China is taking the lead in various areas in the world – politically, economically and military. But also in the digital world. Chinese coders compete at eye level with their American colleagues. Nowadays, China lists as many venture capitals as Silicon Valley. The result is noticeable: one third of the world's 262 Unicorns come from China. Facebook copies China's WeChat and not the other way around. It's high time for all of us to take a closer look at China's digital businesses in person.
One of the largest companies in the world (equivalent of Amazon in China). Operates a number of different e-commerce marketplaces such as Taobao and Tmall.
One of China's largest fintech companies and their corporate VC/accelerator JadeValue.
Ximalaya is the largest audio based media platform in China with over 400 million registered users. It is the most famous platform for Chinese users to listen to podcasts, audiobooks and more.
One of Europe's and US' hottest social music apps - founded and run from Shanghai.
Tezign.com is a technology company that uses big data and intelligent matching technology between 4,000+ corporate customers and tens of thousands of designers and creators.
Mobike is a bike sharing service to fulfill urban short trips - anytime, to any legal parking destination - by combining innovation and today's IoT (Internet of Things) technology.
The people we will target at these organisations include entrepreneurs, founders, thought leaders and senior managers who are taking on the digital challenges of tomorrow.
Please note: You have to apply for a visa yourself. We will provide a necessary letter of invitation.
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With the world's largest population, a fast-growing middle-class and increasing purchasing power – just by being "big in China" automatically makes any company one of the world's largest.
megacities such as Beijing and Shanghai with more than 20 million residents, China is experiencing new unique challenges that come with densely populated areas. This feeds innovation in a never seen scale before.
In the late 90's and early 00's almost no one had internet nor computer in China. When smartphones came, it became the first and only access to the internet, building an entirely new generation of consumers without any old habits resulting in a much higher adoption rate of new services such as mobile payments, messaging and e-commerce.
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