On November 13, 2017, the "Cross-border Summit of the Future of Talent -- Chengdu Station" co-sponsored by Plug and Play and Chengdu Wanhua Investment Group was held in Chengdu Tianfu International Fund Town. 16 PNP cross-border teams brought a wonderful project road show, which attracted more than 100 guests from Chengdu local investment institutions, investors and university scholars.
Meanwhile, Plug and Play signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Chengdu Wanhua Investment Group at the summit. The signing of this strategic cooperation agreement marks that Wanhua Investment Group has officially become the third cornerstone partner of PNP real estate technology in China and the first global cornerstone partner in Southwest China. In the future, the two sides will work together to break the limitation of geographical dimension by focusing on real estate technology, and expand the cooperation in the field of science and technology to all aspects of smart city services, so as to facilitate the development of global innovative technology enterprises.
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Witnessed by Dr. Chen Xiaochun, Global co-founder of Plug and Play, and Mr. Wang Jungang, Chairman of Chengdu Wanhua Investment Group, Mr. Xu Jieping, Managing partner of Plug and Play China, signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Mr. Jiang Tao, director of Chengdu Wanhua Investment Group and general manager of Wanchuang Investment Holding Chengdu Co., LTD. Chengdu Wanhua Investment Group has officially become the third "global cornerstone partner" of PNP real estate technology sector in China and the first "global cornerstone partner" in Southwest China.
As early as its inception, PNP has already forged an indissoluble bond with the real estate field. Thanks to Logitech, Google, PayPal and other technology companies, PNP was born in a "lucky building" at 165 University Street in Palo Alto, California, and has grown into an international leading comprehensive innovation platform.
As an international innovation platform from Silicon Valley, PNP has accelerated experience in several verticals. In the field of real estate technology, PNP integrates multi-dimensional participants such as commercial real estate companies, building materials companies, startups, scientific research institutions and investors in the ecosystem value chain, providing them with a friendly exchange environment with a holistic view of the industry, so as to facilitate enterprises to clearly detect innovation breakpoints and continue reform and innovation.
As a local strength enterprise in Chengdu, Wanhua Investment Group focuses on integrating high-quality professional resources at home and abroad, and is committed to the development of high-end complex projects and urban industrial operation. At present, Wanhua Investment Group has become the earliest practitioner, continuous innovator and industry leader of urban project planning, market development and characteristic town construction in China. It is also the only large development group enterprise with actual operation experience and ability of fund town in China.
Dr. Chen Xiaochun, Global co-founder of Plug and Play, said, "Every industry is facing the pressure and opportunities of industry upgrading and digital transformation. The competition between countries and regions is actually the competition of technology and innovation. Chengdu has a good mass entrepreneurship platform and scientific and technological resources. In this cooperation between PNP and Wanhua, we hope to give full play to the resource advantages of both sides, enrich our innovation ecosystem, and jointly help mass entrepreneurship and innovation."
The cooperation between the two sides, in terms of breadth, includes cross-border exchanges, real estate technology, financial investment and many other contents; In terms of depth, Wanhua will deeply participate in the PNP Unicorn acceleration plan. As an industry leader in the smart city ecosystem, Wanhua will use years of industry experience to select the most potential innovative projects that can improve residents' happiness and convenience in the future. Just as Mr. Jiang Tao, director of Chengdu Wanhua Investment Group and general manager of Wanchuang Investment Holding Chengdu Co., LTD said, "This summit is just the starting point of our cooperation, and we will carry out more extensive and deeper cooperation on a regular basis in the future."
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In addition to the signing ceremony, 16 cross-border start-up projects of PNP held a wonderful road show, attracting many local investment teams, investors and university research scholars in Chengdu to watch. The warm climate of Chengdu and the elegant atmosphere of the fund town make the cross-border teams from afar feel the enthusiasm of this city.
Tim, co-founder of Sentiance, used his own data collection and analysis system to prepare a special roadshow segment for Chengdu Station. The Chinese, who speaks less-than-standard Mandarin, used advanced technology to get closer to the local guests during the five-minute road show.
Ho Sok Song, representative of EnGisCommunications, said, "The whole community in the fund town is very comfortable, and our product is an O2O navigation product that enhances the convenience of citizens. During this visit to Tianfu Foundation Town, we felt their ultimate pursuit of user experience, which is also our goal."
Their next stop will be the activities at the Wuhan Station of the Chuangzhi Future Cross-border Summit held in Wuhan Economic and Technological Development Zone on Nov 16. They will then travel to Shenzhen for the last stop of the cross-border Summit.
