On December 15, the "2019 China Brand Power Ceremony" event hosted by the Central Radio and Television Station was held in Beijing. More than 100 famous brand enterprises gathered on the scene to participate in the grand event. In order to thoroughly implement the spirit of the important instructions of the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader on promoting the transformation of Chinese manufacturing to China creation, the transformation of Chinese speed to Chinese quality, and the transformation of Chinese products to Chinese brands, and to implement the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference, the Central Radio and Television Station held this Brand Power Ceremony.
2019 China Brand Power Ceremony
The event site released the 2019 China Brand Power Ceremony Model 100 Brands, Top Ten Annual Model Brands, Top Ten Annual Emerging Brands and Annual Glory Brands, showcasing the height, thickness and breadth of Chinese brands and reflecting the current situation and trends of China’s economy and Chinese brands.
2019 China Brand Power Ceremony
On the same day, Tencent won the Top Ten Annual Model Brands Award of the 2019 China Brand Power Ceremony. Yao Xing, Vice President of Tencent, accepted the award on behalf of Tencent and delivered a speech: "Thank you for the Brand Power Ceremony for awarding such a weighty trophy to Tencent. Over the past 21 years, Tencent has had a lot of landmark numbers. If I could only say one number today, I would say that the number of Tencent’s global patent applications has exceeded 34,000, ranking second among global Internet companies. In terms of artificial intelligence, the number of Tencent patent applications exceeded 3,000. We published 430 papers at top international AI academic conferences, such as ICML, CVPR, NeuIPS and ACL, ranking among the top domestic enterprises."
Yao Xing, Vice President of Tencent
Yao Xing also said: "Through these figures, it can show that Tencent’s continuous exploration and innovation in technology. At present, Tencent has established two major laboratory matrices: one is the artificial intelligence laboratory matrix, including Tencent AI Labs – Shenzhen and Seattle, vision-based Tencent Youtu, voice and natural language understanding WeChat AI, which are dedicated to comprehensive basic research and application; the other is the laboratory matrix based on cutting-edge technology, covering robotics, quantum computing, 5G, edge computing, Internet of Things and audio and video technology. We pay attention to and promote the development of science and technology, but what we should think about is how to make good use of science and technology while maintaining basic technology and cutting-edge technology research, improving the quality of life for users, improving production efficiency, and making everyone’s life more convenient and safer. Tencent’s latest vision and mission is’user-oriented, science and technology for good ‘. We choose science and technology for good, which means not only to unswervingly improve our scientific and technological capabilities, but also to do something and do something, promote scientific and technological innovation and cultural inheritance, help all walks of life upgrade, and promote the sustainable development of society. "
At the 2019 China Brand Power Ceremony, many executives of well-known companies expressed their views on how to create a brand and build a century-old store. Yang Guoan, a senior management consultant of Tencent and the provost of Qingteng University, said in an interview with CCTV reporters: "A brand is an important intangible asset of a company. It is accumulated in all aspects, including products, services, and all aspects. It is an image of consumers, but after accumulation, it also becomes a very important competitiveness, a place where the brand is priced at a premium."
As an Internet-based technology and culture company, in recent years, Tencent has actively played the role of "digital assistant" to promote digital upgrading in various fields. Not long ago, Tencent officially announced a new mission vision as "user-oriented, technology for good", continue to be based on user value, and integrate social responsibility into products, technologies and services.
For example, in the field of public welfare, Tencent initiated and launched the Tencent Charity Charity Foundation in 2007. As the first national non-public fundraising foundation registered by an Internet company with the Ministry of Civil Affairs in China, it is committed to using technology to connect trust and make every small good deed more powerful. China’s first Internet Public Welfare Day in 2015, 99 Public Welfare Day, has become a phenomenon-level national public welfare action day with the largest number of participants, the widest influence and the most diverse scenarios. So far, more than 300 million people on the Tencent Charity platform have donated 7.70 billion yuan to charity, and more than 74,000 projects have been helped.
On the 20th anniversary of Tencent’s founding last year, the Tencent Foundation invested 1 billion yuan in start-up funds to establish the "Science Exploration Award", which is aimed at basic science and cutting-edge technology fields, and supports young science and technology workers aged 45 and under who work full-time in the Chinese mainland every year. Each winner will receive a total of 3 million yuan for five consecutive years.
Thanks to its outstanding performance in corporate social responsibility, Tencent has won the titles of "Outstanding Responsible Enterprise of the Year", "Pioneer of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Construction", and "Excellent Corporate Citizen of 2019" by well-known media such as Southern Weekend and New Weekly this year.