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Hengtian recently was awarded by Zhaopin(Zhaopin.com)  as the Top 10 Best Employers in Hangzhou 2014. Hengtian was named on the list together with other companies such as Best Logistics, Robam, Greentown, Xizi Otis, and China United Engineering Corporation.

Talent has always been Hengtian’s most important asset, in addition to a competitive salary and compensation system, “creating professional talent” is one of the most important missions for Hengtian.  All positions within Hengtian have a well refined promotion system in place, which aims not only to improve the company but also to help the staff improve themselves. Moreover, company programs like the one by one mentor mechanism and technology master summit forum and the innovation lab platform help the staff go further. Hengtian has accumulated numbers of professionals in many fields, including software customization, cloud computing, big data, e-commerce, Internet finance, and mobile development.

The selection is organized by Zhaopin and Peking University Corporate Social Responsibility and Employer Brand Communication Research Center. By means of scientific and impartial investigation, the organizers select the Top 100 Best Employers in 2014 and the Top 10 Best Employers in cities, which aims to explore and reward outstanding employers, help job seekers know more about the employers, and let employers know that what job seekers are concerned about so that they are able to retain excellent employees. The selection has started since 2015 and already becomes China’s the most credible, influential, and appealing event in the field of human resources.

From March 21st to March 22nd, 2015, Hengtian was invited to attend the fourth Outsourcing Leadership Summit (China) in Hefei, Anhui Province. During the Summit, Hengtian was awarded as “Top 30 Global Outsourcing Service Provider in China 2014″ and “Top 15 Global IT Outsourcing Provider in China 2014”. These two prestigious awards were accepted on stage by the Mr. Wells Shi, who is the Vice President of Hengtian.

Wells Shi,the Vice president of Hengtian,is the fifth one from the right.
As the main software provider under Insigma, Hengtian attracted many of the attendee’s attention in the exhibition area. Mr. Mingbo Zhong, the Vice President of Insigma Technology, also spoke on the trends of development of the ITO industry during the forum on March 22nd.

About The Outsourcing Leadership Summit (China)

The Outsourcing Leadership summit has been held for four sessions since 2012. The fourth Outsourcing Leadership Summit was jointly organized by DSORC, China’s Outsourcing, and Creative+.  The annual industry summit brings together senior executives of leading service outsourcing enterprises and the industry’s leading experts. The summit is honored as China’s Gartner’s annual conference in the Service Outsourcing Industry.

Hengtian was invited to attend the 2015 Internet Thinking Forum and Zhejiang Software Industry Association Members Conference from March 26th to March 27th. During the forum, Hengtian was awarded as The 2014 Most Innovative Software Enterprise in Zhejiang. And Mr. Bo Zhou, the President and CEO of Hengtian, was awarded as “2014 Outstanding Entrepreneur of Zhejiang Software Industry”. These two awards represent that Hengtian has been once again fully recognized and affirmed by the government and the industry in innovative capacity, independent software products, the level of core technology, brand awareness, and quality service.

Figure 1: The 2014 Most Innovative Software Enterprise in Zhejiang

Figure 2: Mr Bo Zhou, the President and CEO of Hengtian, the second one from the right.
The conference was jointly held by The Zhejiang Province Software Industry Association and People’s Government of Putuo District, and Zhoushan Economic and Information Commission. The conference was focused on “Internet Thinking”, which many experts and executives from different industries were invited to give keynote speeches, such as Alibaba Group, the Provincial Network Economy Regulatory Corps, the Provincial Science and Technology Venture Capital Co., Ltd, and Internet Lab.

About Zhejiang Software Industry Association

The Zhejiang Software Industry Association was established in 2000; It was formed by enterprises and individuals in the field of Software Research and Development, Sales, System Integration, Information Services, Consultation, Talents Training, Investment and Financial Service. . It is a subsidiary of the China Software Industry Association. The Zhejiang Software Industry Association currently has nearly 300 existing members. The Association actively carries out the activities of the software industry, and is committed to serving its members, and promoting the development of the software industry in Zhejiang Province.

On May 8, the Salon “Road to Enterprise Independent E-commerce” hosted by Hengtian successfully took place in Hangzhou. Experts from Fotile Independent E-commerce Center and likeminded E-commerce solution were invited to share their case studies with regard to Enterprise Independent E-commerce, as well as to communicate their E-commerce “best practices”. Representatives from China Merchants Bank, PingAn, Founder Security, Focus Photonics, and Iking International attended the event. During the event, guests engaged in deep discussion.

To kick off the Salon, Jian Wang, the Vice President of Hengtian, and Hong Pan, the Manager of Fotile E-commerce Center, analyzed and summarized the whole trend of Enterprise E-commerce and best practices in relation to Fotile Independent E-commerce. During the roundtable discussion, the guests broke into smaller groups to discuss the difference between Independent E-commerce and Platform E-commerce, and presented their thoughts and opinions on the excellent E-commerce platforms, such as Tmall, JD.com. Later on in the event, Zhizhong Chen, the senior manager of the Hengtian E-commerce Project and Weiwei Pu, the Product Manager of Hengtian Mobile E-commerce, presented talks on “How to Build an Independent E-commerce Platform” and “Innovative Enterprises Meet the Mobile E-commerce”. Both speakers displayed Hengtian E-commerce products and solutions while discussing the business experience and technical know-how required to build an E-commerce platform.

Figure 1: Group shot of Salon attendees

  Figure 2: Hong Pan, the Manager of Fotile E-commerce Center, shares his insights

Figure 3: Guests listen intently to a presentation

Figure 4: A deeper conversation is held after the Salon

Organized by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China, The INT’L SOFT CHINA 2015 took place in Beijing on May 27th and 28th. Hengtian was invited to attend the Expo as one of 21 key software enterprises (including Alibaba) representing Zhejiang province with the theme of “Cloud Power, Infinite Internet”. During the Expo, Hengtian demonstrated its latest products and achievements regarding Enterprise Informatization and software services. After auditing and onsite testing by expert committees from the China Software Industry Association, two of Hengtian’s products – the Enterprise Independent E-commerce Solution and the Internet Finance Product – took home the INT’L SOFT CHINA 2015 gold medal.

Figure 1: Hengtian Exhibition area

Figure 2: Grand Opening of the INT’L SOFT CHINA 2015. Yu Miao, Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China, Gives a Speech
Integration of Informatization and industrialization, how software defines the world were the themes of the Expo. During the Expo, seminars such as the 2015 China Internet Finance Technology Innovation Forum and the 2015 Mobile Internet Industry Innovation Development Forum also proudly convey the new achievements of China’s software industry as well as the new achievements of national key strategies such as “Internet Plus”, “Made in China 2025”, and “One Belt, One Road”.

On June 26, Hengtian hosted a Salon entitled “Informatization Helps Intelligent Manufacturing in China” in Hangzhou. In attendance were Zheng Fu, Vice Chairman of the Zhejiang Enterprise Information Association, and Gene Wang,Sales & Marketing Director of Bosch Software Innovations China, among other experts in the area of Industry 4.0. Many guests from DSM, Titanos Group, Big Data Industry Investment Co., Ltd, Qizikang Technology, Insigma Group, and Insigma Electricity participated in the Salon.

Figure 1: Group shot of the Salon attendees
To kick off the Salon, Zheng Fu analyzed the Industry 4.0 policy in Zhejiang province?and Gene Wang explained the Industry 4.0 solution base on Bosch’s practices in this area, both receiving heated responses from guests. During the roundtable discussion, the guests broke into several groups to discuss the challenges of implementing Industry 4.0. Further into the event, Dr Yu “Uny” Cao, Vice President of Hengtian, shared Hengtian’s best practices in relation to Industry 4.0. Lastly, Fei Li, Project Manager of Hengtian, presented two projects that Hengtian has been working on for its clients, the Intelligent Monitoring System and Smart Kanban System. He also elaborated the specific procedures and technical difficulties in terms of the business procedure, business rules, and the technical application.

Figure 2: Zheng Fu, the Vice Chairman of Zhejiang Enterprise Information Association, analyzes Industry 4.0 policies

Figure 3: Gene Wang, Sales & Marketing Director of Bosch Software Innovations China, shares Bosch’s solutions

Figure 4: Heated roundtable discussion

Figure 5: A deep conversation held after the Salon

On August 24, the Zhejiang Yunhui Foundation Ceremony was successfully held in Hangzhou. The Ceremony was hosted by the Yunhui Foundation Council and co-organized by Zhejiang University. Many distinguished guests attended the ceremony, including the sponsor and counselor of the Yunhui Foundation, Zhijun He (a famed professor of Zhejiang University), and Yanzhuang Xue, one-time President and Secretary of the former Hangzhou University. Also in attendance were officials from the Civil Affairs Bureau and Education Bureau of Hangzhou, the Principal and students of Yuan Qing Middle School, Mr. Jian Zhao, Chairman of Insigma Group, Mr. Lie Shi, Chairman of Insigma Technology, executives of State Street including Albert Jerry Cristoforo, Jin Xu, Xiaomei Jia, as well as Professor Xiaohu Yang (Executive Vice President of Zhejiang University’s Software College), and senior executives of Hengtian, including Bo Zhou, Jianling Sun, Shanping Li, Liang Cai, and Zhongdong Huang. Major media outlets Xinhua News Agency, China News Service, Zhejiang Daily, and Du Shi Kuai Bao came to the ceremony and covered the event.

Figure 1: Group shot of guests and students
Juan Wu, Council Member and Secretary of the Yunhui Foundation (former Vice President of Hengtian) opened the ceremony by introducing the guests. Mr. Bo Huang, President of the Yunhui Foundation and founder of Zhejiang Uniview Technologies and a graduate of Zhejiang University, gave a brief introduction to the Yunhui Foundation. Next to speak was Professor Zhijun He, who said that after his many decades’ of college teaching, he and his wife Ms YanZhuang Xue “decided to donate most of our savings to support the migrant workers, after seeing how they make great contributions to the development of the Chinese economy”, explaining that this is their way of giving back to the society. In the warm applauses it was the announcement that the Zhejiang Yunhui Foundation was officially founded, the husband and wife team Zhijun He and Yanzhuang Xue unveiled the plaque. Bo Huang announced that the first funding project named the “Yunhui Inspiring Growth Scholarship” was officially launched. Eighteen students approached the stage to receive their scholarships, and the student representative gave a speech.

Figure 2: Keynote speakers, and founding husband-wife team
Over 30 Hengtian employees lent a hand as volunteers, contributing to the success of the ceremony. Hengtian plans to coordinate with the Yunhui Foundation to promote public charity. The Foundation will kick off a series of charity activities to help the children of urban migrant workers to receive a solid education, as well as other benefits. Hengtian welcomes caring individuals from all walks of life to join the mission of the Yunhui Foundation.

About the Yunhui Foundation and the Yunhui Inspiring Growth Scholarship

The Zhejiang Yunhui Foundation was launched by the husband-wife team of Zhijun He and Yanzhuang Xue, both famed educators from Zhejiang University. The foundation is operated by leaders and professionals from several industries. The Yunhui Foundation is a private placement foundation, registered at the Zhejiang Civil Affairs Bureau on July 20, 2015.

The Yunhui Inspiring Growth Scholarship was established based on the principles of the Yunhui Foundation. The Scholarship aims to raise funds for high school students from low-income families. Qualified recipients are awarded as “Hangzhou Excellent Growth Students” to inspire them to reach their full potential.

Figure 3: Principal Yanzhuang Xue and Yuzhi Wang inaugurate the Yunhui Foundation

Figure 4: Members of the Yunhui Foundation Council

Hengtian recently assisted Zhejiang United Science and Technology Co., Ltd. (United Science and Technology, Stock Code: 000925) to deploy its Smart Watering System to HengtianYun Platform.

The Smart Watering System developed by United Science and Technology was an application system for improving the quality of sewage. Due to the high cost of traditional architecture and complex maintenance, the system’s expandability had been limited. Based on thorough requirement analysis, Hengtian customized the hardware architecture solution, software deployment solution, and application load balance solution for United Science and Technology in order to deploy the system to HengtianYun platform, which improved the system flexibility and usage rate of resource.  Moreover, it reduced the cost of operation and IT infrastructure, which laid a solid foundation for United Science and Technology to expand its business rapidly around the country.

HengtianYun is a cloud operation system based on in-depth re-development of OpenStack. HengtianYun enables to optimize the OpenStack, virtualization platform, operational system, and dispatch algorithm as well as to develop HengtianYun Smart Service Portal to fulfill enterprises’ cloud requirements comprehensively and help enterprises to build their own cloud ecosystem.

About United Science and Technology

Listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange center since June 11th, 1999 and headquartered in Hangzhou, Zhejiang United Science and Technology is one of the key affiliate companies of Insigma Group. United Science and Technology’s business scope covers from rail transportation business to energy & environment protection, contributing to society by providing green technology, engineering, and equipment manufacturing services.

During the Technology Conference of Independent Software Vendors organized by China Foreign Exchange Trade System in December, 2015, Hengtian became one of the first certified independent software vendors based on the long term cooperative relationship with China Foreign Exchange Trade System, as well as the active participation in the training and authentication process.

Figure 1: Jianjing Yang, Vice President of Hengtian, receiving the certification
This qualification marked Hengtian as an authorized software vendor to provide varieties of data access services to the affiliated institutions of China Foreign Exchange Trade System as well as to have priority to join in the interbank market technical communication conferences and all kinds of technical training. Meanwhile, Hengtian will have the privilege to receive the businesses and technology direction of China Foreign Exchange Trade System and participate in the discussion on interface development. Hengtian has started the cooperation with China Foreign Exchange Trade System since 2007, and has provided a series of quality service including protocol setting and appliance framework development, application development, testing, and technical support. As one of the first batch of certified vendors, Hengtian will keep providing outstanding services to China Foreign Exchange Trade System and its affiliated institutions powering on rich industry experience and extraordinary technical capabilities.

During the technology conference, China Foreign Exchange Trade System proposed a blueprint of application interface, interbank market standards, and interface redesign of core trading platform. Giving the current status of interbank business, China Foreign Exchange Trade System predicted that the data access service requirement would surge due to the sustainable development of interbank market business, the growing number of affiliated institutions, and the current low coverage of data access.

After a year of requirement investigation, architecture design, research and development, testing and debugging, the Hengtian Smart Delivery System was successfully released and in good operation in a regional company of Anhui Tobacco Corporation. With the joint efforts of Hengtian and the client, the functions and performance of the Smart Delivery System were greatly improved that strengthened utility and stability of the system. Moreover, the system can automatically deploy the routes without human intervention that fully verifies the utility of the Smart Delivery System.

Figure 1   Web Version of the Delivery System
As the featured product of Hengtian Smart Logistic Solution, the Smart Delivery System with independent intellectual propriety and patent is integrated with multiple Internet of Things techniques, such as artificial intelligence algorithm, GIS, GPS. Based on the artificial intelligence algorithm, the system achieves the order dynamic route planning and enhances the rationality of routes planning, which improves the efficiency of delivery.  Powered by unknown routes identification analysis with independent intellectual property and navigation techniques, the system is able to recognize and navigate the roads not existed on maps, especially the unknown roads in rural areas, which promotes the utility of routes and navigations and solves the navigation obstacles in rural areas. Furthermore, it guarantees the quality and efficiency of large-scale client centralization routes delivery.

Figure 2   Android Version of the Delivery System
The successful release of the Smart Delivery System initiates the new perspective for business development of Hengtian “IOT+” solution in Anhui. After promoting and applying in a local city in Anhui since 2016, which has the most complicated road condition and distribution sites, Hengtian helps the affiliates of Anhui Tobacco Corporation optimize the delivery procedures continuously to  improve the delivery efficiency and truly achieve  the principle of “ technological logistics, lean logistics, humanistic logistics”. Meanwhile, combining with other products of Hengtian Smart Logistics Solution, the Smart Delivery System will be promoted in the nationwide market and other industries to help more enterprises achieve smart logistics and improve the operation efficiency.