China Science and technology circles “2015 keywords”
On January 4, according to the Wall Street Journal reported, in 2014, the China Science and technology is a very important year for the company. Many Chinese technology company is major media headlines. Acquisitions, valuations soared challenge foreign giants become the key words which are in 2014.
In 2014, Alibaba’s success in the United States market, to raise 25 billion dollars. Lenovo for $ 2.3 billion acquisition of IBM server business, then to $ 2.91 billion from Google buy Motorola mobility. Millet in valuations of $ 45 billion to become the world’s most expensive technology startups. In 2015, we should consider the following aspects to focus on the areas of science and technology of China:
1) technology giant merger madness results
In the past year, the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, social media and gaming companies Tencent, Baidu launched a frenzy of acquisitions for the search service, by means of acquisitions and alliances, in various fields, seeking to work with rivals ‘ PK. invested in the areas of television and film and television production, video calls, online maps, and so on. Tencent’s investment includes: a stake in China’s second-largest e-commerce company Jingdong Mall, Korea mobile gaming company, real estate service providers, as well as music and movie companies to sign exclusive content deals. Baidu investment taxi Uber, Israel video startups and a Finland indoor maps navigation platform. In this crazy investment in this type of technology company at the same time, their investments actually help our portfolio companies valuations rise, reached its highest point in the past year. Problem is that rising valuation will make the company unattractive (due to rising prices, and investors)? Whether these investment firms can also concentrate in the company operating it?
2) smartphone manufacturers in China could dominate the world?
Smartphone maker millet at present, China is the world’s most overvalued tech start-ups, investors want the company through Internet sales in China the successful models of mobile phones can be copied to other devices and in overseas markets. However, millet wanted for global expansion will be faced with several obstacles, one patent is a big part of “Tiger”. in China, the fact that such companies are also facing an increasingly cut-throat competition and the Chinese smartphone market growth is also expected to slow. Other companies have started to use online and social media channels to sell equipment. Chinese Government antitrust investigations of Qualcomm may hurt and millet, but will help Huawei and ZTE.
3) information technology national go far?
In 2014, the Government released a new signal that will focus on network security, creating a kind of Internet security environment. And because of this, iPhone and Windows 8 was banned because of security issues into government procurement list. Compared to foreign companies, the Chinese Government encourages Chinese technology provider, but now the Government is making efforts to gradually accept foreign technology companies. In November last year, China reached an agreement to reduce tariffs among the technology product, which helps technology companies such as Microsoft and Apple’s development in China.
4) where innovation lead?
Observers say that China is experiencing a new wave of innovation. Chinese technology companies have begun to challenge the market leader, and in the field of telecommunications, mobile devices and online services lead the trend. They have learned how to change the existing technologies and business models that dominate their respective markets. Such as mobile communications using Tencent and Alibaba to create secure payment systems and return policy. However, these cases are confined to the domestic market. Last year, we saw the rise of a drone maker, and achieved success in overseas markets. This year, China will enter a new development stage.