how popular is the "new overseas expansion" of enterprises? byd holds more than 10,000 cross-border meetings every month
2024-09-05
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at present, chinese enterprises are setting off a new round of "going global" and seeking breakthroughs and second growth curves overseas. how to go global? how to develop business globally?
"many technological investments need to be ahead of the curve so that they can be solved when real problems arise." on the morning of september 5, the 2024 tencent global digital ecosystem conference opened in shenzhen. qiu yuepeng, coo of tencent cloud and smart industries group and president of tencent cloud, revealed in his speech that as companies go overseas, the demand for cross-border collaboration has increased. at present, the number of tencent conference overseas meetings has increased by nearly 50% compared to the beginning of the year.
new energy vehicles go overseasbyd holds more than 10,000 cross-border meetings every month
qiu yuepeng introduced that, taking byd as an example, tencent meeting has helped byd connect six continents and more than 30 industrial zones around the world. byd employees hold more than 10,000 cross-border meetings on tencent meeting every month. vehicle project team meetings, upstream and downstream supply chain communications, channel dealer training, executive reports and other meetings are all held on tencent meeting.
qiu yuepeng said that enterprises going overseas is not only about business going overseas, but also about organization going overseas. it also involves security compliance and high-quality services. he hopes to share tencent cloud's experience in going overseas, and also hopes that enterprises around the world can enjoy the same high-quality services as they do locally.
at the conference, tencent cloud also announced the interim results of its international business. so far, tencent cloud has more than 10,000 overseas customers, and its international business has maintained double-digit growth for three consecutive years. in terms of overseas localization, tencent cloud's revenue in the asia-pacific region has increased by more than 50% year-on-year, and its revenue in the middle east has increased by as much as 85% year-on-year.
currently, tencent cloud continues to help more than 40 fortune 500 overseas companies such as astrazeneca and walmart china to develop localized businesses in china. in terms of helping companies to go global, tencent cloud's pan-internet industry overseas growth rate has exceeded 70%, and is accelerating its expansion into multiple industries such as smart manufacturing and new energy.
“supply chain going abroad”helping midea's 190,000 employees around the world to collaborate
another company that has also made digital moves overseas is guangdong company midea.
as a leader in the domestic home appliance industry, midea has approximately 200 subsidiaries and 190,000 employees worldwide, including 30,000 overseas employees. in the past two years, midea's overseas market revenue has accounted for more than 40% of the company's annual total revenue.
in order to expand into a wider global market, midea began to build a super smart factory in brazil this year to produce smart refrigerators, washing machines and other products. the new factory covers an area of more than 70,000 square meters.
li qiang, vice president of tencent group and president of government business, said at the conference that midea's brazilian super smart factory has built local digital infrastructure with the help of tencent cloud cdc local professional cluster, and deployed local computing power in the form of hardware and software integration to meet the supervision and compliance requirements of local data. in the early stage, a minimum of eight servers can be deployed and put online, helping midea to build services quickly and at low cost. at the same time, cdc realizes the unified management of resources by accessing nearby public cloud regions, with a connection delay of less than 1 millisecond, realizing flexible and elastic scheduling of resources.
in addition, tencent meeting supports the global collaboration of midea's 190,000 employees and more than 200 subsidiaries. through a conference number, it connects midea employees around the world, closely connects businesses in various regions, and collaborates efficiently. not long ago, tencent meeting also upgraded its translation capabilities into 17 languages.
li qiang believes that entering the international market, participating in global market competition, and finding growth through going overseas are already the general consensus of current enterprises. today, chinese enterprises' going overseas has changed from the original "product going overseas" to the "platform going overseas" and "supply chain going overseas" models that integrate production and services. especially in recent years, chinese enterprises have accumulated rich experience in intelligent manufacturing, industrial chain, lean management, etc. how to quickly transfer and replicate these advantages to overseas markets has become the primary concern of many enterprises going overseas.
text and photos by reporter wang danyang
