giants – Spress https://en.spress.net Spress is a general newspaper in English which is updated 24 hours a day. Thu, 24 Jun 2021 12:05:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 191965906 The U.S. antitrust law proposes to split the technology giants in the game or welcome disruptive reforms https://en.spress.net/the-u-s-antitrust-law-proposes-to-split-the-technology-giants-in-the-game-or-welcome-disruptive-reforms/ Thu, 24 Jun 2021 12:05:06 +0000 https://en.spress.net/the-u-s-antitrust-law-proposes-to-split-the-technology-giants-in-the-game-or-welcome-disruptive-reforms/ The Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives will review the six latest antitrust bills at 10 am Eastern Time on Wednesday, which will have a disruptive impact on the technology industry. On Tuesday, technology giants including Google and Amazon publicly declared their opposition to the new legislation, saying that these bills would undermine the provision of services by companies to consumers. These new bills include the American Innovation and Choice Online Act, the End Platform Monopoly Act, the Platform Competition and Opportunity Act, the License Switching Service Platform to Enhance Compatibility and Competition Act, and the Large M&A Filing Fee Modernization Act “Wait. Technology companies clearly oppose Just as the European Digital Market Act requires giants such as Apple, Google, and Amazon to open their platforms to competitors, the antitrust bill under consideration in the United States aims to check and balance the power of these tech giants by restricting the ability of these tech giants to annex or weaken their competitors. , Two of them may require structural changes or spin-offs of these giant platforms. The new bill will specifically target platforms with a market value of more than US$600 billion and more than 50 million monthly active users in the United States, prohibit these large platforms from owning and operating business lines that have conflicts of interest, and provide for anti-discriminatory business practices. The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee has begun antitrust investigations into the digital market of giant companies such as Apple, Google, Amazon and Facebook, but these companies believe that the new legislation will ultimately harm the interests of small businesses. Google’s vice president of government affairs and public policy, Mark Isakowitz, said in a statement: “As many groups and companies have observed, these bills will require us to reduce our services and prevent We provide important functions used by hundreds of millions of Americans, all of which will greatly weaken the United States’ technological leadership, disrupt the way small businesses connect with consumers, and cause serious privacy and security issues.” Amazon said in a statement: “More than half a million U.S. small and medium-sized enterprises make a living through the Amazon marketplace. If they cannot reach Amazon’s customers, it will be more difficult for these third-party sellers to generate revenue for their business. The choice to remove these sellers from the Amazon store is also It will reduce product price competition and ultimately may increase consumer prices.” Brian Huseman, Amazon’s vice president of public policy, warned that Amazon’s consumers and third-party SMEs on the platform would be “significantly negatively affected.” He called on the Judiciary Committee to carefully review the wording in the bill to prevent unexpected negative consequences. Facebook believes that the proposed bill is not a solution to the ever-changing challenges of the consumer Internet. A Facebook spokesperson said that antitrust laws should promote competition and protect consumers, rather than penalize successful American companies. Facebook said in a statement: “The most reliable way to deal with the challenges facing the Internet today is to address the areas that people are most concerned about, such as content moderation, integrity and privacy, rather than trying to abandon the products and services that people rely on. These bills Underestimating the fierce competition in the technology industry, we are facing competition from foreign companies including TikTok, WeChat and Alibaba.” Apple did not comment on these bills. But at the Vivatech Technology Conference in France last week, Cook stated publicly that the “Digital Market Law” drafted for Europe: “This bill is not in the best interests of users, because it will allow users to download third parties directly on Apple iPhone. Application software without having to pass Apple’s review, which will undermine the security of the iPhone.” The American Chamber of Commerce also criticized a series of proposals in the House of Representatives. Neil Bradley, Executive Vice President and Chief Policy Officer of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said in a statement recently: “A bill for a specific company, rather than focusing on business practices, is purely bad policy and fundamentally unfair. Yes, this may be ruled unconstitutional.” Mark McCarthy, a senior researcher at the Brookings Institution, believes that the antitrust approach outlined in the bill proposed by Jayapar et al. has advantages and disadvantages. He said that forcing Amazon to separate from its third-party market may have some negative effects. “The consequences of this may not be friendly to consumers and merchants. Consumers will find it harder to find products, and sellers may lose customers.” McCarthy said. Investors “ Dismissive “ Investment bank Wedbush believes that the structure of most large technology companies such as Apple will not be subject to major threats. In a report to investors, Wedbush chief analyst Daniel Ives (Daniel Ives) wrote that investors “dismissed concerns” about antitrust legislation and the possible spin-off of Silicon Valley giants. Ives believes that unless the core antitrust laws are amended, the current momentum is more likely to only lead to fines or business model adjustments, rather than splitting up technology companies. “To take a step back, our view on antitrust is that it is still a controllable risk factor for Apple and large technology companies.” Ives said, “We also believe that the app store is still a very easy to prevent moat. , The ads may be different.” This means that Apple will be on the edge of antitrust, Facebook and Google may become the center of antitrust. On Tuesday, Google once again became the focus of EU antitrust, and regulators began investigating whether its digital advertising business would put competitors and advertisers in an unfair position. The European Commission said it will investigate whether Google has distort competition by restricting third-party access to user data, while retaining such data for its own use. European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said in a statement: “We are concerned that Google will make it difficult for competitors’ online advertising services to compete with them. We will also study Google’s policy on user tracking. To ensure that they comply with the principles of fair competition.” In the past decade, Google has been fined more than nearly $10 billion for blocking competitors’ online shopping, Android’s monopoly on smartphones and online advertising. But compared to Google’s huge advertising revenue, these fines seem like a drop in the bucket. Google’s online advertising revenue last year was US$147 billion, surpassing the advertising revenue of any other company in the world. These ads come from ads including Google search, YouTube and Gmail. Ads also account for most of Google’s overall sales and profits. . According to data from market research firm eMarketer, Google is expected to control 27% of the global online advertising market this year, including 57% of search ads and 10% of display ads. Although these numbers do not seem to represent a monopoly, advertisers and competitors believe that Google’s various software plays a role in many aspects of the market, which makes the company’s monopoly unavoidable. Attorney You Yunting, a senior partner of Shanghai Dabang Law Firm, believes that if the latest series of antitrust laws in the United States are reviewed and passed, the impact on technology companies will be disruptive. You Yunting told a reporter from China Business News: “I think from the perspective of judicial procedures, these bills are still in the early stages of legislation, and are still in the game between all parties. After the deliberation of the House Judiciary Committee, there will be votes in the Senate and the House of Representatives. With the approval of the President, Internet giants can also lobby during this period.” He believes that if this legislation is passed, it will have an important subversive impact on the American traditional dominance of the Chicago school’s antitrust theory. “Because the Chicago School values ​​the impact of antitrust cases on consumers’ rights and interests the most, so in the subsequent deliberation and advancement of the bill, the academic circles that were once dominant should also put forward their own opinions on this major reform.” You Yunting Said to a reporter from China Business News, “During the deliberation, the game between all parties will definitely make major amendments to the relevant provisions of the bill.”

]]> 27243 Guo Taiming: “The mainland cannot do without me”. Now he wants to go back to the country for development, but the new giants refuse to agree! https://en.spress.net/guo-taiming-the-mainland-cannot-do-without-me-now-he-wants-to-go-back-to-the-country-for-development-but-the-new-giants-refuse-to-agree/ Tue, 15 Jun 2021 20:55:06 +0000 https://en.spress.net/guo-taiming-the-mainland-cannot-do-without-me-now-he-wants-to-go-back-to-the-country-for-development-but-the-new-giants-refuse-to-agree/ There are many businessmen in China, and many big assets monopolize some industries in our country, and the bosses of these big assets are now very inflated. For example, Taiwanese businessman Guo Taiming, everyone knows that his Foxconn has its own industries throughout our country, and Guo Taiming’s workers also have hundreds of thousands of workers, so Guo Taiming once threatened: “The mainland can’t do without me!” So is the mainland really inseparable from him?

The outbreak of the epidemic also made us realize the faces of many businessmen. For example, Jack Ma’s Alibaba donations and materials counted a total of one billion yuan, but in Alibaba, I don’t know how many companies donated materials. And we ordinary people have also extended a helping hand, and even many people who live by picking up trash have donated their only savings.

But such an enterprise became an iron cock when the Chinese people needed their help the most. Of course, Guo Taiming was retaliated soon, and suffered, because most of the Foxconn employees in this epidemic were unable to resume work normally.

Foxconn is famous for relying on the foundry iPhone, but in recent years, iPhone sales have fallen and domestic labor costs have risen. Foxconn has gone to India for development. First, he spent 5 billion in India, but the Indian factory plan was still blocked. Just as Foxconn deployed the Indian market, BYD, a new domestic giant, rose rapidly. BYD is not only an automobile factory, but also a large mobile phone foundry.

The CEO of BYD is an automobile factory in the eyes of many people. In fact, BYD is involved in a lot of industries. BYD wants to step into new fields and acquire the latest popular mobile phone software, from thousands of dollars of Adidas Nike and other sports shoes to major fashion brands. , And then to the LV Rolex and other famous bags and watches that cost tens of thousands of yuan, only one or two hundred in the shopping.Everyone crazy download

In 2018, BYD achieved 19.5 billion yuan in revenue, becoming the second largest mobile phone foundry after Foxconn.

But BYD is different from Foxconn in that it insists on independent research and development of core technologies, continuously improves its foundry strength, and creates its own characteristic production line, which Foxconn did not expect. Terry Gou also realized that Foxconn’s position is being impacted.

Now BYD has won orders from mobile phone giants such as Samsung, Apple, and Huawei, and its foundries are not limited to China. BYD factories have been built in India, Romania and other places. BYD’s early global deployment is worthy of being a new giant that can threaten Foxconn. Gou did not expect that BYD was quietly rising when he was deploying in India.

Foxconn first took a fancy to the Indian market. India’s low labor force can reduce a lot of costs. However, Foxconn has recently suffered setbacks in India and wants to return to the domestic market. It’s easy to leave and it’s hard to turn around. Gou made a wrong calculation this time. The new foundry giant has already swallowed most of the orders, and it’s hard to come back.

It can be said that the Chinese people also taught Guo Taiming a lesson this time. It is not that the mainland cannot do without him, but he cannot do without us.

]]> 22979 Old tree with thousands of red and pink fruits from root to tip: The giants want to buy, the owner shakes his head https://en.spress.net/old-tree-with-thousands-of-red-and-pink-fruits-from-root-to-tip-the-giants-want-to-buy-the-owner-shakes-his-head/ Thu, 10 Jun 2021 23:05:09 +0000 https://en.spress.net/old-tree-with-thousands-of-red-and-pink-fruits-from-root-to-tip-the-giants-want-to-buy-the-owner-shakes-his-head/ In the mountainous region of Huong Khe district (Ha Tinh province) there are luxuriant trees with thousands of fruits chit from root to tip. This plant is being sought after by the bonsai world, with prices ranging from tens to tens of millions of dong.
Ha Tinh is in the harvesting season of mulberry berries (local language in Ha Tinh is called leather elm). This is a fruit tree that is grown in many mountainous districts. Each mulberry tree has thousands of fruits, laden from root to tip, showing the luxuriant, complete, … so many people hunt to buy it as an ornamental, with the price of tens of millions of dong.

Ms. Tran Thi Hoa (66 years old, residing in Ha Linh commune) said: “My family has an old leather elm tree. Many people came in to bid tens of millions but I didn’t sell. They like leather elm because it is luxuriant, looks very warm. But I don’t sell because I leave room for my children and grandchildren to go back, and let live trees in the garden make old age fun.” Mulberry trees are found in the mountainous district of Huong Khe (Ha Tinh). The old mulberry trees, woody, grow naturally, so the tree is very beautiful People cut branches to plant new trees Each tree with thousands of fruits, some trees give white and green fruit There are trees that produce red and pink fruits Strawberry skin has a sweet taste. Some trees produce slightly acidic fruit Mr. Nguyen Van Ky (Ha Linh commune, Huong Khe district) said that his family has been growing mulberry trees since 1978. In the garden there are nearly 20 mulberry trees, of which some trees have been sold for tens of millions of dong. /origin. The ancient mulberry tree is over 10 meters high, people must use a ladder to harvest the fruit The price of strawberry skin is from 25,000 to 30,000 VND/kg. People buy strawberries and skins, bring them to the national highway, and sell them to passersby Mrs. Tran Thi Hoa at the root of the family’s ancient mulberry tree The mulberry tree is also a place for girls to go to “check in”, take pictures in virtual life Strawberries are ripe, expected to be harvested in the next two weeks The fruit grows from the trunk to the top Small traders buy at wholesale prices and sell them on the national highway

]]> 22536 Dazzled by the gilded mansion of the giants living with 4 wives https://en.spress.net/dazzled-by-the-gilded-mansion-of-the-giants-living-with-4-wives/ Thu, 10 Jun 2021 05:35:31 +0000 https://en.spress.net/dazzled-by-the-gilded-mansion-of-the-giants-living-with-4-wives/ The mansion of the Chinese giant stands out in the whole neighborhood by its palatial design, as splendid as a European palace.

Mr. Hu Han Feng – Chairman of Chideh Machinery Hoisting Co., Ltd (Hsinchu, Taiwan, China) is known by many as “the crane king”. This nickname comes from his industrial machinery business. In 2019, this giant caught attention when he revealed that he had 4 wives, 16 mistresses and 14 children. Because Taiwanese law does not allow a person to have more than one wife or husband, Hu is actually only legally married to one of his four wives. Notably, the Chinese giant spent 13 million USD to build an 8-storey villa for his wife, children and mistress to live. From the outside the villa looks like a European palace. The area inside the villa is about 660 m2. Hu gave each wife a separate floor, so that they were free to decorate their residence to their liking. Many decorative items in the house are gilded splendidly. Most of the villa furniture is of great value. The living room is decorated in a modern and luxurious style. Hu Han Feng also designed the happy bathroom on the 8th floor of the house, including 4 transparent bathrooms for the purpose of occasionally bathing with the wives. Mr. Hu shows off the interior of his palatial mansion. Image source: Suara. Video: Ho Chi Minh City preserves ancient villas. Source: VTV24

]]> 22267 Vietnamese giants race to build castles inlaid with gold, furniture full of precious wood https://en.spress.net/vietnamese-giants-race-to-build-castles-inlaid-with-gold-furniture-full-of-precious-wood/ Fri, 04 Jun 2021 07:08:12 +0000 https://en.spress.net/vietnamese-giants-race-to-build-castles-inlaid-with-gold-furniture-full-of-precious-wood/ The buildings with similar architecture in design, with gold-plated exteriors or interiors, are located on an extremely large area of ​​land that can tell just by looking at the wealth and willingness of the owner to play.
The 300 billion dong gold-plated castle of the “rubbish giant” in Hanoi

Referring to the famous gilded castles in Vietnam, it is impossible not to mention the golden chicken castle of the “iron” giant Thanh. The castle is located on the banks of To Lich River near Hoang Quoc Viet Street (Cau Giay District) with an area of ​​​​about 400m2, built 5 floors high, designed like ancient castles abroad. The walls of the building are decorated with elaborate motifs. In particular, on the roof of the castle are 6 large gold-plated chickens worth about 20 billion VND. The interior of the golden chicken castle is in classic European style, with two main tones of brown and yellow with many details inlaid with gold. The “unique” house inlaid with gold in the heart of Tay Do A few months ago, a house in Ninh Kieu district (Can Tho) caused a stir when it was inlaid with gold from the outside to the inside, even the entire house was inlaid with gold by the owner. All items in the house are gilded by the owner. The owner of this unique house is Mr. Nguyen Van Trung, a famous tycoon in the field of real estate in Can Tho. Mr. Trung said that he was very impressed with the house decoration style, the interior is in gold-plated tones, so he has cherished building a house inlaid with gold for a long time. It was not until 6 years ago that he started to build this house and it took 3 years to complete. The house is designed on a ground floor and two floors, with lavishly decorated and overwhelming interiors. The golden villa of the giants of Vung Tau In December 2020, Ba Ria – Vung Tau police arrested Mr. Le Thai Thien (55 years old, living in Phu My town) to clarify the behavior of high interest loans and money laundering. The incident caused a stir in public opinion about this giant’s magnificent gold-plated villa on an area of ​​more than 3,000 m2, located prominently in front of National Highway 51, passing through Phu My town. From the outside, the villa is as bright as gold, but according to Mr. Thien’s explanation to the previous press, the outside of the villa is only painted in yellow, only the interior details are covered with 24k gold. , including ceilings, walls and some other details. The castle inlaid with 1,500 billion gold of the giants of Ninh Binh The castle named Thanh Thang is owned by Mr. Do Van Tien (52 years old) – a businessman in Ninh Binh – business in the field of cement production. The building is located on National Highway 1A, passing through Gia Vien district (Ninh Binh). The project was built with a total cost of up to 1,500 billion VND. The castle was built in the European Royal style with a total area of ​​more than 14,000m2. The work is inspired by St. Peter’s Church and works in the Vatican (Italy) combined with some pure Vietnamese details and the owner’s preferences. The interior of the castle is designed in a classical European style, with dark arched domes, high ceilings, and spaciously divided rooms. In the center of the building, the embossed details on the ceiling are all gilded. The garden house inlaid with 24k gold of the giant Hai Duong The house of giant Nguyen Van Thanh (Hai Duong) stands out with European neoclassical design style, especially, the interior of the house is plated with luxurious 24k gold. According to the disclosure of the owner, the total area of ​​​​the entire project, including the house, the warehouse area, the garage and the garden is 675 m2. In which, the residential part is 160 m2 with 2.5 floors for the whole family to live. To have the present appearance, the house had to go through 2 phases of construction, repair and completion with a total cost of 26.6 billion VND, equivalent to 1.1 million USD. From the outside, the house looks like a garden villa, but entering the house, any guest must be overwhelmed by the decorative motifs inlaid with 24k gold. In the corners of the walls, or on the ceiling are gilded from pure gold leaves. The owner of the house revealed that, in order to synchronize with the design of the house, all furniture and decorations were ordered from abroad or designed in accordance with European style. There are furniture items worth nearly a billion dong, such as a 24k gold-plated chandelier set at 930 million dong, or a set of tables and chairs in the living room that also costs nearly 1 billion dong.

]]> 20495 Video of the ‘unique’ pink diamond Asian giants spent $ 29.3 million to buy https://en.spress.net/video-of-the-unique-pink-diamond-asian-giants-spent-29-3-million-to-buy/ Tue, 01 Jun 2021 16:59:07 +0000 https://en.spress.net/video-of-the-unique-pink-diamond-asian-giants-spent-29-3-million-to-buy/ According to auction house Christie’s, a “unique” pink diamond named ‘The Sakura’ was bought by an Asian for a record high $ 29.3 million in the auction on May 23.

The beautiful The Sakura pink diamond. Video of “unique” pink diamond The Sakura worth $ 29.3 million. According to auction house Christie’s, The Sakura has become the most expensive pink diamond ever sold. The 15.81-carat diamond is named The Sakura because it has the exact same color as the Japanese cherry blossoms (Sakura). Describing the one-of-a-kind diamond, auction house Christie’s said it was “inner perfection” and “fancy vivid”. Unique diamond Christie’s said that the person who spent $ 29.3 million to own this purple pink diamond is an Asian giant but did not provide further details about this person. The Sakura has a beautiful pink color, The color of cherry blossoms (Sakura) of Japan. In addition, in the auction on May 23, Christie’s also sold another pink diamond called The Sweet Heart for $ 6.5 million. Pink diamonds are extremely rare, so their prices are also more expensive. Gorgeous ring. Before that, another huge pink diamond, called “The Spirit of the Rose” sold for a record (at the time) price of nearly $27 million at a Sotheby’s auction in September. 11/2020.

]]> 19820 Western giants own “treasures” picked up from the bottom of the Tien River https://en.spress.net/western-giants-own-treasures-picked-up-from-the-bottom-of-the-tien-river/ Thu, 27 May 2021 15:20:06 +0000 https://en.spress.net/western-giants-own-treasures-picked-up-from-the-bottom-of-the-tien-river/ Driftwood stumps picked up from the Tien River are given to sculptors by Western giants to create extremely unique works that everyone will love.
The old driftwood was picked up from the bottom of the Tien River, over time and eroded by water, people can no longer distinguish what kind of tree they are, that’s why they call it driftwood.

The hundred-year-old driftwood roots were “enchanted” by Mr. Nguyen Van Nghiep (43 years old, living in Cho Moi district, An Giang), sculpted into a unique collection in the West. In 2006, local people were raking fish when they picked up a beautiful driftwood log, Mr. Nghia said. Or believe it, he immediately went to the place to buy it to save, and since then passionately, diligently collecting this wood until now. According to the conjecture of many people, the driftwood that Mr. Nghia owns has been lying in the riverbed for hundreds of years. Driftwood stumps have been lying in the riverbed for hundreds of years After being salvaged, the driftwood stumps are created by craftsmen into wonderful works After 15 years of collecting, Mr. Nghia owns more than 3,000 m3 of driftwood. Among them, he chose the most beautiful and satisfactory wooden stumps and then hired workers from Hue and Nam Dinh to sculpt into nearly 40 works of art of “terrible” size. These works include: two sets of 12 animals, Buddha statue, rockery, 24.5m long painting, house full of driftwood, 3D painting table, set of tables and chairs… The sculptures are very lifelike. moving, soulful like being told stories of time. These works are being displayed at a tourist area in Cho Moi district. According to Mr. Nhi, it takes a lot of time and effort to carve works from driftwood because the sedimentary wood on the river bottom for hundreds of years is as hard as iron and stone. When processing, the saw blade is easy to blunt and difficult to shape. To complete nearly 40 works, the craftsmen took more than 5 years. “Driftwood is mostly big trees, several hundred years old. Due to many different impacts, the tree was buried in the riverbed for hundreds of years, causing the wood to disintegrate, leaving only the strong and hard core. Therefore, large monolithic driftwood is very rare and it is almost impossible to identify what kind of tree it is,” said Mr. Mr. Nghia added, depending on the shape of each piece of driftwood, the artisans will sculpt based on the natural shape of the tree. In particular, the beauty of driftwood is often hidden, so the creator must have a keen observation eye, rich associations to discover it. Buddha statue made from driftwood Unique works created from hundred-year-old driftwood Buddha statue set from driftwood 24.5 m long painting set from driftwood The lion’s head is delicately carved from driftwood In addition, he also collected 500 motorbikes with “four quarters” number plates bearing the 66 and 67 plates of the two provinces of An Giang and Dong Thap. This is considered one of the largest collection of beautiful marine cars in Vietnam today. Collection of cars with super beautiful license plates of Mr. Vac

]]> 18609 Giants pay 120,000 USD for people living on the island https://en.spress.net/giants-pay-120000-usd-for-people-living-on-the-island/ Thu, 20 May 2021 20:45:08 +0000 https://en.spress.net/giants-pay-120000-usd-for-people-living-on-the-island/ A super-rich family willing to spend money to rent someone else to live in their house. However, the task of the hired couple is not so easy.
According to the Luxury Launches , this family is looking to hire a couple to live on their private island in the Bahamas. The lucky couple will be paid $120,000. Their mission is to live and manage the houses on the private island of the other giant family.

“We are looking for a local, experienced couple to manage the house long-term. The chosen one will be provided with accommodation, healthcare, dental services, a car.” Luxury Launches extract the request from the family. A corner of the Bahamas seen from above. Photo: Luxury Launches. Their main job is to clean the house, bathroom, surrounding areas… In addition, the couple is also responsible for taking care of the property in the house and keeping them clean. The land the couple manages includes estates in the Bahamas and Florida (USA). In the Bahamas, they will manage 4 houses with 4 bedrooms (each). Meanwhile, the estate in Florida has 3 houses with 9 bathrooms. The pair will travel between the two points by private jet. Working day lasts from Monday to Friday. Working time is from 8-17h/day. Some weekends overtime will be charged overtime. Swimming with pigs is an interesting experience in the Bahamas. Photo: PRI. In the absence of overtime, the couple can enjoy a relaxing weekend by the beautiful shores of the Bahamas. The experience of swimming with pigs in the Exumas Sea is quite interesting. In addition, this is also the best area in the world for water sports or diving… Recruitment agency Polo & Tweed calls it a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity”. Applicants should have a valid driver’s license and the legal right to work in the US. The Bahamas is a Caribbean country. This is an island nation with 700 small islands. The Bahamas is located in the Atlantic Ocean, east of the United States (closest point is Florida), north of Cuba, west of the Turks and Caicos Islands (United Kingdom).

]]> 16687 Tech giants call for funding for chip production https://en.spress.net/tech-giants-call-for-funding-for-chip-production/ Mon, 17 May 2021 18:08:06 +0000 https://en.spress.net/tech-giants-call-for-funding-for-chip-production/ Recently, Apple, Microsoft and Google announced that they will join chip maker Intel to form a lobbying group to promote the chip manufacturing sector.
The newly formed Semiconductor Alliance in the US said it asked lawmakers to quickly fund the CHIPS Act. In a letter to the leaders, the coalition wrote: “The strong funding of the CHIPS Act will help the United States build the additional capacity needed for a more resilient supply chain to ensure the technologies important will always be available when we need it.”

The global chip shortage has hit automakers hard, especially Ford, as it said it would have to cut production in half in the second quarter. In the latest move, auto industry groups have pressed the Biden administration to secure chip supplies for manufacturing plants. The new alliance will include a number of large chip companies such as AT&T, Cisco Systems, General Electric, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Verizon Communications. The group announced that it will resist government actions to support the industry, which is struggling in production because of the chip shortage problem. Tech companies like Apple or Microsoft are also affected by the situation, but much less severely than automakers. Last month, the iPhone maker said it could lose $3 to $4 billion in sales in the current quarter because of chip shortages. According to Reuters

]]> 15559 Admiring the hundred-billion-dollar villa of Vietnamese female giants https://en.spress.net/admiring-the-hundred-billion-dollar-villa-of-vietnamese-female-giants/ Fri, 07 May 2021 06:38:07 +0000 https://en.spress.net/admiring-the-hundred-billion-dollar-villa-of-vietnamese-female-giants/ Not only causing a stir because it is worth hundreds of billions of dong, the mansion’s mansions also make people admire by its modern and sophisticated design.

Recently, female singer Doan Di Bang made the audience admire when she was given a villa worth nearly 200 billion VND by her rich husband. Photo: FB Doan Di Bang However, that is only the initial home purchase cost. Di Bang said that to design architecture and interior for the house, she and her husband had to spend up to 7.5 billion VND. This number immediately overwhelmed many people. Photo: FB Doan Di Bang This information made everyone stunned, overwhelmed by the wealth and willingness of his husband Di Bang. Photo: FB Doan Di Bang And yet, the singer also revealed that she would smash this villa, rebuild a new one according to her own wishes. Photo: FB Doan Di Bang Sharing about this, Di Bang said he did not want to renovate the old, but wanted to make the new version more thorough. Photo: FB Doan Di Bang In addition to artistic activities, Ly Nha Ky is also known as a giant in showbiz with admirable fortune. In early 2020, the audience stirred up an upset Ly Nha Ky when a person voluntarily posted information about offering her hundred-billion villa in District 2 (Ho Chi Minh City). Photo: Zing The post said the house was priced at 118 billion dong. However, Ly Nha Ky revealed: “Its value is not only 118 billion as the other Facebook account said”. Photo: Explore From the outside, Ly Nha Ky’s villa is white in color, with many sophisticated crafted details. Photo: Dan Viet Villa designed in European style with many gilded details. Photo: Dan Viet Located on Nguyen Khuyen Street (Au Co Ward, Phu Tho Town, Phu Tho Province), the white villa of the giant woman To Thi Thinh, the director of the Hung Vuong Driver Training and Training Center makes anyone equal. past must also admire. Photo: Legal Affairs No one knows exactly how much construction cost the landlord has lost, only locals “small to” the cost of materials and the workers are estimated to be more than 200 billion (about 10 million USD). Photo: Legal Affairs In front of the gate are bonsai and rockery. Photo: Legal Affairs In the yard there is a huge set of stone tables and chairs. Photo: Legal Affairs Video: Students rent cheap accommodation in villas. Source: VTV24

]]> 12114 More than 20 Chinese tech giants are committed to ending unfair competition https://en.spress.net/more-than-20-chinese-tech-giants-are-committed-to-ending-unfair-competition/ Sun, 18 Apr 2021 11:24:09 +0000 https://en.spress.net/more-than-20-chinese-tech-giants-are-committed-to-ending-unfair-competition/ More than 20 top Chinese technology companies have publicly pledged to adhere to antitrust principles.

ByteDance, Baidu and CTrip are committed to ensuring fair competition. Photo: Reuters More than 20 leading Chinese technology companies have publicly pledged to adhere to antitrust principles, after regulators asked them to pay attention to the record penalty for the “giant” e-commerce. Alibaba. In a series of separate statements published by the China Market Regulatory Authority on April 14-15, some of the country’s biggest tech brands – including ByteDance, Baidu and CTrip – pledged will “ensure fair competition”, “do not abuse a dominant market position” and “do not conduct unfair pricing practices”. The pledges come after regulators summoned 34 technology companies on April 13 and asked them to “rectify” any unfair non-competitive practices, and pay attention to in the case of Alibaba. Companies have one month for full reform, after conducting internal audits and adjusting practices that compromise fair competition. Ride-hailing service Didi, video streaming platforms Kuaishou and Bilibili, as well as e-commerce company JD.com were among the parties that have made a public commitment since that meeting. JD.com said it will not force “choose one of the two” behavior on its retailers – where merchants are required to work on only one platform, not on a competitor platform. . This is the policy that Alibaba used to apply. In its statement, Didi pledged that unless necessary for regular business operations, the company will not illegally collect or misuse customers’ personal information. Last weekend, Chinese regulators fined Alibaba up to $ 2.78 billion after a months-long investigation found the company abused its dominant position in the market. Alibaba and JD.com, along with games and messaging app giant Tencent, have greatly benefited from the increasingly technological lifestyles in China and the absence of major U.S. competitors. But as these platforms with hundreds of millions of regular users are growing, public opinion is increasingly concerned about the problem of user data that these companies collect over the long term. According to observers, China has put domestic technology companies on the target to limit the reach of private companies to the daily financial activities of its people. That move could curb their dominance.

]]> 4287 Meituan lost another case and was sentenced to 352,000 yuan in compensation for unfair competition; many Internet giants responded to strengthen compliance https://en.spress.net/meituan-lost-another-case-and-was-sentenced-to-352000-yuan-in-compensation-for-unfair-competition-many-internet-giants-responded-to-strengthen-compliance/ Sun, 18 Apr 2021 01:06:07 +0000 https://en.spress.net/meituan-lost-another-case-and-was-sentenced-to-352000-yuan-in-compensation-for-unfair-competition-many-internet-giants-responded-to-strengthen-compliance/

Figure: Figure Worm Recently, the Huai’an Intermediate People’s Court of Jiangsu Province issued a judgment on Meituan’s unfair competition. This case is the first application of Article 12 of the “People’s Republic of China Anti-Unfair Competition Law” that came into effect on January 1, 2018. Infringement cases of unfair competition in the takeaway field. The civil judgment shows that Beijing Sankuai Technology Co., Ltd. (Meituan) will pay 352,000 yuan to Shanghai Lazas Information Technology Co., Ltd. (Hungry?). This is also the first time that the new anti-French Internet article has been applied to the food delivery area. Repeatedly fined This is the second time Meituan has lost a lawsuit in the food delivery field because it forced its merchants to choose one of the two. Before this year, Meituan was also punished many times. In February of this year, the Intermediate People’s Court of Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province ruled against Zhejiang Jinhua Meituan’s practice of requiring some merchants to enter into exclusive transactions with them. The judgment showed that the unfair competition conducted by Beijing Sankuai Technology Co., Ltd. Jinhua Branch harmed the legitimate rights and interests of Lazas Company (Ele.), and should bear civil liability and compensate Shanghai Lazas Information Technology Co., Ltd. 100 Ten thousand yuan economic loss. In June 2017, the Market Supervision Bureau of Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province imposed penalties on Meituan’s illegal activities such as restricting competition, and fined a total of 526,000 yuan. Because Meituan took advantage of its dominant position in the local area, it forced the merchants to sign a “commitment letter of cooperation” and required the signing of an exclusive agreement, otherwise it would increase the rate or even close the store. In May 2018, the Market Supervision Bureau of Qingjiangpu District, Huai’an City, Jiangsu Province raised rates, set a break, set unreasonable conditions, etc. for some merchants operating on Meituan and Ele.me food delivery platforms at the same time for Meituan Takeaway. The act of forcing merchants to remove Ele.me food delivery platform stores was determined to constitute an act of unfair competition, and Meituan was fined 70,000 yuan in accordance with the law. In March 2019, due to alleged misleading and deceit, forcing users to modify, close, and uninstall network products or services legally provided by other operators, the Market Supervision and Administration Bureau of Tongjiang County, Bazhong City, Sichuan Province forced merchants to choose Meituan Takeaway as a “second choice” 1. The party concerned shall be punished with a fine of up to 250,000 yuan and “ordered to stop illegal activities”. Are you hungry, “choose one of two” fined Not only Meituan, Ele.me was also punished for being forced to “choose one of two”. On April 7, Wenzhou Intermediate People’s Court ruled that Ele.me asked merchants to close Meituan’s takeaways and forced the merchants to sign an exclusive cooperation agreement with Ele.me’s platform. After being rejected by the merchants, they logged in to the merchant’s account and closed it on the Ele.me platform. Shop. The court held that the subjective maliciousness of Ele.me’s unfair competition behavior was obvious, which harmed the commercial interests of merchants, severely restricted consumers’ right to choose, and severely hindered and undermined the legally provided services by Meituan Waimai and other food delivery platform operators. The normal operation of the network service ordered Ele.me to compensate Meituan for the economic losses of the takeout. Strictly control unfair competition With the intensification of unfair competition behaviors such as “choose one out of two”, the supervision of relevant state departments has gradually tightened and improved. On November 10, 2020, on the eve of the e-commerce “Double Eleven” promotion, the State Administration for Market Regulation issued the “Anti-Monopoly Guidelines on the Platform Economy (Draft for Comment)” for the first time clearly defined the “choice of two” as Abuse of market dominance, constitute a restricted transaction behavior. On February 7 this year, the Anti-Monopoly Commission of the State Council formally issued and implemented the “Guidelines for Anti-Monopoly in the Platform Economy Field” to prevent and stop monopolistic activities in the platform economy, clarifying that “choosing one of the two” may constitute an abuse of market dominance to restrict transactions. . Not long ago, the State Administration of Market Supervision imposed an administrative penalty on Alibaba’s “choice of two” monopolistic behavior, ordering Alibaba Group to stop its illegal activities and imposing a fine of 4% of its domestic sales of 455.712 billion yuan in 2019, totaling 182.28. 100 million yuan. It is worth mentioning that yesterday (April 13), the State Administration for Market Regulation, together with the Central Cyberspace Administration of China and the State Administration of Taxation, held an Internet platform enterprise administrative guidance meeting and pointed out that the forced implementation of the “two alternatives” issue is particularly prominent, and it is the capital of the platform economy. A prominent reflection of willful and disorderly expansion is a flagrant trampling and destruction of the market competition order. The forced implementation of “choose one” behavior restricts market competition, curbs innovation and development, and harms the interests of operators and consumers on the platform. It is extremely harmful and must be resolutely cured. In response, Meituan issued a letter of undertaking to operate in compliance with laws and regulations, stating that it respects the right of independent choice by operators on the platform, does not use unreasonable restrictions and other measures to force merchants to “choose one of two”, and does not use technical means to implement monopoly agreements and abuse the market. Dominant behavior eliminates and restricts market competition, and fulfills the obligation to declare concentration of business operators in accordance with the law. Do not carry out unfair competition, price violations, and publishing illegal advertisements, and support the supervision and law enforcement work of market supervision departments, and accept social supervision. Once clues of illegal activities are found, report them to the regulatory authorities in a timely manner and actively cooperate with the investigation and handling. Baidu, JD, ByteDance, Meituan “Yes” to strengthen compliance management After the State Administration of Market Supervision, the Central Cyberspace Administration of China, and the State Administration of Taxation held an administrative guidance meeting for Internet platform companies, on April 14, Internet platform giants and upstarts such as Baidu, JD.com, and Bytedance issued the “Operation Commitment in Compliance with Laws”. Among them, antitrust, personal information protection, and intellectual property protection have become the focus of compliance. This is just the beginning. From April 14th, for three consecutive days, the State Administration of Market Supervision will collectively announce the “Operation Commitments in Compliance with Laws and Regulations” of 34 Internet platform companies participating in the conference. Antitrust and personal information protection become the focus of compliance The companies that announced the “Operation Commitment in Compliance with Laws” include Baidu, JD.com, Meituan, Qihoo 360, Weidian, Sina Weibo, ByteDance, Dingdong Maicai, Pinduoduo, Xiaohongshu, Suning.com , Vipshop. There are both e-commerce platforms and content platforms. These platform companies promise to strictly abide by laws and regulations, implement platform legal responsibilities, further improve the platform compliance system, strengthen compliance training for corporate employees, and strengthen daily operation self-inspection. Sorting out the commitments of the above-mentioned companies, antitrust, personal information protection and intellectual property protection have become the focus of compliance for platform companies. “Choose one of the two” has become a high-frequency word. JD.com promises that it will not implement “choose one of the two”, not abuse its dominant market position, not implement monopoly agreements, not illegally implement operator concentration, not implement unfair competition, and not implement unfair price behavior; Meituan says it respects operations on the platform The owner has the right to choose independently, and does not force merchants to “choose one of the two” through unreasonable restrictions and other measures. Yesterday’s meeting of the three departments focused on the forced implementation of the “two alternatives” issue, saying that this issue is particularly prominent. The meeting stated that the forced implementation of “choice of two” is a prominent reflection of the willful and disorderly expansion of capital in the field of platform economy, and it is a blatant trampling and destruction of the order of market competition. The forced implementation of “choose one” behavior restricts market competition, curbs innovation and development, and harms the interests of operators and consumers on the platform. It is extremely harmful and must be resolutely eradicated. The protection of personal information is also a key content of the major platforms’ commitments. Yesterday’s meeting pointed out the problem of platform enterprise information leakage and said that “it must be rectified seriously.” Like ByteDance promises, no illegal collection and misuse of personal information. On the premise of ensuring that users are informed, collect and use user information in accordance with the law in accordance with the principle of “least necessary”. Xiaohongshu stated that it does not illegally collect or misuse personal information, and follows the principles of justification, safety, and legal use. Algorithmic discrimination is still worthy of vigilance In addition to the common “key points” mentioned above, the commitments of some companies are also worthy of attention. Like the 360 ​​promise, we insist on objectively and neutrally setting search and sorting algorithms. Suning also stated that it does not engage in substantively coordinated behaviors through data, algorithms, platform rules, or other means, which will undermine the fair competition environment in the market. The use of operations such as setting search and sorting algorithms for platform self-treatment has a certain degree of concealment. Experts have pointed out that the sorting strategy will be a very mainstream behavior of platform self-treatment. In the Internet era, platforms must not only build user stickiness, but also acquire user traffic. Information screening and presentation are the core means to increase user stickiness and gain user traffic. Liu Xiaochun, executive director of the Internet Rule of Law Research Center of the University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that almost all services, not only search engines, have problems with ranking strategies. The ranking strategy is likely to determine the competitiveness of operators in the platform ecology. Deng Zhisong, a senior partner of Dacheng Law Firm, told the 21st Century Business Herald that technology and algorithms are the core competitiveness of the networking platform. Internet platform-related competitions are generally conducted through technology and algorithms, and there are many suspected monopolistic behaviors that the public is familiar with, including “choice of two”, “big data to kill familiarity”, “algorithm collusion” and so on. Yesterday the three-department meeting put forward the “five strict preventions”, including strict prevention of technology stifling, strict prevention of rule and algorithm abuse, and strict prevention of system closure. Among the companies announced this time, apart from the algorithmic discrimination issue clearly raised by 360 and Suning, other companies did not express their views on this. Emphasize platform self-regulation and establish a compliance system To a certain extent, the commitments of some companies have also responded to the focus of public attention. Pinduoduo, which was previously regarded as “barbaric growth”, promised to strictly regulate the behaviors of operators on the platform that do not obtain relevant administrative licenses to engage in business activities, consumption fraud, fraudulent transactions, false propaganda, etc. Strengthen the control of counterfeit and shoddy goods, implement food safety guarantee obligations, and protect the personal and property safety of the people. Sina Weibo promises to ensure that platform information is legal and compliant, and resolutely not allow the Weibo platform to become a platform for disseminating illegal marketing information and harmful information. The Internet era has brought many new social propositions. Since last year, the “digital divide for the elderly” has attracted widespread attention from the society. Baidu’s letter of undertaking stated that it will further promote the protection of the rights and interests of netizens, paying particular attention to the protection of the elderly and minors, and enhance the protection of netizens’ rights and interests. According to the requirements, all Internet platform companies will conduct a comprehensive self-inspection and self-examination within one month, and complete rectifications one by one. He Yuan believes that this reflects a change in law enforcement and supervision thinking, which is no longer just a national mandatory regulation, but also emphasizes platform self-regulation and establishment of a compliance system to form a comprehensive governance. “It is not to put all the responsibilities in the hands of the regulators, but to put pressure on companies to also comply with regulations and urge them to improve their corporate governance structure.” He analyzed that the current law enforcement logic sets a red line for the government, and the platform does a good job of self-discipline and builds a compliance system. The government takes regulatory measures afterwards. Once the regulatory red line is violated, it will initiate national compulsory regulation, such as high fines. , To form a deterrent to platform companies. Source: Associated Press Choi, titanium media, 21st Century Business Herald (Author: Wang Jun, etc.)

]]> 4113 How do Internet giants such as Alibaba, Byte, and Huawei play in the education industry? https://en.spress.net/how-do-internet-giants-such-as-alibaba-byte-and-huawei-play-in-the-education-industry/ Sat, 17 Apr 2021 20:00:09 +0000 https://en.spress.net/how-do-internet-giants-such-as-alibaba-byte-and-huawei-play-in-the-education-industry/

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With technology and traffic in hand, Internet giants have the inherent advantages of entering education. With their unique trump cards, how can Ali, Byte, Huawei, NetEase, and Tencent play in the education industry?

1. Taobao education e-commerce platform builds a bridge between education and training institutions and consumers

In June 2020, Taobao Education released the “100 Million Freshman Program”, which will help more than 1,000 educational training and knowledge-paying institutions acquire more than 100,000 new students in the next three years. “Now 9 months have passed, and the first year goal has been completed ahead of schedule. At the same time, the average number of merchants entering Taobao Education every month in the past year has reached 1,300, which is 30% more than the initial stage of the epidemic. The supply and demand for knowledge are being matched on the platform at a high speed.” Taobao Education Operations Director Ye Ting shared.

Taobao didn’t get involved in education only last year. As early as 2013, Taobao launched Taobao classmates, teaching and training institutions can live teaching on Taobao classmates platform. In 2015, Taobao classmates changed its name to Taobao Education. However, even though Taobao Education relied on the country’s largest e-commerce platform at that time, it did not make any big moves.

Until March 2020, the epidemic forced the online transformation and upgrading of education and training institutions. Taobao Education Department was formally established, and Taobao began to make great efforts in online education. In addition to the epidemic, why did Taobao Education reorganize its organizational structure and start strong operations, and how can it achieve brilliant results within a year?

Relying on Taobao Tmall’s over 900 million monthly active users, Taobao Education has a natural traffic advantage. Moreover, users are not unfamiliar with purchasing educational products on Taobao. Taobao has a large number of educational physical products. Behind the purchase of review materials for postgraduate entrance examinations is actually the needs of users for postgraduate entrance examinations. Therefore, Taobao Education does not start from zero, but only needs to “completely integrate the previous consumer label and learning label, so that the two groups become one group.” It may also be one of the reasons why Taobao has quickly entered the education field by opening up physical and virtual consumer groups.

Huang Lei, general manager of Taobao Education Department, defines Taobao Education as follows: “Knowledge is a very immersive and continuous learning, which can better enhance the stickiness of Taobao users (consumers) on Taobao; knowledge categories can Increase user activity.”

If it is said that its own traffic foundation and education scene are the confidence of Taobao’s entry into education, then Taobao Education’s comprehensive service platform for education and training institutions and consumers is a catalyst for fruitful results in the past year.

From operations, live broadcasting to marketing, Taobao Education empowers educational institutions with several e-commerce unique tricks. In terms of course release, Taobao Education has launched a light classroom mini program. Education and training institutions or knowledge-paying businesses can publish courses and pay for knowledge in the background through the mini program. Taking advantage of the content advantages of the courses, live broadcasts and short videos are also used by educational institutions to bring goods. One hour before the double eleven pre-sale last year, 44% of people bought online courses from Taobao live broadcast rooms, and famous teachers took courses became a trend.

In response to the possible funding problems of small and medium-sized institutions, Taobao also provides financial solutions: “Merchants can apply for SME revolving loans provided by online commercial banks to reduce the difficulty of loans and solve the cash flow problems of institutions.”

“Taobao Education has a dedicated service business group. If any business has a problem in the group, you can get feedback and solve it immediately, which is very convenient.” said Xu Zulu, founder of Jiuming English.

On the consumer side, Taobao Education also made a lot of effort. In order to provide consumers with more secure services and fully meet the needs of consumers, Taobao Education launched an initiative to learn with confidence on the first anniversary of the Customer complaints, order ratios, refund intervention rates, etc. are all included in the evaluation system, and data indicators are used to force organizations to improve service capabilities and after-sales capabilities. It provides multiple guarantees from the four dimensions of course quality, logistics service, payment service, and after-sales service, so that consumers can feel at ease to experience high-quality courses, and in a true sense “choose and learn with confidence”.

2. Dingding Education’s new infrastructure helps inclusive education

In 2020, Dingding will change slogan to “make work and study easier”, which is evident in its determination to accelerate the layout of education. The data also shows that DingTalk’s efforts over the past year have achieved remarkable results. On January 14, 2021, at the DingTalk 6.0 release conference, DingTalk officially announced that DingTalk has served more than 210,000 schools, 7 million teachers and 140 million student users.

Dingding did not only start catching up with the high-speed train of online education during the epidemic. As early as March 2019, DingTalk released its exclusive version “DingTalk Future Campus” for schools. The purpose is to help schools achieve a comprehensive digital transformation through five aspects: organizational online, communication online, collaborative online, business online, and ecological online. Create the school’s own digital operation and management platform.

Chen Hang, CEO of Alibaba Dingding, once said that Dingding was originally developed for SMEs to work online, but noticed that many users in the education field also have corresponding needs, so they also launched corresponding products. But this is by no means the only reason for Dingding into education.

In June 2016, the “Thirteenth Five-Year Plan for Education Informatization” mentioned that the phenomenon of “two skins” between informatization and education and teaching still exists, and the application motivation of teachers, students and education administrators needs to be further stimulated. It is common for many schools to ignore the safety of construction, the hardware to ignore the software, and the data collection to ignore the data maintenance.

In April 2018, the Ministry of Education issued the “Education Informatization 2.0 Action Plan”. National documents show that while educational informatization has become the general trend, there are still many problems. Therefore, relying on Alibaba Cloud’s underlying capabilities and technical support, DingTalk has proposed its own solutions for education informatization.

Entering the door of online education a year earlier than the epidemic, Dingding has more buffer time to fine-tune the layout of new education infrastructure. Aiming at the entire process of education, DingTalk has launched a complete digital solution. With the help of digital technology, DingTalk has helped to achieve inclusive education in all aspects.

For education authorities, DingTalk launches the bureau’s school home management service platform. The district and county education bureaus can use the digital cockpit function to understand the operation of all schools in the region. Teachers’ version of DingTalk is launched for teachers, and the most commonly used by teachers More than a dozen functions are grouped together on the “Teacher’s Workbench” to gather the teacher’s daily work. Teachers can publish homework, take classes online, count class information or issue notices with just one button operation on the workbench, completing most of the teaching, teaching and research work in one stop.

In response to the repetitive tasks of teachers’ daily correction of homework, DingTalk has also released an AI-modified homework product to reduce the burden of teachers’ repeated correction of homework; in order to solve the problem of sharing accounts between parents and children, Dingding has launched a “student number”, which students use. The account login DingTalk will enter a pure version of the operation interface, and parents can choose to turn on and off some functions of the student account.

In addition, DingTalk and Alipay jointly launched the education version of the “Spring Thunder Plan”, which will fund 5,000 schools, 1,000 education and training institutions and 100 education bureaus across the country for digital construction.

In the process of Dingding’s education, it has always been adhering to the concept of promoting inclusive education through digital technology. With the help of digital technology, Dingding not only sinks high-quality curriculum resources into the city, but also helps public schools and teaching and training institutions to improve the level of digital management and promote the reform of teaching models. Committed to becoming a digital and intelligent education service platform in China, DingTalk will also go further in the layout of digital inclusive education.

3. Tencent multi-dimensional efforts to build a smart education system

In May 2019, Tencent launched the education brand “Tencent Education” for the field of smart education, focusing on the to B market and positioning it as a “digital assistant” for the upgrading of the education industry. Tang Daosheng, senior executive vice president of Tencent, said that Tencent Education will provide connections, management, systems and other capabilities for individuals, schools, teachers, and education departments, and use unified connections and interfaces to serve as a smart upgrade assistant for the education industry.

During the 2020 epidemic, Tencent, which is committed to becoming the “most respected Internet company”, actively participated in the construction of smart education, and promoted the fairness, personalization and wisdom of online education through technology. In 2020, as a technical supporter and cloud resource provider, Tencent Education has created a cloud service, teaching platform, information management, teaching AI, and interactive classroom SaaS for the diverse and individual needs of different regions and different groups of people. A series of solutions for schools, teachers, students and parents to choose freely. In the whole year of 2020, Tencent Education helped 3 million+ teachers start classes, served 1,000+ education departments, landed more than 100,000 smart campuses, and guaranteed 100 million+ teachers and students online learning.

Looking back further, Tencent has been investing in the education industry since 2014. The investment track includes K12, vocational education, quality education, language training and early childhood education, etc., and most of the education and training institutions invested by Tencent are in various competitions. Dao’s head brands, such as Ape Guidance and New Oriental Online for online K12 training, VIPkid for online one-to-one, early childhood education for babies to play English, and 100 words for English learning.

In addition, Tencent also has its own education business, involving subdivisions including the child English enlightenment product Tencent Happy Mouse English, K12’s penguin tutoring and English master, higher education new engineering and online education platform Tencent Classroom.

Tang Daosheng, senior executive vice president of Tencent, once said that the integrated education brand Tencent Education “will use connectivity, content, and social responsibility to help the education industry.” Based on cloud computing, big data and artificial intelligence, Tencent Education today will still be committed to promoting education informatization and education intelligence.

Four, byte vigorously works miracles

On October 29, 2020, ByteDance announced the launch of a new education brand “Strong Education”, which will undertake all educational products and businesses of ByteDance. In February 2021, Dali Education announced that it will recruit 10,000 people in the next four months. This recruitment covers multiple positions in teaching, research and teaching, R&D, operation, product, and design. After this round of recruitment, the number of employees of Dali Education will be There will be more than 20,000 people. The education field is becoming one of byte’s strategic focus.

In terms of layout education, BYTE has full strategic determination. In 2019, Chen Lin, the former CEO of Toutiao, began to take charge of the education department of ByteDance and announced “All in Education”. In March 2020, the founder Zhang Yiming specifically mentioned in the internal letter of the eighth anniversary of the establishment of ByteDance that the education business will be his key business direction, and proposed that “the education business must have fundamental innovation.”

On March 20, 2021, on the ninth anniversary of the establishment of Bytedance, Zhang Yiming put forward in his internal letter that “do not rely on shortcuts, use less leverage”, emphasizing that product creation requires broad imagination and constant patience, and should not be overly dependent. Methodology. Byte’s ambition is even embodied in the name of the education brand-Vigorous Education is named after Zhang Yiming’s belief in “Strive for Miracles”.

The traditional view is that education is a slow industry. Only by constantly improving the quality of courses and putting effort into teaching and research can we build a high-quality brand. ByteDance is patient enough to do education. Dali Education CEO Chen Lin once said: “Education business will not be considered profitable within three years.”

In addition to determination and patience, BYTE also has a fundamental advantage in education-the power of organizational culture. Chen Lin believes that “Byte pursues high talent density, internal information flow, and context not control; encourages different functional lines to collide, cross-border, and collaborate to generate innovation on a larger scale; adhere to user orientation. These are ByteDance’s unique pragmatic romanticism is also the underlying support for the rapid development of many of our businesses.”

Holding the trump card, Byte accelerates its pace in the education field. At the press conference of the Vigorous Education brand, Chen Lin said that not only after-school tutoring, but also school education and family education are very important. Inside the school, outside the school, and at home, BYTE’s layout in the education field is fully expanded from these three directions.

For school education, Byte has invested in Big Data, AI, Xiaoyang Education, and Minerva, an innovative university; for family education, ByteDance focuses on smart education hardware, and expects to use hardware products to complete the online line of learning scenarios Link. The first smart education hardware product “Dali Smart Homework Lamp” was released on the same day as the Dali Education brand. This product combines smart tutoring with desk lamps and is mainly used in children’s homework scenarios. For out-of-school tutoring, GOGOKID and Guagualong have been launched. , Qingbei Online School, Kaiyan English and other products, the business covers Pre-K, K12, adult education and many age groups.

5. Huawei Technology Empowers Education

In April 2020, the Huawei Education Center was launched with Huawei MatePad, gathering a number of head education applications and many educational resources. Based on technical advantages and multi-scenarios and multi-terminal traffic entrances, Huawei Education Center is committed to forming a model of cooperation across the industry chain from content resource aggregation, content productization, and content distribution, and gradually builds an open education content ecology. Education industry partners work together to provide Huawei end users with a better educational service experience.

Huawei’s education layout is characterized by the simultaneous development of education cloud construction and consumer business, with a selling mindset. Huawei Education Center will help developers build product-dimensional marketing and activity capabilities through openness + support, and maximize developer value. Comprehensively help users plant grass before, during and after learning, help educational partners to efficiently distribute high-quality content to target users, and jointly build a closed-loop education business ecosystem.

In order to deeply empower cooperative brands and build a more complete education content ecology, starting from September 29, 2020, Huawei Education Center will launch an exclusive incentive program for partners-the Sparkle Star Program, through technology access incentives and the number of courses. There are two ways to provide Huawei App Market Yaoxing Traffic Voucher and Huawei Education Center exclusive traffic to partners who meet the incentive conditions.

Since its release on September 29, 2020, Yaoxing Spark Program has supported cooperative brands in multiple dimensions through exclusive incentives, and has attracted 33 educational partners such as Nano Box, BabyBus Nursery Rhymes, Onion Academy, Youdao Premium Classes, and Quasi-Question Bank. Participate and help partners achieve a certain incremental increase in efficiency.

In the future, Huawei Education Center will adhere to the cooperation concept of “openness” + “win-win”, integrate its own technological advantages, multi-scenario traffic entry, and diversified incentive resources, and work with education industry partners to bring better quality smart education to Huawei end users Experience.

Sixth, NetEase replenishes old education business

In December 2007, the desktop version of Youdao Dictionary was officially launched, and NetEase became one of the first Internet giants to enter education. After more than ten years of development, Netease can be seen on all major education tracks, including vocational education, general education, higher education, examination training (language, postgraduate entrance examination, study abroad), K12 education, etc., all have their layout , The corresponding products are NetEase Cloud Class, NetEase Open Course, China University MOOC, Youdao Premium Course and K12 field, Geek Zhan Ji, NetEase 100 points.

After 2016, Youdao launched a large number of education-related content and products, such as Youdao Mathematics, Youdao Spoken Language, and Youdao Translation Egg. Now four product matrices have been formed: learning products, learning services, smart devices, and content interactive courses. NetEase began to aggressively attack the established education business. In March 2019, NetEase announced that the original NetEase Education Business Division product system, such as NetEase Cloud Classroom, China University MOOC and other products, were all merged into NetEase Youdao’s product system. NetEase Youdao CEO Zhou Feng also said that afterwards, NetEase Youdao will focus on the K12 field, continue to invest in content, and attach importance to services.

Talking about why K12 has been the focus of its development in recent years, NetEase Youdao CEO Zhou Feng said, “The reason for focusing on K12 is that the demand is the most intense, the parents are the most caring, and the users are the most caring, so this is the most important thing to make a good product. Fields.” Ding Lei also mentioned in his listing speech, “In recent years, I have noticed that China’s K12 online education is a very suitable point for development.”

NetEase Youdao’s emphasis on K12 has also paid off. On November 19, 2020, NetEase Youdao announced its unaudited financial report for the third quarter of 2020. During the reporting period, NetEase Youdao achieved net income of 896 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 159.0%. Among them, K12 regular-price courses paid 498,700 people, a year-on-year increase of 437.9%; sales were 676 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 368.9%.

Education is a “slow field”, and the level of teaching and research, management capabilities, and talent reserves all need to be accumulated over a long period of time. It will take time to prove whether Internet giants rely on technology, capital, and traffic to build their advantages in the education field.

]]> 4005 Dazzling the gilded castles of the provincial giants https://en.spress.net/dazzling-the-gilded-castles-of-the-provincial-giants/ Thu, 15 Apr 2021 17:21:07 +0000 https://en.spress.net/dazzling-the-gilded-castles-of-the-provincial-giants/ Scattered in a number of northern provinces, these castles are known for their monumental designs with splendid gilded details.

Recently, the castle of Mr. Do Trong Sau (56 years old, Trung Chau village, Dong Ket commune, Khoai Chau, Hung Yen) has attracted the attention of many passersby because of its magnificent and magnificent appearance. Photo: Zing

The castle is designed in a French style, including 3 floors and 1 basement. The project was inaugurated in June 2020 after about 2 years of construction. Photo: Zing

Gate and fence around the castle are designed with elaborate motifs and patterns. Photo: Zing.

Outside the castle, there are many decorative details and gorgeous golden emulsion paint. Photo: Business & marketing.

In the castle grounds, there are many fruit trees such as mango, jackfruit, grapefruit, sapodilla … Photo: Zing.

It is known that the building was designed by Mr. Sau, the construction cost is about 10 billion VND. Photo: Zing.

Thanh Thang Castle of Mr. Do Van Tien – a businessman in Ninh Binh prominent on Highway 1A, Gia Vien district. Photo: Legal Affairs

The building is about 10,000m2 wide, 6-storey building has a floor area of ​​about 2,000m2. Photo: Business & marketing.

The castle is inspired by St. Peter’s Church and works in Vatican (Italy) combined with some pure Vietnamese details and the owner’s preferences. Photo: Legal Affairs

The details in the house are made of many different materials, such as: Gold, Silver, Copper, Wood, sapphire … Photo: DLS

Particularly, the rough construction of the castle is worth about 300-400 billion VND, the ceiling, column, truss, shrine … is made entirely of red wood with a total value of about 100 billion VND, the gate set costs 40 Billion. Photo: Legal Affairs

Lan Khoa Khue Castle is located in a prime location of Hai Minh commune (Hai Hau, Nam Dinh) by Nguyen Van Khue, famous in the region not only by the time it takes to build more than 9 years but also because of the cost of construction up to nearly 50 billion. Photo: Vietnamnet.

The building is built in the style of Western architecture, in front of the campus are 2 statues of white lions. Photo: Vietnamnet.

The ceiling is inlaid with gold with sophisticated motifs. Photo: The messenger.

Video: Students rent cheap accommodation in villas. Source: VTV24

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