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Huawei Releases IntelligentRAN Wireless Architecture

SHANGHAI, Feb. 25, 2022 — Huawei unveiled IntelligentRAN, its new wireless network architecture, at the Pre-MWC Briefing and Product and Solution Launch event. This architecture is designed to help carriers build autonomous networks using service operation intelligence, experience optimization, and simplified O&M.

Huawei’s Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Wireless Solutions Gan Bin spoke at the launch, explaining how key technologies were incorporated into the architecture to support ADN over wireless networks: "Intelligence improves wireless networks greatly by supporting correlative data analysis and prediction to make decisions more adaptive. This is where IntelligentRAN comes in. It will enable networks to realize zero service waiting, consistent experience, zero network faults, and optimal experience and energy efficiency. Using Mobile Intelligent Engine (MIE), it will better coordinate data, models, and decisions between base stations and networks, paving the way to wireless intelligence."

5G has caused a huge increase in the number of personal, industry, and home applications available in the wireless market. As these services increase, network performance requirements are similarly diversifying in terms of coverage, capacity, and latency. Interference between cells, a long-standing problem in mobile networks, is also hindering operators’ attempts to provide consistent experience. And of course, as traffic increases, so will energy consumption. To cope with these challenges, operators are increasingly relying on intelligent wireless networks to quickly roll out services while using the best frequency band combination to ensure optimal experiences. They now look to user-centric networks for resource configuration and simplified O&M to operate with optimal experience and energy efficiency.

Gan Bin unveils Huawei’s new IntelligentRAN wireless network architecture
Gan Bin unveils Huawei’s new IntelligentRAN wireless network architecture

Huawei’s new IntelligentRAN allows intelligent air interfaces to use key technologies such as smart grids, scheduling dictionaries, and channel graphs. With these tools, they can intelligently configure air interface resources and achieve optimal user experience and capacity. Service prediction with IntelligentRAN also guides non-real-time spectrum and channel selection on the network side and real-time symbol scheduling and transmit power configuration on the base station side. This significantly reduces energy consumption across the entire network.

In addition, IntelligentRAN enables intelligent SLA site planning, where parameters are dynamically configured and models can be adjusted flexibly in response to service changes.

Networks with IntelligentRAN also benefit from intelligent O&M. They can self-learn the features of faults to improve fault detection accurately and root cause analysis. This replaces passive responses with proactive maintenance, bringing us a step closer to zero-fault wireless networks. Intelligent minimum drive tests (MDTs) can also work with Massive MIMO to build an all-round high-precision map for network performance. This provides more accurate guidance for network planning, optimization, and VIP user assurance.

IntelligentRAN uses collaborative power control to considerably reduce electromagnetic radiation intensity while ensuring optimal multi-band performance. This feature will help meet the power restriction requirements now found in some countries.

Gan closed out his remarks by explaining how important Huawei believes this new architecture will be for sustainable development efforts: "IntelligentRAN enables autonomous networks. It will empower industries, accelerate industry transformation, and promote sustainable development of the mobile industry and a digital world. We hope to work with operators and industry partners to better fulfill this goal."

PaaSoo Technology Unveils New Logo to Mark European Growth


DUBLIN, Feb. 25, 2022 — PaaSoo Technology, known within cloud communications industry for allowing enterprises to optimize sending and receiving SMS via APIs, unveils new logo in the world’s biggest tech fair, Mobile World Congress (MWC) Barcelona.

Since 2016, the fast-growing tech company has gained a reputation for reliability, flexibility and security of its CPaaS solutions, among companies that use mobile phones to communicate with clients. Seeing massive demand in the European market, PaaSoo has decided to expand its services to Europe. To better serve its current and potential versatile clientele, the company is now registered with ARCEP, the French regulatory authority for electronic communications, and has opened the latest local office in France.

Further growing its market presence, PaaSoo is proud to take an active part in MWC Barcelona 2022 from 28th February to 3rd March, a highly anticipated 16th edition which marks the comeback of the entire mobile ecosystem. The team is excited to meet their customers and partners face-to-face after 2 years of pandemic restrictions.

Above all, PaaSoo invited Marion Decroocq, the Founder of Couleur Aube, to redesign its logo, illustrating the brand essence. The smooth round-curved wing, also subtly interpreting an infinity symbol, with the brand PaaSoo, is modernly presented in refreshing yet calming electric blue. Decroocq denotes, "I thought of Hermes, the messenger God who facilitated exchanges. I found it interesting to start working on the wings and on what they represent: lightness, speed, agility, and these match PaaSoo’s value." As the designer depicts, color choice always echoes a reflection. A fresh electric blue inspires confidence, responsibility, and harmony, that successfully associates PaaSoo’s stable service and its capability to communicate with the world.

About PaaSoo Technology

Founded in 2016, PaaSoo has offices in France, Ireland, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the Philippines. PaaSoo’s powerful, agile and cost-effective cloud communication solutions enable clients to connect with end-users across the globe. Companies such as Work Port, Wargaming, Perfect World, and others rely on PaaSoo for critical communications via text or voice messaging.

PaaSoo’s comprehensive selection of scalable, flexible and easy to use APIs and applications allows organizations of any size to use the power of cloud communications for growing their business and staying connected to customers, e.g., for one-time passwords, notifications, alerts, and promotional offers.

For more information: www.paasoo.com

eBaoTech Integrates its InsureMO® with Verisk’s ISO Electronic Rating Content™ for U.S., Boosting Insurers’ Efficiency and Speed to Market


JERSEY CITY, N.J., Feb. 24, 2022eBaoTech Corporation (eBaoTech), a global digital solution provider for the insurance industry, has enhanced its InsureMO® platform with the integration of the latest commercial lines rating information from Verisk. InsureMO® offers the next generation of Verisk’s ISO Electronic Rating ContentTM (ERCTM) to the U.S. market via API.

InsureMO® is eBaoTech’s platform-as-a-service (PaaS) for insurers, MGA’s, brokers, distribution channels, InsurTechs and startups to power and accelerate their innovation and connectivity to the insurance ecosystem. From nimble startups to $7 billion insurers and over 300 global implementations, InsureMO® is a proven digital insurance platform.

"We are excited about the alliance with Verisk. InsureMO® PaaS subscribers can leverage the advantages of a secure, cloud-based internet architecture for high scalability and availability, a rich set of microservices and open APIs, and configuration that supports the sales and service of products based on Verisk’s insurance policy programs," said Martin Crew, general manager, eBaoTech Americas. "I am confident that the alliance will certainly provide value to organizations that use Verisk’s rating information to develop products for the U.S. commercial market."

InsureMO® now offers on-demand capabilities from Verisk that include country and state layers plus ongoing ISO Circular updates. Verisk customers who subscribe to InsureMO® have the ability to access Verisk’s ISO Commercial Lines Program library supported by ERC today, as well as related transaction APIs, enabling them to:  

  • Create their own apps and workflow experiences
  • Embed Verisk product transaction APIs into any app, channel or distribution ecosystem
  • Use InsureMO® SaaS app offerings for a full Verisk policy management capability via out-of- the-box user experience

"This alliance with eBaoTech will help insurers boost efficiency and increase speed to market. By integrating the next generation of ERC – our innovative, cloud-based solution – insurers can benefit from automated updates to our commercial lines rating programs combined with a state-of-the-art rating and policy management solution," said Mark Sheehan, vice president and head of ratings solutions for Verisk.


 About eBaoTech

eBaoTech is a global leading technology provider for the global insurance industry. Our mission from starting in the year 2000 has been and remains to be "make insurance easy". Through hard work and full commitment to customer success, eBaoTech has built a strong client base in over 30 countries/markets, covering property and casualty, life, and health insurances. Furthermore, eBaoTech’s intense and persistent focus on addressing the fundamental pain-points of insurance technologies through deep-tech innovation has yielded significant differentiation in the global marketplace. For more information, please visit the company website at www.eBaoTech.com and the PaaS enablement site at www.InsureMO.com

About Verisk

Verisk (Nasdaq:VRSK) provides predictive analytics and decision support solutions to customers in the insurance, energy and specialized markets, and financial services industries. More than 70 percent of the FORTUNE 100 relies on the company’s advanced technologies to manage risks, make better decisions and improve operating efficiency. The company’s analytic solutions address insurance underwriting and claims, fraud, regulatory compliance, natural resources, catastrophes, economic forecasting, geopolitical risks, as well as environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters. Celebrating its 50th anniversary, the company continues to make the world better, safer and stronger, and fosters an inclusive and diverse culture where all team members feel they belong. With more than 100 offices in nearly 35 countries, Verisk consistently earns certification by Great Place to Work. For more: Verisk.com, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube

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Huawei to Highlight Green Power Target Network at MWC 2022

SHENZHEN, China, Feb. 23, 2022 — The ICT sector is not only the foundation of a digital world but a big energy consumer and carbon emitter. The adoption of green ICT technologies and practices plays an important role in the fight against climate change. At the upcoming MWC 2022, Huawei will showcase its innovative Green Power Target Network, which helps carriers deploy 5G without additional site energy OPEX, minimize CAPEX and achieve green low-carbon networks.

Behind the Lifecycle Green and Low-Carbon Network

Huawei Green Power Target Network features low carbon emissions throughout the lifecycle, from construction, operation, to O&M.

1. Low-Carbon Network Construction

A site in Beijing: from room to pole
A site in Beijing: from room to pole

Huawei proposes to simplify site construction, replace equipment rooms with cabinets and cabinets with poles. This solution reduces the civil engineering cost, carbon emission during construction and reconstruction, as well as the power consumption of air conditioners for heat dissipation.

2. Low-Carbon Operation

Huawei Green Power Target Network can reshape the power from generation, conversion, storage, to consumption, bringing low-carbon networks.

Huawei uses green and renewable energies such as solar and wind for sites and equipment rooms, reducing carbon emissions from the power source. The solution jointly developed by Huawei, China Mobile, Hangzhou, and China Mobile Group Design Institute is a textbook case. The power supply, devices, and batteries originally distributed in six cabinets are integrated into one, saving 80% of the floor area for Huawei’s Smart PV system. It is estimated that the electricity cost will be reduced by about 58% and the carbon emissions will be slashed by 8 tons after site reconstruction.

A site in Hangzhou: six cabinets replaced by one cabinet + PV deployment
A site in Hangzhou: six cabinets replaced by one cabinet + PV deployment

To tackle the low energy consumption efficiency of sites during power conversion, Huawei uses efficient modules and a single system to replace traditional inefficient modules and multiple power systems, boosts the voltage for power supply to reduce transmission loss, and reduces carbon emissions during power conversion.

While the industry is transforming from lead-acid batteries to lithium batteries, Huawei has evolved to a new era of the cloud-based, intelligent lithium battery. This kind of battery can provide backup power and allocate the backup power precisely through collaboration with power sources and loads, upgrading the traditional backup power unit to an intelligent energy storage system (ESS). 

Energy consumption management has troubled the industry constantly. Huawei’s innovative intelligent power consumption management improves management efficiency through precise metering, energy slicing, software definition, and power consumption audit. The power consumption of each load at a site can be calculated separately, the power consumption of each route can be accurately measured by tenant, frequency band, and sector, improving energy efficiency precisely.

3. Low-Carbon O&M

Traditional site O&M is inefficient and requires labor input for preventive maintenance inspection, fault locating, spare part replacement, emergency power generation, cooling adjustment, and electricity fee checking. Based on site digitalization, and AI and IoT technologies, Huawei implements intelligent power and O&M of all links remotely. In addition, portable lithium batteries can replace gensets for emergency backup, achieving a low carbon footprint.

The Unique Huawei Green Power Target Network

As the name suggests, Huawei Green Power Target Network is to "begin working with the goals in mind", always thinking about the big picture. On the one hand, the Target Network adopts top-level design from sites to equipment rooms, and from deployment to operation to O&M, in a unified and systematic manner. On the other hand, the Target Network connects all scenarios over the entire lifecycle, achieving efficient collaboration and laying a foundation for full-link intelligence. 

Intelligence is another feature of Huawei Green Power Target Network.

Huawei iCooling@AI solution illustrates the energy efficiency optimization in data centers. One-third of the power consumed by a data center is used for non-IT facilities such as air conditioners, which devour the most power. Huawei iCooling solution efficiently and accurately collects data related to data center energy efficiency and uses the deep neural network for modeling, precisely fitting the running status of the data center to optimize the efficiency by the hour.

Climate change caused by carbon emissions is a tough challenge for the sustainable development of all mankind, and this also puts the ICT industry under pressure. However, Huawei Green Power Target Network brings us hope. Innovative technologies are the key to the "Sword of Damocles" hanging over the ICT industry. New infrastructure construction such as 5G and big data, and green and low carbon are not mutually exclusive, but are coexisting concepts.

Hitachi Solutions Wins Microsoft Malaysia Business Applications Partner of the Year 2021 Award

– Hitachi Solutions further cements its position as a leader in accelerating digital transformation across industry verticals in the ASEAN region.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Feb. 22, 2022 — Hitachi Solutions, a leading provider of global industry solutions running on Microsoft Azure, is excited to announce its recognition as the 2021 Microsoft Business Applications Partner of the Year by Microsoft Malaysia.

The Microsoft Malaysia Partner Awards 2021 acknowledges outstanding success and implementations by partners in a variety of categories, recognizing partners that have brought innovative solutions to the forefront in order to solve complex business pains and challenges for customers from cloud to edge.

In the Business Applications category, Hitachi Solutions showcased exceptional work and dedication demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions grounded on Microsoft technology.

"We are honored that Microsoft Malaysia recognizes our deep commitment as one of its partners in the highly competitive Business Applications landscape," said Kazunori Miyabayashi, President of Hitachi Solutions Asia Pacific. "Through our strong capabilities and immense experience in transforming new and existing on-premises customers into the cloud, we continuously aim to encourage our customers to adopt the latest Microsoft applications to meet their emerging needs and make wiser business decisions."

Commenting on the win, K Raman, Managing Director of Microsoft Malaysia, said, "As technological solutions become more advanced and increasingly complexed, having the right partner to drive digital transformation for our customers is crucial. Over the past year, Hitachi Solutions has demonstrated excellence not only by staying innovative, but also using their technical knowledge of Microsoft’s Dynamics 365 solutions to address the needs of each customer, and we are pleased to name them Microsoft Malaysia’s Business Applications Partner of the Year for 2021."

About Hitachi Solutions Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.

Hitachi Solutions Asia Pacific helps its customers successfully compete with the largest global enterprises using powerful, easy-to-use, and affordable industry solutions built on the Microsoft Cloud. Hitachi Solutions provides global capabilities with regional offices in the United States, Canada, Europe, India/Middle East, Japan, and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit: https://global.hitachi-solutions.com/.

About Hitachi Solutions, Ltd.

Hitachi Solutions, Ltd., headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a core member of the Information & Telecommunication Systems business of Hitachi Group and a recognized leader in delivering proven business and IT strategies and solutions to companies across many industries. The company provides value-driven services throughout the IT life cycle from systems planning to systems integration, operation, and maintenance. Hitachi Solutions delivers products and services of superior value to customers worldwide through key subsidiaries in North America, Europe, India/Middle East, and Asia Pacific. For more information on Hitachi Solutions, please visit:  https://www.hitachi-solutions.com/.

 

Media contacts:

Nina Gonzales

Associate Director – Marketing & Sales Ops

Hitachi Solutions Asia Pacific

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Jamie Turalba

Sr. Marketing Specialist

Hitachi Solutions Asia Pacific

info@hitachisolutions.com

Fiducia’s Inaugural Fund Launched With Initial Size of 3.3 Billion Yen; Fundraising to Continue

TOKYO, Feb. 21, 2022 — Fiducia Inc. announced that it has executed the first closing of its inaugural fund (Fiducia Growth Tech Limited Liability Investment Limited Partnership), with an initial size of 3.26 billion yen. The fund, which has started investments, will continue its fund-raising activity to grow in scale over the period of about one year.

The participating institutional investors of the fund include AI Capital Co., Ltd., Tokyo University of Science Investment Management Co., Ltd., Nanto Bank Co., Ltd., and Pavilion Capital. The investors range from a renowned gatekeeper and a venture capitalist to a large regional bank and a reputable Singapore-based private equity fund.

The Latin word "Fiducia" was chosen as the corporate name with the intent of executing fiduciary duties and social responsibilities. Fiducia intends to cultivate and invest in innovative companies in real technology (Real/Deep Tech) and health care innovations. Fiducia will invest in these companies and help them with expertise in finance and investments. Fiducia will help them build better business networks and, most importantly, help them to grow. 

The management and employees of Fiducia will aspire to contribute to the globalization of the companies in its investment portfolio.

The integration of the virtual and the real worlds is rapidly progressing, which presents great business opportunities for Real/Deep Tech companies, including ones from Japan. Healthcare innovation from Japan’s academia is advancing, but it is yet to be discovered by international investors. Fiducia focuses on investments in these two promising areas, and helps them grow to maximize investor returns.

The growth capital business bridging the gap between startups and public equity markets is now an important arena for private investments worldwide. However, this segment is underdeveloped in Japan. Fiducia aspires to help develop growth capital investments on Japanese soil to invest in and to help develop Real/Deep Tech and Health care Innovation companies.

Many large companies in Japan are rebalancing their business portfolios by spinning off non-core technologies. While some of these technologies will become more attractive if they were managed independently, they still struggle to attract financing from local venture capitalists because these companies are busy focusing on developing local IT platforms and subscription businesses. This is a perfect opportunity for Fiducia. The asset management company intends to act proactively and also work together with other counterparties to fulfill its goals.

Fiducia aims to build a balanced portfolio – not with a scattered shotgun approach but with an intentional bias toward concentration, allowing us to focus on growth investments in the Real/Deep Tech and Healthcare Innovations. This approach allows Fiducia to spend more time with the companies in which it invests, to give their management business and financial advice and to help them build business networks locally and globally. 

Domestic Real/Deep Tech companies and Healthcare innovators are not limited to the Tokyo metropolitan region; they also exist in the rural regions. Fiducia hopes that its investment activities could contribute to the transformation of the industrial structure and the revitalization of rural areas.

Comments from Founders:

Takumi Shibata, Fiducia’s Co-Founder, said: "Re-energizing Japanese businesses and revitalizing regional communities will call for urgent solutions. Our focused investments in Real/Deep Tech area and in Healthcare innovations will help to solve these issues, with attractive returns to investors.  Fiducia will be excited if its focused profit-seeking investment approach and returns can contribute to solving these national challenges on any scale possible."

Tokihiko Shimizu, Fiducia’s Co-Founder, said: "Fiducia is convinced that focused investments in Real/Deep Tech and in Healthcare Innovations offer promising investment opportunities that deliver attractive returns.  Growth stage investors like us are operating in a less crowded space in Japan and enjoy blue ocean-type access to investment opportunities.  This is one more reason why Japan needs this growth-stage investment segment to grow. I will endeavor to contribute to building a strong, disciplined and focused investment business in order to cater to our investors’ need for returns, based on my past business experience in national pension management, private equity and venture capital investments."

 

New Kinpo Group’s 5G NR Sub-6 GHz RU validated in O-RAN Global PlugFest 2021

TAIPEI, Feb. 19, 2022 — New Kinpo Group has successfully completed thorough testing of its 5G NR Radio Unit (RU) product in the O-RAN Global PlugFest 2021, taking an essential step to enter the global 5G NR market. The leading wireless communication technology company has committed to developing 5G NR base stations in recent years. Its newly launched 5G NR Sub-6 GHz indoor RU product is not only compliant with 3GPP R15 and Option 7.2 specifications, but supports n78 band.

(Left to Right) Jerry Li, broadband product line manager, Jesica Pan, chief marketing officer and Alex Lei, senior CA R&D director of New Kinpo Group introduce the company’s latest 5G NR Sub-6 GHz indoor RU product.
(Left to Right) Jerry Li, broadband product line manager, Jesica Pan, chief marketing officer and Alex Lei, senior CA R&D director of New Kinpo Group introduce the company’s latest 5G NR Sub-6 GHz indoor RU product.

O-RAN Global PlugFest, organized by the O-RAN ALLIANCE, is a testing and integration event with the aim to verify the conformance, end-to-end performance, infrastructure security, as well as multi-vendor interoperability of O-RAN-based network equipment, which gives operators more flexibility in 5G network deployment and opens up business opportunities for white-box O-RAN solutions.

"Our successful demonstration in the O-RAN PlugFest event is a great affirmation and encouragement to our technical team. We’re able to pass all tests with the team’s rich experiences and design expertise in RAN and wireless networking products accumulated in the past," commented Jesica Pan, Chief Marketing Officer of New Kinpo Group. In addition to the first Sub-6 GHz indoor RU, New Kinpo Group also plans to roll out mmWave and outdoor type RU in the future, addressing the needs of both private and public networks, as well as various kinds of 5G NR use cases.

According to Jerry Li, Broadband Product Line Manager of New Kinpo Group, the O-RAN architecture provides more product options to the market, and reduces equipment procurement and operating expenses. New Kinpo Group has selected the SoC and digital front-end (DFE) processors developed by NXP Semiconductors and Metanoia Communications, and successfully developed an optimized O-RAN compliant RU product by tapping into the advantages of ASIC-based solutions. Such product can significantly reduce system power consumption while performing 5G NR high efficacy, and provide power- and waste heat-saving benefits which can in turn help operators or system integrators decrease installation and operating expenses.

As Pan further concluded, New Kinpo Group will continue to participate in the O-RAN PlugFest events in the future as it helps promote 5G NR RU products to the global market. 

China.org.cn on Beijing 2022: Where passion and warmth sparkle

BEIJING, Feb. 18, 2022 — A report from China.org.cn on Beijing 2022:

Here are some touching and positive stories on Beijing 2022.

American athlete Tessa Maud shared on her social platform a heartfelt moment at the opening ceremony when a volunteer greeted her with a loud "welcome to China", a gesture that literally moved her to tears.

The Canadian delegation’s operations staff wrote a letter to the Chinese staff working in their building, thanking them for their efficiency and warmth.

A Chinese netizen sent American-Samoan athlete Nathan Crumpton a cartoon image of him showing up shirtless at the opening ceremony. Later people found out that he had stuck the cartoon image to his skeleton.

Sportsmanship has been well displayed in these games. China’s curling team lost a match to the U.S., but Chinese players presented Bing Dwen Dwen badges to their American counterparts. Later, the American pair also sent gifts in return.

When Gu Ailing won gold at the Big Air event, she hugged the other two medalists and comforted French athlete Tess Ledeux as she wept. Then at the press conference, Gu Ailing said it was Tess who inspired her to go all-in on her last jump.

At this Olympics, many athletes were pushing their limits and competing against themselves, which won admiration and respect from audiences. Japanese skater Yuzuru Hanyu challenged himself to finish a quadruple Axel; Canadian snowboard athlete Max Parrot returned after recovering from cancer and chemo and managed to clinch a gold medal. German speed skater Claudia Pechstein is still on the ice rink at the ripe age of 49 despite her stellar Olympic CV. For them, the Olympics is about striving for their passion and sparing no efforts to continue their dreams. Just like what Mr. Coubertin said, "the most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part."

Sports are not about politics but all about challenging human limits, and inspiring and including more people in these events. Let sports be just sports, and celebrate faster, higher, stronger, together at these Games. Enjoy!

The Hairy Monkey: Hairy monkeys to celebrate the Spring Festival and to greet Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics

BEIJING, Feb. 18, 2022 — A news report by China.org.cn on China’s intangible cultural heritage:

"Half an inch tall, these monkeys bring folk customs of the capital city alive." This poem describes the hairy monkey, a traditional handicraft in old Beijing. The hairy monkey simulates human movements and life scenes, reflecting the life of the city, and has derived a variety of widely loved art works.

 

Before the eve of the 2022 Spring Festivalr, in order to have a closer understanding of intangible cultural heritage and feel the charm of traditional Chinese culture, Mengli and Ma Zhuoran who are international students from Russia visited the Studio of Zhang Fengxia, the fourth generation inheritor of Beijing style hairy monkey. They learned how to make a hairy monkey from Zhang Fengxia and gained a better knowledge of the hairy monkey culture.

The hairy monkey originated in the Qing Dynasty, which is more than 100 years ago. According to legend, there was a traditional Chinese herbal medicine shop called "South Qing Ren Tang" located at Luomashi Avenue on the outside of Xuanwumen in Beijing. One day, the clerk of the medicine shop was told off by the shop owner for no reason at all and felt very depressed. At night, when he was studying the herbs, he found by chance that the shape of Flos Magnoliae resembles the shop owner’s big belly. He then found a cicada slough and used its nose as the head, its front legs as the lower limbs, and its back legs as the upper limbs, which formed a monkeyish figurine. And that marked the birth of the first hairy monkey. Soon, the handicraft spread in Beijing and became a favorite toy for children.

It seems to be simple to make a hairy monkey, but actually it takes a lot of time and effort. To create in a small scale is a great test for the energy and endurance of the craftsman. "I thought the art was very simple, but I had a lot of difficulties in doing it," Mr. Ma said. Under the patient guidance of Zhang Fengxia, the international students completed their own hairy monkeys step by step, from the selection of materials to the arrangement of scenery. "I think it’s a beautiful art that conveys a lot of emotions. I wish more people knew about this art." After the experience, Mengli expressed his love and admiration for the monkey making.

Today’s hairy monkey creation are no longer confined to the old Beijing market culture, it continues to innovate with the development of the times. In the showcase of Zhang fengxia’s works, you can see a hairy monkey artwork themed by the canal in her hometown, Tongzhou which is also a new work created for the Winter Olympics in Beijing. Behind these exquisite works is Zhang Fengxia’s original aspiration and adherence to this skill.

The experience of making the hairy monkey not only makes international students feel the unique charm of China’s intangible culture heritage, but also makes the hairy monkey culture known and loved by more people.

Global Internet Pioneer Outlines Vision for Asia Pacific Internet Governance


Hong Kong-based Lu Heng champions "one world, one internet"

HONG KONG, Feb. 17, 2022 — Lu Heng, the CEO and founder of LARUS Limited, the global market leader in IP solutions, has unveiled his vision for the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) Executive Council (EC) elections.

APNIC, one of the world’s five Regional Internet Registries (RIRs), is responsible for allocating and managing IP addresses and providing related services throughout the Asia-Pacific region. As a staunch supporter of digital globalization and of the maxim "One World, One Internet", Lu Heng argues for a fair internet experience, healthy competition and resolving pricing issues in the current IPv4 market, as well as accelerating the adoption of IPv6 being central to APNIC’s governance.

Commenting on his one world, one internet vision Lu Heng said, "The governance and pricing challenges facing ISP companies in Australia and New Zealand are the same as those in all APNIC member states including the Philippines, China, Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. My two-year plan as an APNIC board member is to put the voice of all members, in all countries who are striving to build a fair and equal internet for the world at the very heart of APNIC’s decision making."

Lu Heng draws on his more than ten years of experience in Internet governance within the RIR system. LARUS Limited, which Lu Heng founded in 2016, is the only IP service provider in Hong Kong and a leading IP solution provider worldwide, having leased more than 10 million IP addresses to date to customers in over 60 countries.

APNIC is governed by the eight-member EC, which is composed of seven members elected for two-year terms, as well as the Director General of APNIC.  Lu Heng is running for a seat on the APNIC EC, with voting scheduled to begin February 17 and end on March 3 at the conclusion of the 2022 edition of the Asia Pacific Network Technology Summit (APRICOT). Lu Heng, who was nominated for APNIC’s EC by Huawei Singapore as well as two of the largest Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in Pakistan, is keenly committed to APNIC’s core vision of "a global, open, stable and secure Internet".

Voting for the Executive Council is open to all APNIC members and will take place online through the MyApnic portal.

For further information, please contact:

Melvin Cheng, Director at LARUS LIMITED

Info@larus.net 

www.larus.net

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