12 Advertorial Friday, October 20, 2017 DAILY province opens itself up to a rich world of opportunities

Cornucopia of companies have made their way Visitors experience virtual reality technologies at the 2017 Big Data Industry Expo. YANG JUN / CHINA DAILY there via its expos

By YUAN SHENGGAO Formerly remote area Through a rich and diverse variety of expos, the south- gears up to drive into western province of Guizhou has attracted a cornucopia of companies and talented profes- an exciting new future sionals from home and abroad seeking out fresh business opportunities. One of them is Andrea Cavat- Over the years, I’ve always I learnt more from interviews toni, president of the Verona pictured Guizhou province as with local entrepreneurs. Stone Industry Association of a less developed and remote It was hard not to be Italy. area in Southwest China, impressed by Truck Alliance, “I was surprised by the num- where tourism should be the an Uber-type service for ber of suppliers and buyers supporting industry. trucks based in . when I participated in the third But when I fi rst set foot in A $156 million capital injec- Guizhou International Stone its capital Guiyang, during the tion in May, following $115 Expo,” said Cavattoni, who is 2017 China International Big million of funding in Decem- also an Italian stone product Data Expo this May, I found ber last year, crowned the supplier. out that the startup as a unicorn. These He exhibited his marble Yuan development are new, private companies products at the expo, held in Shenggao of a new big worth at least $1 billion. in Guizhou province Reporter’s data indus- With the latest $56 mil- on Aug 26. Logo try in recent lion injection in August this He said he could not imag- The China International Big Data Industry Expo is one of the key events helping Guizhou to boost its high-tech industries. years has year, the company has raised ine that there were so many LI SENG / FOR CHINA DAILY brought about astonishing more than $327 million in opportunities before he went change in Guizhou. funding. to Anshun. There was a time the prov- Using big data technology, Cavattoni said Italy was rich ince was typically known for the Truck Alliance’s app helps in marble resources and is also its lush green mountains, match trucks nationwide with one of the most competitive spicy sour cuisine, and as the commodity owners in need of countries in producing stone home for ethnic minorities transport. products, accounting for half of and poverty as well. Luo Peng, president and co- the products on international But what I found were founder of Truck Alliance, said markets. extremely amazing high tech- that by using big data, it was “I was impressed by the Gui- nologies grown and made able to help drivers to directly zhou officials who gave me a locally — and that a slew of big fi nd commodities waiting to warm invitation when they data technologies have been be shipped. held a promotional event in widely applied, not only to the “With the support from the Italy, so I decided to take part e-commerce business, but also local governments, we are in the fair,” he added. to the booming e-governance able to focus on developing “My company will select one sector and civil services, bene- the market,” Luo said. of the local businesses as a part- fi ting both local residents and “Just as Alibaba off ers infra- ner,” he said. Guizhou International Alcoholic Beverage Expo is the only UFI- Business reps from home and abroad perform transactions via mobile governments. structure for e-commerce, “We will export raw materi- recognized event in Guizhou. YANG JUN / CHINA DAILY apps during the Guizhou International Expo. YANG JUN / CHINA DAILY During the big data expo, we’ll provide infrastructure als and advanced technology Alibaba Cloud, the cloud for the logistics industry. In to produce and sell products in computing arm of internet the future, truckers simply China, which we truly believe local economy, according to the Apple Inc agreed in July to ment, capital, technology and giant Alibaba Group Hold- need to drive, as we’ll take will boost our profi ts.” event’s organizers. invest $1 billion in building its information to Guizhou, in the ing, unveiled a new plan for a care of all other things for Statistics from the event’s Another heavyweight expo fi rst China data center in Gui- process creating economic ben- data center and a cloud plat- them,” he added. organizing committee show held by Guizhou is the China zhou, to meet local consumers’ efi ts and boosting local indus- form project in cooperation According to Luo, the Gui- that more than 1,500 compa- International Big Data Industry growing demand for better tries’ growth, according to local with the Guiyang public secu- zhou-based company had 4.5 nies have showcased their prod- I was impressed Expo, which was upgraded to cloud services. offi cials. rity bureau, to provide more million registered vehicles by ucts via the three stone expos a national-level expo this year. It will be operated by Gui- Last year, Guizhou hosted robust computing power and the end of April. It also boasts held to date, and agreements by the Guizhou It has attracted the partici- zhou-Cloud Big Data Industry 248 expos, 607 forums and smarter artifi cial intelligence 880,000 corporate members, for more 2,000 projects valued offi cials who pation of industrial leaders, Co Ltd, a company owned by conferences, which attracted algorithms. with business covering 90 at 100 billion yuan ($15 billion) including Microsoft, Qualcomm the Guizhou provincial govern- nearly 8 million visitors and Guiyang public security percent of the counties in were signed in total. gave me a warm and Tencent. Some of them ment. The company will be brought in economic benefi ts bureau promised that in China. The firm expects to According to an offi cial from have launched operations in the sole operating partner of worth 10 billion yuan, said Lu future — with the help of the cover over 95 percent of the Anshun, the stone expo has invitation when Guizhou, bringing in advanced Apple’s iCloud service in the Yongzheng, deputy governor of clouding computing platform counties by the end of this become a comprehensive plat- technologies and capital. Chinese mainland. Guizhou. — vehicles with fake licenses year. form to promote communica- they held a In January last year, the pro- Huawei, one of the world’s Zhang Hanlin, director of will be automatically identi- When I’d returned from tions within the stone industry, vincial government of Guizhou largest telecom equipment the Guizhou Bureau of Expo fi ed and pursued. the big data expo to Beijing, I and it has also become the big- promotional signed a cooperative agreement markers, began construction of Aff airs, said the provincial gov- “For us, big data has become heard more news on big data gest expo for stone products in with Qualcomm to establish a its data center project in Guian ernment will help to promote a powerful weapon against development in Guizhou. southwestern China. event in Italy, so joint venture — Huaxintong, in New Area in August, respond- the integration of expos and criminals,” said Yu Yang, dep- British newspaper The In addition, the China (Gui- I decided to take Guian New Area — focusing on ing to the company’s growing local industries. It will also cul- uty chief of the bureau. Guardian cited the prophetic zhou) International Alcoholic design, R&D and sales of server needs to build facilities that tivate leading expo brands and “With the use of big data words of Jack Ma, founder of Beverage Expo, is the only one part in the fair.” chips for the Chinese market. support its global services. make the events more profes- analysis, burglary and robbery Alibaba, in a report in July in China recognized by the During his fi rst visit to Gui- The first phase of the cen- sional and internationalized. crimes dropped 5.99 percent highlighting the rapid trans- Global Association of the Exhi- Andrea Cavattoni, Italian stone zhou in August, Steve Mol- ter will cover 400,000 square “We will try to bring in more in Guiyang last year, com- formation of the province. bition Industry, or UFI. product supplier lenkopf, CEO of Qualcomm, meters. It will operate about competitive events in the long pared with 2015.” “If you have missed the With the expo, Guizhou con- said he was excited about and 600,000 servers, storing Hua- run,” Zhang added. The achievement in e-gov- opportunity in Guangdong or tinues to promote its alcoholic confi dent in doing business in wei’s global management data. ernment is just part of the big Zhejiang 30 years ago, by no beverage industry and works Guizhou. The events have played a cru- Dong Xianwu contributed to changes Guizhou province means should you miss that with global players to boost the In another development, cial role in attracting employ- the story has embraced in recent years. of Guizhou today,” Ma said.

Rich splendor of Bouyei ethnic fashions celebrated in London show

By YUAN SHENGGAO work was bought by a Shanghai mer- chant for 11,600 yuan, which took her A very special fashion show was nine months to fi nish. held in London on Sept 1, to mark the She is currently a master seam- 45th anniversary of United Kingdom- stress at an Eve workshop and was China diplomatic relations. invited to the Weaving a Dream The show, named Weaving a fashion show. Dream, deeply impressed the audi- “With designs by the workshop, ence because of the remarkable eth- our works can sell at better prices,” nic features it displayed, which are said Wei. typical of Guizhou. Eve Group’s Xia Hua said she had The show was co-hosted by Eve big plans. Group’s China Workshop and B&H, “We plan to set up 100 workshops a creative fashion platform aimed in Guizhou within three to fi ve years at improving the lives of Chinese and make sure that there are enough women in remote regions by sup- orders for each workshop, so that the porting the production of their The Bouyei ethnic people living in southwestern Guizhou have been known for A Buyi woman displays her embroidery skills during the Weaving a Dream workers can have higher incomes handicraft. hundreds of years for their skills in embroidery. PROVIDED BY EVE CHINA fashion show in London. PROVIDED BY EVE CHINA than before,” she said. It featured a fusion of Western fash- With the growing popularity of ion and Eastern motifs inspired by Bouyei embroidery, the Eve work- traditional Bouyei ethnic embroidery dery to the world,” said Liu Xiaoming, came to southwest Guizhou, she was explore a new way of protecting and “I’ve been working in Guangdong shops will partner up with local gov- made by seamstresses from Guizhou China’s ambassador to the UK. fascinated by the variety of exqui- developing local cultural heritage, province for 18 years,” said Liang ernments and well-known compa- province. Bouyei embroidery is an important site embroidery works made by local and for poverty alleviation. Xiaoyan, a seamstress in Ceheng. nies internationally to develop tours “We saw a wonderful show tonight part of Chinese intangible cultural seamstresses. In southwest Guizhou, about 75 “On hearing that an embroidery exploring embroidery culture. and learnt how exquisite the Bouyei heritage. Its appearance on the fash- After extensive investigations, she percent of the residents in Ceheng workshop was being built in my These are expected to help with embroidery is,” said Caroline Rush, ion stage of London was the fruit of found that the motifs of the works are Bouyei ethnic people. Bouyei hometown, I came back as soon as poverty alleviation and the protection president of the British Fashion joint eff orts between Xia Hua, chair- were unique and had great potential embroidery has a long history there. I could.” and inheritance process of Guizhou’s Council. woman of Chinese fashion company to enter the international market. However, many seamstresses cannot Wei Shuzhang is an outstanding intangible cultural heritage. “It was a successful show for seam- Eve Group and seamstresses in south- With the help of Qianxinan’s gov- rely on embroidery to make a living. inheritor of the traditional embroi- stresses from the mountainous areas western Guizhou. ernment, the Eve workshop was They have no choice but to leave to dery skills in . She Dong Xianwu contributed to the of Guizhou to showcase their embroi- Fifteen years ago, when Xia fi rst established in , to work in the bigger cities. said one piece of her embroidery story