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for November, 2013

Z-Park Enterprise Forum with ICT Alliance: Faster from R&D&I to Business
Nov 11 2013Zhongguancun Science Park is one of the most intensive R&D&I foundations in China. To boost cooperation with Finnish companies, it invited 30 most innovative companies from its community to join the forum on Finland-China business and R&D&I cooperation on 30 October 2013 in Beijing. The key objective was to identify and discuss partnership between Finnish companies and Zhongguancun Science Park in the field of ICT and digital solutions and applications. The forum was chaired by Mr. Zeng Xiaotao, Managing Director, International Operations, Administrative Committee of Zhongguancun Science Park, and hosted by Mr. Yang Nan, Vice General Manager, Beijing Zhongguancun Software Park Development Co., Ltd. Mr. Jani Kaarlejärvi and Mr. Matti Hämäläinen presented current and future business activities and joint business initiatives of DIGILE and China-Finland ICT Alliance with the special focus on how joint R&D&I projects create business value for SMEs and which way it is possible to fasten processes from R&D to market entry for new solutions, products and services.
Following joint R&D&I interest areas were identified:
- e-banking and e-commerce;
- gaming;
- data analytics;
- 5G technology;
- cloud security ; and
- future media technologies and platforms.
Companies that participated in the Enterprise Forum included, for example:
- Qihoo 360 Technology Co Ltd (NYSE: QIHU) is a leading Chinese supplier of Internet products and services and mobile safety;
- iSoftStone (NYSE: ISS) is a leading China-based IT services provider, serving both Greater China and Global clients.
- UFIDA Software Co Ltd is the largest local management software provider in China and the Asia-Pacific region;
- Beyondsoft Corporation offers end-to-end development and testing cloud computing solution and in 2013 was awarded “TOP 50 Service Outsourcing Players in China”;
- Senscape Technologies is China’s first mobile augmented reality platform dedicated to developing high-tech company, augmented reality technology is the intelligence and wisdom of the city’s major tourist supporting technology;
- Beijing GEO Technologies develops big data technologies to apply in the advertising industry, and its patent DataQuateTM technology platform processes 4TB real time internet audience profile data/day, coming from operator broadband and internet, and has managed advertising resources for blue chip clients including Citi-Bank, Pepsi, Peugeot, Johnson and Johnson, Suning.com etc.;
- Anplat Co., Ltd. Is an industry-focused BI (Business Intelligence) standardized software solutions company;
- Kingsoft Corporation Limited, as one of best-known software companies, is a leading software developer and Internet service provider in China, and on October 9th, 2007, Kingsoft was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange;
- ChinaCache (NASDAQ: CCIH) is one of the world’s leading providers of content delivery network and cloud services; and
- Beijing Venus Information Security Technology Co., Ltd, listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, has a perfect professional security product line. In the government and the army it has 80% market share of the world’s five hundred 60% of Chinese enterprises to provide safe products and services; in the financial sector, it has on policy banks, state-owned commercial banks, national joint-stock commercial banks to achieve 90% coverage. In the field of telecommunications, it offer the three operators, China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, security products, security services and solutions.
For more information, please see our October 2013 Update www.ictalliance.org.

Minister of Communications Ms. Pia Viitanen visits China
Nov 10 2013Minister of Communications Ms. Pia Viitanen visits China
Minister of Communications Ms. Pia Viitanen visits China on 10-17 November 2013 with a business delegation in which Mr. Reijo Paajanen, CEO, DIGILE Ltd., also participates.
The themes of the visit cover areas that are of joint interest for both Finland and China. These include, among others, smart cities and sustainable urban design as well as telecommunication, digital broadcast, digital services and business as enabled by the Internet and new technologies.
Working together with Team Finland, and Finpro in particular, China-Finland ICT Alliance coordinated by DIGILE (Dr. Matti Hämäläinen) and Shanghai Research Center for Wireless Communications WiCo (Dr. Yang Yang) has planned a Business Networking Event titled “Co-creating Future Digital Business: Communication and Media Focus” for the delegation in Shanghai on 13 November.
The aim is to share few concise “snapshots” on recent business and R&D&I developments in Finland and China highlighting some key areas represented by the delegation members. Following Minister Viitanen’s opening remarks, Ms. Sirpa Ojala, CEO, Digita Networks Ltd., Head of the Business Delegation, and Mr. Reijo Paajanen will present the views from Finland. Mr. Andy Huang, VP, BesTV of SMG and a long term partner Mr. Simon Wang, VP, NERC-DTV will present updated views from China, before moving to a networking session where both business opportunities as well as joint research opportunities in the China-Finland ICT Alliance framework will be discussed.
The one week visit to China will also include several meetings on ICT, R&D&I cooperation and SME engagement that are expected to have a positive impact on the development of China-Finland ICT and digital services cooperation and also to open up new international cooperation opportunities.

Boosting China Cooperation
Nov 08 2013China-Finland ICT Alliance October 2013 Update

Finland as “Country of Honour for 2013” in Pujiang Innovation Forum in Shanghai
Z-Park Enterprise Forum with ICT Alliance: Faster from R&D&I to Business
Companies that participated in the Enterprise Forum included, for example:
- Qihoo 360 Technology Co Ltd (NYSE: QIHU) is a leading Chinese supplier of Internet products and services and mobile safety;
- iSoftStone (NYSE: ISS) is a leading China-based IT services provider, serving both Greater China and Global clients.
- UFIDA Software Co Ltd is the largest local management software provider in China and the Asia-Pacific region;
- Beyondsoft Corporation offers end-to-end development and testing cloud computing solution and in 2013 was awarded “TOP 50 Service Outsourcing Players in China”;
- Senscape Technologies is China’s first mobile augmented reality platform dedicated to developing high-tech company, augmented reality technology is the intelligence and wisdom of the city’s major tourist supporting technology;
- Beijing GEO Technologies develops big data technologies to apply in the advertising industry, and its patent DataQuateTM technology platform processes 4TB real time internet audience profile data/day, coming from operator broadband and internet, and has managed advertising resources for blue chip clients including Citi-Bank, Pepsi, Peugeot, Johnson and Johnson, Suning.com etc.;
- Anplat Co., Ltd. Is an industry-focused BI (Business Intelligence) standardized software solutions company;
- Kingsoft Corporation Limited, as one of best-known software companies, is a leading software developer and Internet service provider in China, and on October 9th, 2007, Kingsoft was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange;
- ChinaCache (NASDAQ: CCIH) is one of the world’s leading providers of content delivery network and cloud services; and
- Beijing Venus Information Security Technology Co., Ltd, listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, has a perfect professional security product line. In the government and the army it has 80% market share of the world’s five hundred 60% of Chinese enterprises to provide safe products and services; in the financial sector, it has on policy banks, state-owned commercial banks, national joint-stock commercial banks to achieve 90% coverage. In the field of telecommunications, it offer the three operators, China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, security products, security services and solutions.
Workshop on Creating New Solutions for Boosting Innovation and Entrepreneurship – Preparing China-Finland R&D&I Initiatives for Global Impact
The workshop focused on some of the key themes of Pujiang Innovation Forum looking to identify concrete topics and models for industry, academia and public sector cooperation. “Innovation needs Capital” was one of the main themes of the forum, as well as the need to boost SMEs and start-ups and organise new kinds of industry clusters and networks with established players. In China-Finland cooperation the aim is to build the “2-way gateway” and also link other partners and markets in the Nordics, Baltics, the European Union as well as other regions, including the emerging economies.
Invited Chinese participants represented rapidly growing industrial sectors and especially those that are focal in China-Finland/EU R&D&I cooperation in the field of e-business and services, with Big Data as one common denominator:
- e-service and e-payment;
- e-logistics and supply chain finance;
- P2P lending and micro financing research;
- e-payment risk management;
- text mining and sentiment analysis;
- IT innovation and industry chain applications; and
- solutions for clean technologies and smart buildings.
Chinese side participants include, among other, Prof. Zhangxi Lin (co-chair), Director, Sichuan Key Lab of Financial Intelligence and Financial Engineering, SWUFE and TTU, Mr. Li Defeng, Director, Research Division of Database, Huawei, Ms. Cao Heng, Director, IBM Shanghai Research Institute, Mr. Xie Shan, VP, Strategic Planning, Senior Researcher, Allinpay, Mr. Li Lele, CTO, Smart Logistics, Ms. Wang Xia, President, NoyaXe Technologies, Mr. Zheng Xianrong, Vice Director, Beijing Research Institute, INSIGMA, Prof. Xiaofeng Ma, Tongji University, Prof. Qiang Ye,
Associate Dean, Harbin Institute of Technology, Mr. Xiaolin Zheng, Deputy Director, eService Research Center, Zhejiang University.
Finnish side participants include, Mrs. Merja Hiltunen, Director (Steering and networks), TEKES, Mrs. Ulla Hiekkanen–Mäkelä, Executive Director (Marketing and communications) TEKES, Mr. Teemu Varonen, Programme Director, Senior Adviser (Finland–China collaboration in ICT), TEKES, Mr. Jarmo E. Heinonen, Consul (Science and Technology), Consulate General of Finland, Shanghai, Head of Tekes Shanghai, Ms. Karoliina Peippo, Communications Manager, CLEEN (Finnish Strategic Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation in Energy and the environment); and Mr. Vesa Ijäs, Head of Account Management, Lahti Development Company LADEC Ltd. (Vice Board Member & Representative of RYM (Finnish Strategic Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation in Built environment innovations). The Finland side organisers were represented by Mr. Matti Hämäläinen (co-chair), Director (China cooperation), DIGILE and Professor at Aalto, Mr. Jani Kaarlejärvi, Director (International Coordination), DIGILE, and Matti M. Hämäläinen, Director (Operations), Sino-Finnish Centre.
Workshop on Elderly Care Services Research in Beijing
Workshop on Espoo-Shanghai cooperation, Sino-Finnish Centre (Aalto-Tongji Design Factory)
The areas include education and training, and also vocational education and training. In addition to primary, secondary and higher education, there is potential for training business in the cooperation and also this is needed as we together move in new areas where education and training policy guidelines and regulations need to be developed. An illustrative example is rapidly booming “industry” of elderly services which is almost a “greenfield situation” in China and solutions can only be developed by working closely together. Other emerging priority areas include environment, energy, citizen centric urban planning and public services, among others. Espoo (and the Helsinki metropolitan region in general) and Shanghai are also actively developing tourism and have very complementary assets and approaches, and the opportunities for both areas are unique.
ICT Alliance & National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Meeting in Beijing
More Information on China-Finland ICT Alliance and DIGILE
For more information, please visit the China-Finland ICT Alliance website www.ictalliance.org, DIGILE website www.digile.fi or contact Mr. Matti Hämäläinen and Mr. Jani Kaarlejärvi (firstname.lastname(at)digile.fi).