IT giants discuss big data cooperation with Guiyang

GUIYANG, China, May 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Guiyang International Big Data Expo 2016, the only exhibition based on big data in the world, is being held in Guiyang, capital of Southwest China's Guizhou province, from May 26-29. Lots of technology titans from inside and outside of China have gathered in Guiyang to seek cooperation in the field of big data.

Qualcomm (China) Holding Co., Ltd. officially settled down in Guiyang-Anshun New Area. It will become the US company's new investment arm in China.

The big data platforms will also be established in Guizhou by international technology giants such as Microsoft, Intel and Dell.

Li Yanhong, president and CEO of Baidu, Pony Ma, president and CEO of Tencent, Liu Qiangdong, CEO of JD.com, Cher Wang, president of HTC, Qi Xiangdong, founder and president of Qihoo 360 Technology, Jia Yueting, president and CEO of LeTV, Wang Jian, Chief Technology Officer of Alibaba, and Cheng Wei, founder and CEO of Xiaoju Technology also expressed their hope for future cooperation with Guiyang in their speeches at the opening ceremony.

"Baidu is exploring a pilot project of unmanned ground vehicles with Guiyang government," said Li.

"Tencent is mulling whether to establish a disaster recovery center of big data in Guizhou," explained Ma.

"LeTV, in hopes of cooperating with Guiyang in new industry, will intensify their technological exchanges as well as industrial cooperation," said Jia.

"With Guizhou and Guiyang gradually growing into a hub for Internet and big-data industries, Xiaoju Technology will cooperate with them in traffic engines and cloud traffic technology," noted Cheng.

As the core overseas PR partner of the Expo 2016, Huanqiu.com went through all reporting works in Guiyang.