promoted by invest shenzhen, in the afternoon of september 17, deputy mayor ai xuefeng met the delegation led by yu zhiwei, vice president of linkedin-china. both sides had in-depth discussions about topics such as the establishment of the linkedin south china operation center in shenzhen, the city's overseas high-end talent attraction, and its international city branding.
deputy mayor ai xuefeng said that as the world's largest professional network, linkedin is a silicon valley giant enterprise that is comparable with google and apple. shenzhen is the most innovative city with the youngest average age in china, and has a huge market demand for a social network of professionals. in addition, as an innovative city driven by innovation capabilities, shenzhen has an urgent demand for talents, especially high-end talents. he hopes that linkedin-china can provide more helpful suggestions and intelligent support for the city in terms of talent attraction and cultivation. this would attract more overseas high-end talents and programs with core technologies and strong innovative ability to establish operations in shenzhen.
linkedin-china vice president yu zhiwei expressed his appreciation of the high evaluation from the shenzhen government. he mentioned that the business growth in china has been in the spotlight since linkedin's investment in china was launched in 2014. shenzhen is a key spot in the strategic layout of linkedin-china. by means of the social platform and the mega data analysis, linkedin-china will provide the most valuable references on talent ability improvement and additional talent value exploration for the chinese market.
currently, linkedin is the world's largest professional network for work professionals created by reid hoffman in silicon valley, usa. in 2011, linkedin was listed on the new york stock exchange. it reportedly has more than 380 million acquired users in more than 200 countries and territories, and is available in 24 languages. in january 2014, linkedin officially entered china and dedicated to provide better localized products and services for chinese users and further develop the social network for global professionals. shenzhen ranks highest nationwide in the number of registered members and cooperative enterprises of linkedin.
