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On December 8th and 9th , the Canton Tower Science and Technology Conference, on the theme “ST Interconnection Life Wonderful,” was held at the Four Seasons Hotel, Guangzhou. It was organized by International Data Group (IDG) and the Guangzhou Science Technology and Innovation Committee.
The sponsors and partners present at this conference included Guangzhou Deputy Mayor (Wang Dong), principal municipal leaders, Global Executive Vice President and IDG Capital Co-Founder (Xiong Xiaoge) and IDG Asia Regional Vice President (Xu Zhou). At the conference there were also many important figures in the sector of investment and technology such as the Chairman of the Foxconn Board (Guo Taiming), the Managing Partner of Saif Investment Funds (Andrew Yan) and the Qualcomm Global Vice President.
The Canton Tower Science and Technology Conference had its origins in Android World and its theme for this year was “ST Interconnection Life Wonderful.” The conference consisted of one main summit, 12 parallel forums, exhibitions, an awards event and activities.
Yutang Sports organized the Internet & Sports Forum which invited companies such as Hisense, PPTV, La Liga and Soda Soccer. Its aim was to discuss how to develop sports marketing/sponsorship and sports rights holders in this era of new media and new technology.
IDG arranged an award ceremony during the dinner party to honour enterprises that had made outstanding achievements in sectors such as technology, intelligence and Internet. Yutang Sports was awarded the 2016 Best Internet Sports Marketing Platform for its excellent performance in sports sponsorship and sports marketing.
After many years of efforts and exploration, Yutang Sports has become the largest platform of sports sponsorship and marketing in China, capable of operating over 360 sports sponsorship projects in 15 sports from more than 30 countries.
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