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Poverty eradication in China: Concrete protection of human rights

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BEIJING, April 14, 2021 — A news report by China.org.cn on China’s recently released white paper on poverty alleviation:

 

Poverty eradication in China: Concrete protection of human rights
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Recently, China has issued a white paper titled "Poverty Alleviation: China’s Experience and Contribution." The document reviews the great fight in eliminating extreme poverty in China, home to nearly one fifth of the world’s population.

Apart from astounding numbers, the white paper also provides impressive descriptions of changes to the lives of impoverished people. The battle against poverty has not only brought about significant improvements to the living standards of the poor, but also a thorough transformation of their mindset, inside and out. Here, a story epitomized how such transformation was made possible.

Li Wenwen and her two sisters live in Yanchuan county of Yan’an city, once a national-level poverty-stricken county. Their mother is missing, and their father has a mental illness brought on by the pressures of life. When village officials visited the family several years ago, they saw the three girls raggedly dressed, their eyes full of fear, and traces of fire still on the walls of their cave house caused by aging circuits.

Gao Yuan, first Party secretary said, "Poverty once deprived the farmers here of any sense of happiness. And the pressures of life made them feel a lack of dignity."

Under the guidance of targeted poverty alleviation policies, residents in Yanchuan who are able to work began developing industries that leverage local strengths, such as growing apples and red dates. As for Li Wenwen’s family, the local government helped them build a new house and organized for her father to receive hospital treatment. The three girls also realized their dream of going to school.

There wasn’t any nervousness on their faces in front of the camera. Instead, they were beaming with joy. After getting out of poverty, residents in Yanchuan showed their enthusiasm for pursuing a better life.

There is an old saying in China: "When the granaries are full, the people follow rules of etiquette." Only when people have sufficient food and clothing, as well as access to education, housing and health care, can they live with more dignity. This also lays a solid foundation for people’s other rights and their future development. China, with a vast population, had a weak economic foundation and uneven development. In 1978, more than 770 million people in China’s rural areas lived below the current poverty line. By the end of 2012, there were still 98.99 million rural residents living in poverty, like Li Wenwen and her family. Therefore, China has been upholding the rights to subsistence and development as the primary human rights.

Based on such concepts of human rights, China has long focused on growing the economy and improving people’s lives as its top priorities; eradicating poverty through targeted policies to reach those truly in need is a typical practice to that end.

Today, 10% of the world’s population live in extreme poverty, and the long-term impact of COVID-19 means that this number is still increasing. China’s experience and philosophies outlined in the white paper, as well as its concrete practices, will contribute to building a global community with a shared future that is free from poverty and pursues common development.

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http://www.china.org.cn/video/node_7230027.htm

Poverty eradication in China: Concrete protection of human rights
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Skybox Security Delivers Industry’s Most Advanced Exposure Analysis

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Network model and risk-based prioritization provide greater visibility, insights, and speed to help enterprises prevent breaches

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 13, 2021 — Skybox Security today announced major enhancements to its Security Posture Management Platform. Skybox is the only platform that offers IT and security teams the ability to collectively visualize and analyze hybrid and multi-cloud networks, providing full context and understanding of their attack surfaces. Our latest release includes advanced analytics, optimized attack simulation, and increased dashboard customization – all of which increase the speed and accuracy of exposure analysis to improve overall security efficacy.

The Skybox Security Posture Management Platform is the only solution that analyzes and validates network, cloud, and security configurations together to proactively gain full context, understand the attack surface, and remediate threats faster.
The Skybox Security Posture Management Platform is the only solution that analyzes and validates network, cloud, and security configurations together to proactively gain full context, understand the attack surface, and remediate threats faster.

Skybox evolved its platform to support customers contending with expediated digital transformation initiatives such as cloud migration and IT/OT convergence. Customers will benefit from:

  • Increased agility with more granular insights delivered at a faster speed. To support bespoke organizational and operational workflow requirements, the Skybox platform includes new reporting capabilities with advanced dashboards, sophisticated data visualization features, and the ability to ingest and process more diverse datasets at higher rates.  
  • Greater visibility across hybrid networks. Skybox continues to grow its comprehensive list of 150+ technology partnerships with new connectors that combine rich data from leading SD-WAN and SASE vendors such as Versa Networks and Zscaler. This release also extends support for Check Point, Cisco, and Forcepoint.
  • Optimized attack simulation. Deeper insights into exposure and risk in near real-time allow customers to develop the ideal remediation strategy and reduce mean time to remediation (MTTR). Customers with highly complex network models will significantly benefit from these performance enhancements.

"Digital transformation demands a new approach to security posture management," said Haggai Polak, chief product officer, Skybox Security. "Through automating data collection, correlation and analysis, security and IT teams can together leverage a multidimensional dynamic network model to understand risk levels, simulate attacks, and remediate vulnerabilities where it’s needed most."

The industry’s most comprehensive exposure analysis 
Enterprises must optimize remediation strategies to focus quickly on the highest exposure risk to address the rise in vulnerabilities, expanding attack surface, sophisticated threat actors, and talent shortages. To calculate exposure, Skybox identifies exploitable vulnerabilities and uniquely correlates this data with network configurations and security controls to determine possible exposure.

Exposure analysis is only possible when disparate data repositories are normalized and brought together into a network model, including patch and asset management systems, vulnerability data, threat intelligence feeds, cloud and network device configurations. The network model provides a dynamic representation of hybrid environments across corporate networks, private cloud, public cloud, and OT.

Skybox uniquely enables multi-factor risk prioritization to conduct the most comprehensive exposure analysis available today through a combination of:

  • CVSS scoring: calculated by importing and merging data from multiple active scanners, web and application scans, EDR integrations, and Skybox’s own passive detection capabilities
  • Asset importance: identifies if assets are mission-critical or would expose sensitive data
  • Exploitability: determines if a vulnerability has been exploited in the wild, with Skybox Research Lab tracking tens of thousands of new vulnerabilities yearly on more than 8,000 products
  • Exposure analysis: determines which attack vectors can be exploited given the security controls and their configurations

"I look at data from scanners and say, so what? I need to understand what the true risk is that I’m carrying. I need to know what other controls I have in place and whether I should put in time and effort to apply a patch," said Dr. Rebecca Wynn, chief information security officer. "Failing to ask, ‘so what?’ is a critical failure. To make the data useful, I need to know what needs to be patched first and what the order of patches needs to be."

Accelerated platform adoption
A diverse list of new customers implemented Skybox in 2020, including Fortune 1000 companies, major financial institutions, energy and utility leaders, large retailers, healthcare organizations, numerous federal agencies, and local governments. Skybox also saw continued expansion of its Vulnerability and Threat Management Solution, particularly in highly regulated, complex industries, including financial services and critical infrastructure. Nearly 60% of sales came from existing satisfied customers expanding their deployments.

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About Skybox Security
Over 500 of the largest and most security-conscious enterprises in the world rely on Skybox for the insights and assurance required to stay ahead of dynamically changing attack surfaces. Our Security Posture Management Platform delivers complete visibility, analytics and automation to quickly map, prioritize and remediate vulnerabilities across your organization. The vendor-agnostic solution intelligently optimizes security policies, actions and change processes across all corporate networks and cloud environments. With Skybox, security teams can now focus on the most strategic business initiatives while ensuring enterprises remain protected.  

We are Skybox. Secure more, limit less. www.skyboxsecurity.com

© 2021 Skybox Security, Inc. All rights reserved. Skybox Security and the Skybox Security logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Skybox Security, Inc., in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Product specifications subject to change at any time without prior notice.

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TCL Spearheads Carbon Neutrality Efforts with Sustainability Initiatives

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SHENZHEN, China, April 12, 2021 — TCL, a global leading intelligent technology company, today reiterated its commitment and determination to respond to climate change, achieve carbon neutrality and contribute to national green development goals with the release of the Group’s 2020 Corporate Social Responsibility ("CSR") report. Furthermore, TCL is spearheading the effort to produce green products, conduct energy-saving and emission-reduction projects to advance the United Nation’s ("UN") Sustainable Development Goals.

Chairman and CEO of TCL Li Dongsheng said, "TCL is carrying out a reconversion based on intelligent manufacturing, industrial internet and digitalization, which can result in more efficient energy-saving methods throughout the production process. Energy saving by companies represents an indirect contribution to the reduction of emissions."

Design sketch of TCL CSOT Project G11
Design sketch of TCL CSOT Project G11

TCL adheres to green manufacturing processes throughout the entire production and operation process cycles. TCL CSOT G11 panel project  has obtained the highest international standards in green buildings LEED Platinum ratings. At the same time, TCL CSOT has built a pure water recycling system to recycle the pure water used for production and cleaning. At present, the recycle rate of pure water through the system can reach more than 75%, and about 25.2 million cubic meters of pure water can be reused every year. TCL has also established Air Pollution Control Management Procedures, Noise Pollution Control Management Procedures, Solid Waste Management Procedures, and Energy Resource Consumption Management Procedures adhering to ISO50001 energy management and ISO14064 greenhouse gas management systems.

TCL always pays attention to product quality and actively supports the cause of green environmental protection. To this end, after a vigorous evaluation process, TCL’s TVs and drum washing machines successfully obtained the high-score green labels of 6.5 and 8.1 (a range between 1 and 10 points) in France from the world’s leading certification company, SGS. TCL CSOT 23.8" FHD display achieved the leading Es8.0 certification for its energy-saving design. TCL also strives to recycle electronics and recently received the first-ever Special Sustainability Leadership Award from the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA").

Moving forward, TCL will maintain its focus on environmental protection management and insist on green manufacturing to achieve its carbon neutrality goals. The Company’s innovative initiatives will reduce the adverse effects of products on the environment, and support the sustainable development of society.  

About TCL

TCL empowers customers to enjoy more. With a lineup of award-winning televisions, audio products, mobile devices, and appliances, TCL takes pride in delivering meaningful experiences by combining thoughtful design and latest technology. As one of the world’s largest consumer electronics brands, our extensive manufacturing expertise, a vertically integrated supply chain, and state-of-the-art panel factory helps TCL deliver innovation for all.

About TCL CSOT

TCL CSOT (TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd), is a company committed to innovation in semiconductor display. TCL CSOT has advanced display technologies such as Mini-LED, Micro-LED, OLED, and Ink Jet Printing. The products range from large, small & medium display panel and touch modules, interactive white board, video wall, automotive display, and gaming monitors, which further contributes to the core competence in the global panel industry.

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PINTEC to Report Full Year 2020 Financial Results on April 14, 2021

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BEIJING, April 9, 2021 — Pintec Technology Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: PT) ("PINTEC" or the "Company"), a leading independent technology platform enabling financial services in China, today announced that it will report its unaudited financial results for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 before the U.S. market opens on Wednesday, April 14, 2021.

Pintec’s management team will host an earnings conference call at 8:00A.M. Eastern Time on Wednesday, April 14, 2021 (8:00 P.M. Beijing Time on the same day).

Dial-in details for the earnings conference call are as follows:

PARTICIPANT DIAL IN (TOLL FREE):

1-888-346-8982

PARTICIPANT INTERNATIONAL DIAL IN:

1-412-902-4272

Canada Toll Free:

18556699657

Hong Kong Toll Free:

800-905945

Mainland China Toll Free:

4001-201203

Hong Kong-Local Toll:

852-301-84992

Passcode:

Pintec Technology Holdings Limited

Please dial in ten minutes before the call is scheduled to begin and provide the passcode to join the call.

A replay of the conference call may be accessed by phone at the following numbers until April 21, 2021:

US Toll Free: 

1-877-344-7529

International Toll: 

1-412-317-0088

Canada Toll Free:

855-669-9658

Replay Access Code: 

10154696

Additionally, a live and archived webcast of the conference call will be available at https://ir.pintec.com.

About PINTEC

PINTEC is a leading independent technology platform enabling financial services in China. By connecting business and financial partners on its open platform, PINTEC enables them to provide financial services to end users efficiently and effectively. The Company offers its partners a full suite of customized solutions, ranging from point-of-sale financing, personal installment loans and business installment loans, to wealth management and insurance products. Leveraging its scalable and reliable technology infrastructure, PINTEC serves a wide range of industry verticals covering online travel, e-commerce, telecommunications, online education, SaaS platforms, financial technology, internet search, and online classifieds and listings, as well as various types of financial partners including banks, brokers, insurance companies, investment funds and trusts, consumer finance companies, peer-to-peer platforms and other similar institutions.

For more information, please visit: https://ir.pintec.com/.

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HUMAN Appoints Cybersecurity Industry Leaders Ann Johnson and Dan Burns to its Board of Directors

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Microsoft and Optiv executives to further accelerate go-to-market and channel growth to expand HUMAN’s leadership in protecting enterprises from bot attacks

SINGAPORE, April 9, 2021 — HUMAN, a cybersecurity company best known for collectively protecting enterprises from bot attacks, today announced the appointment of Ann Johnson and Dan Burns to its Board of Directors. Johnson and Burns join HUMAN’s current board members, including representatives from Goldman Sachs, ClearSky representative Jay Leek, and NightDragon representative Dave DeWalt, who also serves as Vice Chairman of HUMAN. The announcement follows the company’s acquisition by Goldman Sachs in partnership with ClearSky Security and NightDragon in December, as well as its recent unveiling of the company name change from White Ops to HUMAN.

Ann Johnson, Corporate Vice President of Security, Compliance & Identity (SCI) Business Development at Microsoft, oversees investment and strategic partner strategy for security, compliance, and identity to help organizations become operationally resilient on their digital transformation journey and unlock capabilities of Microsoft’s intelligent cloud and next-generation AI.

Commenting on her appointment, Johnson said, "I am proud to have joined the Board of Directors of HUMAN to assist them on their journey to help enterprises #keepithuman. They verify the humanity of more than 10 trillion interactions per week for some of the largest companies and internet platforms. Working with the team at HUMAN to protect against bot attacks and disrupting the economics of cybercrime aligns with my passion of making the digital world a safer and more secure place for everyone."

Dan Burns has more than 28 years of business, technology and cybersecurity industry expertise. Burns co-founded Accuvant in 2002 to successfully execute his initial vision to build a company with the breadth, depth and capabilities to address the information security needs of organizations worldwide. He launched the sales force and grew it to a national powerhouse organization within a 10-year period, conducting business with nearly half of the Fortune 500, and driving $740 million in revenue. In 2015, as CEO, Burns and Blackstone created Optiv with the merger of Accuvant and Fishnet Security with over $2 billion in total revenues. He now serves on a select number of boards to help entrepreneurs and investors execute on their plans to create disruptive cybersecurity companies.

Burns said, "I am extremely pleased to join HUMAN’s board as they are solving a very hard problem that plagues every enterprise across the globe. They stop sophisticated human-like bots designed to take over accounts, manipulate popularity and consensus, steal sensitive data, interact with media and advertising, and snipe or scalp goods and services online. Current approaches to protect against bot attacks are not working. HUMAN has proven that their Human Verification Engine™ and multilayered detection methodology stands above current solutions as they verify the humanity of digital interactions with unmatched speed and accuracy."

Tamer Hassan, Co-founder and CEO of HUMAN said, "With Ann and Dan joining our mission, I could not ask for a better and more experienced Board of Directors. They will help us prepare and execute better during the next phase of our journey as we scale the company to protect customers across the globe."

About HUMAN

HUMAN is a cybersecurity company that protects enterprises from bot attacks to keep digital experiences human. We have the most advanced Human Verification Engine that protects applications, APIs and digital media from bot attacks, preventing losses and improving the digital experience for real humans. Today we verify the humanity of more than 10 trillion interactions per week for some of the largest companies and internet platforms. Protect your digital business with HUMAN. To Know Who’s Real, visit www.humansecurity.com.

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Applitools Introduces Automation Cookbook and Test Kitchen to Help Engineers Break Down Coding Recipes

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Automation Cookbook is the industry’s first resource to compile short how-to videos focused on teaching engineers how to complete necessary day-to-day tasks for test automation

SAN MATEO, Calif., April 8, 2021 — Applitools, provider of a next generation test automation through Visual AI and Ultrafast Test Cloud, today announced the launch of its "Automation Cookbook," featuring free bite-sized videos aimed to upskill developers and test engineers of all experience levels. Anyone looking for quick answers to their test automation questions can use recipes to solve everyday challenges and also practice in the Test Kitchen for free. The initiative is led by Angie Jones, Senior Director of Developer Relations at Applitools and Test Automation University, with contributions from Colby Fayock, Developer Advocate at Applitools.

For more information and to use the Automation Cookbook, visit: https://applitools.com/cookbook/

The Automation Cookbook is the latest test automation resource Applitools is releasing to increase its supply of free and accessible learning resources online for the dev community. It is supplementary to Test Automation University, which has surpassed more than 80,000 students to date and is the flagship resource for engineers to learn new tools and programming languages across various topics in automation.

Since Test Automation University launched in 2019, Applitools has received requests for additional resources to help people quickly find answers to frequent day-to-day questions. Now, with the Automation Cookbook, there is a place to serve bite-sized content in one place without needing to sift through an endless web of long video tutorials, online forums, and Q&A threads just to end up with broken code examples.

"Based on feedback from the community, our goal with the Automation Cookbook is to help engineers get answers to frequently asked questions with a visual coding recipe," said Fayock.

The launch of the Automation Cookbook includes 12 videos featuring two of the most prominent test automation frameworks for functional testing of web apps, Selenium WebDriver and Cypress. Each framework has six total videos to start. New videos will be added regularly with additional frameworks planned to be featured in the future. The videos range anywhere from 3-10 minutes in length.

Initially, recipes for both Selenium WebDriver in Java as well as Cypress in JavaScript are available:

  • Uploading Files
  • Interacting with Alerts
  • Selecting from Dropdowns
  • Verifying Sortable Tables
  • Interacting with Browser Notifications
  • Taking Screenshots

Unlike Test Automation University, which focuses on long-form education of complete learning pathways, the Automation Cookbook focuses only on specific tasks. To help engineers practice, Applitools created an open source website, Test Kitchen, with common web widgets to allow anyone to hone their test automation skills and knowledge.

For a pantry full of web components that can be used for automated testing, visit the Test Kitchen: https://kitchen.applitools.com/

"For many engineers, it’s common to run into a problem while writing a test. Whether you’re trying to work with alerts or upload a file, you may not be looking for an entire end-to-end course, but a quick solution to a single problem," said Jones. "We have designed this short-form education program to answer your questions accordingly."

About Applitools

Applitools delivers a Next Generation Test Automation Platform through Visual AI and Ultrafast Grid. We enable engineering teams to release high quality web and mobile apps at incredible speed and at a reduced cost.

Applitools Visual AI modernizes important test automation use cases — Functional Testing, Visual Testing, Web and Mobile UI/UX Testing, Cross Browser Testing, Responsive Web Design Testing, Cross Device Testing, PDF Testing, Accessibility Testing and Compliance Testing — to transform the way organizations deliver innovation at the speed of CI/CD at a significantly lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

Hundreds of companies from verticals such as Tech, Banking, Insurance, Retail, Pharma, and Publishing — including 50 of the Fortune 100 — use Applitools to deliver the best possible digital experiences to millions of customers on any device and browser, and across every screen size and operating system.

Applitools is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with an R&D center in Tel Aviv, Israel. For more information, please visit applitools.com.

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TMRW launches TMRW Creators Camp to help millennials with a passion for content creation make tomorrow theirs

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BANGKOK, April 7, 2021 — TMRW by UOB, the first mobile-only bank for ASEAN’s digital generation, has launched TMRW Creators Camp, to equip millennials with skills and knowledge to further their dream career of being a content creator.

Mr Natee Srirussamee, Head of Retail Digital, UOB Thailand
Mr Natee Srirussamee, Head of Retail Digital, UOB Thailand

TMRW, in collaboration with RAiNMaker, Thailand’s leading content creator community, and a day magazine, Thailand’s cutting-edge content publisher, will organise a series of training workshops on digital content creation from May to June 2021. The TMRW Creators Camp is open to anyone who is currently pursuing a career as a professional content creator. Applicants must have their own YouTube or Facebook channel with at least 1,000 followers.  

Mr Natee Srirussamee, Head of Retail Digital, UOB Thailand, said, "As a mobile-only bank designed specifically for ASEAN’s digital generation, our goal from day one has always been to support our customer’s aspirations. From smart financial solutions to initiatives such as the TMRW Creators Camp, we want to give our customers a leg-up as they pursue their ambitions.

"With Thai consumers close to three hours on average on social media channels such as YouTube, Instagram and TikTok[1] and as more companies and businesses redirect their advertising spend on digital channels[2],  a career as a digital content creator can be a dynamic and sustainable one. We hope that through the TMRW Creators Camp, participants will be able to develop or enhance their digital skills and learn how to engage their audiences better to succeed in their chosen career path."

TMRW Creators Camp is open for application from 1 April to 20 April 2021. Applicants should send a short video introducing themselves and why they wish to join the TMRW Creators Camp through TMRW website.

Up to 100 successful applicants will be invited to attend four virtual workshops that cover the main elements of digital content creation including storytelling, creativity in content, creating video content and conducting a live steaming. They must attend all workshops and complete all assignments on the given topics. The workshops are hosted by prominent content creators in Thailand namely Aou Spin9, Ayashi Channel, Boom Tharis, Cee Chatpawee, Codie, Eddy, Ken Nakarin, and Softpomz.

At the end of the four workshops, ten finalists who have had that highest grade in their assignments based on the creativity, engagement and production quality, will be invited to join a masterclass. During this masterclass, they will have the opportunity to learn from legendary content creators such as Nong Wongtanong, co-founder of a day magazine and The Standard, Rawit Hanutsaha, a successful entrepreneur behind the famous blog "Mission to the Moon", and Suthichai Yoon, one of the most established and influential journalists in the country.

The winner will be awarded cash and content production equipment such as a digital camera, laptop and wireless microphones worth about 1 million baht to support their own professional content creation careers.

For more information about the TMRW Creators Camp and application criteria, please visit www.tmrwbyuob.com/tmrwcreatorscamp  and TMRW Thailand Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/tmrwthailand.

[1] Source: ‘Digital 2020: Thailand’, We Are Social and Hootsuite, 2020

[2] Digital advertising spend in Thailand has grown by double digits over the last five year. In 2020, Facebook received the highest proportion of advertising spend (32 per cent), followed by YouTube (21 per cent). Source: Digital Advertising Association (Thailand), 2020

 

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KONKA Group Reports 125% Net Profit Surge in 2020, Pushing Further into Optoelectronics

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SHENZHEN, China, April 2, 2021 — KONKA Group Co. Ltd. ("the Company"; 000016.SZ), a leading technology company, has released its financial results for 2020. The Company’s net profit last year expanded by 125.26% year-on-year, driven by its environmental technology, semiconductors, new materials and electronics businesses.

KONKA is committed to investing in technological innovation, and last year the Company focused on the development of semiconductors and artificial intelligence, with its spending on research and development increasing by 36.57% year-on-year.

Specifically, KONKA has optimized its business in the semiconductor industry, especially in the optoelectronic field. For example, the Company built the world’s first Micro LED full-process R&D production line, allowing it to carry out trial production.

In 2020, KONKA also continued to drive the development of Micro LED- and Mini LED-related development, obtaining nearly 700 core patents. The Company rolled out products such as the Micro LED Watch – the APHAEA Watch and a series of Micro LED and Mini LED 8K televisions. In terms of storage, KONKA primarily designs and markets master storage chips, and has been producing and selling its storage main control chips.

KONKA in AWE2021
KONKA in AWE2021

"KONKA categorizes technologies that are in line for more development as Micro LED and categorizes those that have been marketized as Mini LED," Li Hongtao, vice president of KONKA, said. "KONKA will continue to carry out the ‘dual wheel’ development strategy to aim the Company’s R&D power at areas that have yet to see technological breakthroughs and put those that have seen breakthroughs on the market," he said.

A well-rounded R&D system lays a critical foundation for technological breakthroughs. KONKA has formed a research alliance that connects prestigious universities, technology companies, and scientific and technology research institutes, to establish labs dedicated to artificial intelligence, internet of things, 5G, data imagery and communication applications.

Such strong R&D capacity has helped diversify KONKA’s product lineup. The Company has rolled out smarter electronics and appliances such as its K2 smart TV, APHAEA A5 TV and refrigerators. Meanwhile, KONKA has sold its products through livestreaming in collaboration with its offline stores, to accommodate consumers’ changing shopping habits.

As for KONKA’s white goods business, the segment has grown with the "KONKA + Frestec" dual brand operation after the acquisition of Frestec Electrical Appliances, further amplifying the Company’s influence in the market. Last September, the Company acquired Beko Changzhou Plant and entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with Arcelik, the parent company of Beko, marking the beginning of a new phase for the Company’s drum washing machines — a shift from OEM to independent R&D, design, production and manufacturing.

In a bid to build a more integrated mechanism, KONKA has vigorously developed new projects to construct a number of industrial parks. Last year, the Company completed construction of Dongguan Konka Smart Industrial Park, Yibin Konka High-Tech Park, Frestec Smart Home Park, Chengdu Konka Smart Terminal Park, providing new momentum for its smart industrial transformation.

In 2021, KONKA aims to pour more efforts into R&D and innovation. On one hand, it will continue to increase its investment in R&D this year. On the other hand, it is set to focus on core technology in the field of semiconductors, seeking for breakthroughs in chip and mass transfer technologies, and to further develop Micro LED. Meanwhile, KONKA will gradually step up its efforts in acquiring intellectual property rights and strengthen its technological advantages in areas such as 5G, 8K, internet of things, Micro LED, semiconductors and storage, aiming to transforming the Company from an electronics company to an even more tech-centric company.

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Chindata Group Releases 2020 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report

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51 percent of its owned hyperscale data centers powered by renewable energy in 2020

BEIJING, April 2, 2021 — Chindata Group (Nasdaq: CD), a leading carrier-neutral hyperscale data center solution provider in Asia-Pacific emerging markets, has released its second annual Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report today, which highlights the company’s 2020 ESG results towards its 2030 carbon-neutrality goal and digital-inclusiveness vision.

With the theme of "Inspiring with Power", the Report includes a detailed roadmap for carbon neutrality, demonstrating Chindata Group’s sustainability and digital prosperity values. In December 2020, Chindata Group announced that all its hyperscale data centers in China would source 100 percent renewable energy and invest in clean energy with an installed capacity of no less than 2GW by 2030.

Mr Alex Ju, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Chindata Group, commented, "Chindata Group is the first digital technology company in China to release a carbon-neutral roadmap. We focus on mastering the core technologies in key areas to address digital development challenges, laying a solid foundation for a more sustainable and inclusive digital life for all."

Some of the key highlights are:

  • Fifty-one percent of its owned data centers were powered by renewable energy, a 14 percent increase from 37 percent in 2019, making it the best performing digital technology company in terms of sustainability.
  • In 2020, Chindata Group reduced 368,886 tons of carbon dioxide emission, an equivalent of planting about 200,000 trees every day.
  • Chindata Group is China’s first data center company to disclose its power usage exceeding 1 billion kWh in 2020 and energy savings reaching 391,640,000 kWh.

Chindata Group published its inaugural ESG Report in 2019, after setting a long-standing goal of achieving 100 percent renewable energy for its hyperscale data center clusters.

About Chindata Group

Chindata Group is a leading carrier-neutral hyperscale data center solution provider in Asia-Pacific emerging markets and a first mover in building next-generation hyperscale data centers in China, India and Southeast Asia markets, focusing on the whole life cycle of facility planning, investment, design, construction and operation of ecosystem infrastructure in the IT industry. Chindata Group provides its clients with business solutions in major countries and regions in Asia-Pacific emerging markets, including asset-heavy ecosystem chain services such as industrial bases, data centers, network and IT value-added services.

Chindata Group operates two sub-brands: "Chindata" and "Bridge Data Centres". Chindata operates hyper-density IT cluster infrastructure in the Greater Beijing Area, the Yangtze River Delta Area and the Greater Bay Area, the three key economic areas in China, and has become the engine of the regional digital economies. Bridge Data Centres, with its top international development and operation talents in the industry, owns fast deployable data center clusters in Malaysia and India, and seeks business opportunities in other Asia-Pacific emerging markets.

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Modern-day ‘Mogao Grottoes’ hidden in Beijing airport

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BEIJING, April 1, 2021 — A feature story by China.org.cn on scholars and experts’ work to save documents, images and memories related to groundbreaking murals painted at Beijing Capital International Airport:

Scholars and experts are working hard to save documents, images and memories related to groundbreaking murals painted in 1979 at Beijing Capital International Airport, in order to create an informative book and preserve their legacy, as well as celebrate Tsinghua University’s 110th anniversary.

A detail from the mural "Nezha Stirs Up the Sea" by Zhang Ding.
A detail from the mural "Nezha Stirs Up the Sea" by Zhang Ding.

"The airport’s murals are like the 20th-century continuation of those at the ancient Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes in Gansu province, continuing the legacy of Chinese murals," said Zhou Aimin, associate professor at the Academy of Arts & Design at Tsinghua University (AADTHU).

Special history

Beijing Capital International Airport opened in 1958, and construction of its first international terminal building began in 1974. Four years later, the Ministry of Culture and the Civil Aviation Administration of China invited teachers and students from the Central Institute of Arts and Crafts (now the AADTHU) to create art deco murals for the new building.

Zhang Ding, then-president of the Central Institute of Arts and Crafts, headed the creative team behind what was the first large-scale national-level mural project since the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The faculty and students worked with 52 artists from 17 provinces and municipalities across China to create more than 50 artworks, including murals and oil paintings. Completed in 1979, these artworks were placed at various sites around the terminal, from waiting rooms to restaurants.

At the 4th Congress of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC) in 1979, fellow artists praised the airport murals for blazing a new path for the artform in China. "The creators emancipated their minds, bravely innovated, and integrated China’s traditional mural crafts and modern techniques," said Zhou Yang, then-president of CFLAC.

Tang Wei, now a professor of AADTHU, took part in the project as a college student in 1979. "At first I felt a little bit clueless, but when I started working, I was very excited and energized in that special atmosphere, inspired by such renowned artists and fellow participants, who were also excited to look at the blank concrete terminal walls with their own visions."

Tang was tasked with helping artist Yuan Yunfu finish the mural "Mountains and Rivers of Sichuan." When she looked back on the murals, she called them "creations with long artistic accumulation," while she described the artists as "constantly striving for perfection."

For example, Zhang Ding was both directing the team to create their works, while himself creating a mural titled "Nezha Stirs Up the Sea." Tang recalled: "He insisted on using traditional Chinese techniques to create the contemporary murals, repeatedly testing various paints and pigments to find the best solutions."

Cultural impact

A detail from the mural "Song of the Forest" by Zhu Danian.
A detail from the mural "Song of the Forest" by Zhu Danian.

Du Dakai, another prominent professor at AADTHU, also participated in the airport project, assisting artist Zhu Danian. "When the murals were all finished, I could feel the shockwaves," he said, noting that many people made the trip out to view the artworks, despite the airport’s remote location. A detail from the mural "Song of the Forest," created by Zhu, was later featured on the cover of an art textbook for China’s high school. 

Du remembered a visit to the airport by Kuwabara Sumio, a renowned Japanese art critic and scholar: "He said, ‘This is the spring of China; a new era has come.’"

The artworks at Beijing Capital International Airport have influenced generations of Chinese artists, as well as serving as an aesthetic education for domestic and foreign travelers, acting as symbols of Chinese culture, and representing China’s reform and opening-up.

Artist Yuan Yunsheng painted female nudes in a mural portraying the Dai ethnic minority’s Water-Sprinkling Festival — a remarkable feat at a time when Chinese society was relatively conservative.

Henry Fok Ying-tung, the late Hong Kong-based tycoon, once recalled: "At that time, when investing in the mainland, we always feared policy changes. Every time I went to Beijing, I had to see if the mural was still there. If it was, my heart would be more secure."

Preserving memories

As many of the artists and participants of the project have grown old or passed away, historians, scholars and experts were determined to ensure the artworks will live on forever.

Back in 2019, the AADTHU held an exhibition marking the project’s 40th anniversary. Nearly 30 former participants of the project were interviewed to record their memories, and documents, manuscripts and photos related to the project were also collected.

In addition, since April 2019, the AADTHU has been compiling a book on the Beijing airport murals based on two years of research. This year, the book will be published as part of celebrations to mark the 110th anniversary of Tsinghua University.

"An international airport is the gateway to a country. Machines or equipment may become obsolete over time, but the value of art will never go out of fashion. If an artwork was created based on ancient traditions but has new innovations, it is a valuable creation," said the late Ikuo Hirayama, one of the most celebrated contemporary Japanese artists, when commenting on Beijing’s airport murals.

Modern-day ‘Mogao Grottoes’ hidden in Beijing airport
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