plans cannot be used by teachers or institutions · Book a free 20-minute demo call to learn about options; request a quotation |
The facts
Each one read from The Chairman’s Bao's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Audio and writing
- Articles have human-recorded audio graded to the target level, and the live dictionary supports stroke-order practice.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Classroom support
- For schools, the site describes a personalized portal, student registration by token code, setup in less than 24 hours, and round-the-clock support.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Dictionary
- Users can tap a word to look it up, save it to their learning hub, and practice it with flashcards.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Exercises
- Lessons include reading and listening comprehension exercises to practice character recognition and check understanding.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Institutional data
- The privacy policy says institutional data is used to provide and improve contracted services, is not used to advertise to students or parents, and has stated security controls and incident-response provisions.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The teacher page says TCB can integrate with Canvas and Google Classroom and align with IB, AP, AQA, Edexcel, and Pre-U curricula.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Languages offered
- 1checked 19 Sep 2026
- Lesson library
- The homepage reports 11,091 lessons and says new articles are added daily.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Offline lessons
- Yeschecked 19 Sep 2026
- Paid from
- 6.42checked 19 Sep 2026
- Personalized review
- Yeschecked 19 Sep 2026
- Privacy and security
- The privacy policy says TCB uses security measures and limits personal-information access to authorized personnel, but does not guarantee that internet submissions are secure in transit.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Product
- The Chairman’s Bao is a news-based graded reader for students of Chinese, with lessons graded across six levels.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Study tools
- The site describes levelled grammar explanations, sentence examples, automated flashcard groups, and expandable keywords, idioms, and proper nouns.checked 11 Oct 2026
The company
- Company history
- The About page says TCB launched in 2015 and was created by three friends who studied Chinese at university in the UK.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2015checked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free access
- The homepage offers free sample lessons after registration; the plans page lists paid individual subscriptions and a free classroom demo, but does not state a free-trial period.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 19 Sep 2026
- Individual plan restriction
- Individual subscriptions are for one student and must not be shared or used by a teacher or academic institution; violations can result in cancellation without refund.checked 11 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Mobile apps
- Yeschecked 19 Sep 2026
- Platforms
- The site describes study across desktop, laptop, mobile, and tablet and presents the product as a website and mobile application.checked 11 Oct 2026
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