the 2014 china internet economic summit & shenzhen internet annual conference sponsored by invest shenzhen and facilitated by the shenzhen internet society and shenzhen evening news was staged at the shenzhen civic center on january 9, 2015. around 300 enterprises attended the event, including xiaomi, kingdee, alibaba, amazon china, microsoft china, and mangocity.com. under the theme of "accelerating the integration of the internet industry and creating the next economic miracle", this year's annual conference centered on hot topics including the integration of the internet industry, showcased the city's results in internet development, shared its industrial development experience and model, and explored ways of innovation with conventional industries.
deputy director of invest shenzhen, jia changsheng expressed in his address that shenzhen has become the most important center of innovation in china. five of the 2014 top ten innovative figures rated and selected by forbes magazine are from shenzhen, which has grown into one of china's major internet clusters, and has nurtured a number of leading enterprises as represented by tencent. in 2013, the output of the city's internet sector reached 210 billion rmb and was ranked first nationwide. more than 96,000 entities are now engaged in the internet sector in shenzhen, and the city will continuously promote the innovation and development of the industry. relevant government departments have launched a series of industrial development policies supporting the growth of the sector.
this year's conference set a range of keynote speeches from "new cross-border e-commerce models – crisis and development of conventional enterprises", to "the mass mobile internet era", and "the impact of internet finance on traditional finance", with the guests present having in-depth discussions about topics such as the "globalization of mass online shopping" and the "path of internationalization for internet brands", which serves to further the development of the internet economy in shenzhen.
in addition, the shenzhen internet society also summed up the development conditions of the internet industry this year and released the 2014 internet annual report of shenzhen.
the shenzhen internet annual conference has been staged four times, and is now a premier event with extensive local influence due to its unique resource consolidation advantages and platform setup capacity. as a platform gathering top-notch talents from internet enterprises and for communications among investors, it will become a key benchmark that leads the future development and market trends of the internet industry in shenzhen and even nationwide.
