What role does Tencent play in the “Internet +” ecosystem?

Yesterday afternoon, the 2015 "Internet + China" Summit with the theme of "Inevitable" was held at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in China. Everyone in the industry had something to say about how all regions and parties should ride on the "Internet +" trend, promote local economic transformation and urban transformation, and integrate into the "Internet +" ecosystem.

This year's two sessions made "Internet +" a hot word. The government work report clearly proposed for the first time to formulate an "Internet +" action plan. The application of technologies such as mobile Internet, cloud computing, and big data is changing people's lifestyles and making them more convenient and intelligent. At the same time, the cross-border development of traditional industries in the Internet era has also become a focus of attention.

In the process of "Internet +", Tencent needs to "connect everything". Ma Huateng , Chairman and CEO of Tencent , said at the meeting that the connotation of the idea of ​​"Internet +" is not a simple addition, but to connect everything.

At the same time, he also pointed out that in the integration and collision of the Internet and traditional industries, new "information energy" will be generated.

The integration of the Internet and traditional industries brings new "information energy"

The Internet is like electricity. It has completely changed human production and lifestyle and enhanced human ability to change the world.

Speaking of "Internet+", Ma Huateng gave the following explanation: "If the Internet itself is a technical tool and a transmission channel, 'Internet+' is a capability. What is the energy that generates this capability? It is the 'information energy' activated by the '+'."

As the main driving force for social and production development, information energy is activated by "Internet +". The core of "Internet +" is to connect everything, so as to thoroughly detonate and stimulate the power of information energy.

Ma Huateng said that the future "Internet +" model is decentralized, not like the past market. We are decentralized, scenario-based, location-related, and have thousands of faces for thousands of people, so that everyone's needs can be met. In this way, we can maximize the connection of partners from all walks of life and traditional industries who can make achievements in their own vertical fields for integration, so that the power of the ecosystem is the most powerful.

With the rapid development of mobile Internet in the past three years, China has 650 million Internet users, the largest number in the world. Among them, 560 million access the Internet through mobile phones, making China the world's largest mobile phone user. In this context, there are more fields that can be combined with the Internet.

In this regard, Ma Huateng said that only with such a large foundation can 560 million people be able to maintain real-time connection with surrounding traditional industries 24 hours a day, laying a foundation and creating many business opportunities. This is the general trend, and it is also a rare opportunity that it first appeared in China.

Building an "Internet +" ecosystem

The Internet + ecosystem is quietly taking shape. Henan, Chongqing and Shanghai have taken the lead in joining the Internet + ecosystem. These cities have all tasted the convenience brought by Internet +.

Just yesterday, Changsha, Wuxi, Dalian, Handan, Changzhou, Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture, Yiyang, Yancheng, Xiangyang, Xianning, Kaifeng, Jiaozuo, Hebi, Tongxiang, Lin'an, Tongling and the Hunan Provincial Economic and Information Commission signed a strategic framework cooperation agreement with Tencent and became a member of the Internet + ecosystem.

Ma Huateng said that Tencent’s current positioning is very clear and simple, which is to do two things: one is the connector, and the other is the content industry.

He further pointed out that the first is to be a connector, through the WeChat and QQ communication platforms, it has become a connector that connects people, people and services, and people and devices. "We will not intervene in many business logics, we only do the best connectors; the second is to be a content industry, which is also an open platform."

The core of being a connector and an open platform is reflected in many aspects of Tencent. Tencent Senior Vice President and Director of Tencent Research Institute Guo Kaitian also said that Tencent's "Internet +" Innovation Center has two tasks. The first is to build a platform to discuss "Internet +" and how to "+" with domestic and foreign parties; the second is to promote practice, through the attempts of the innovation center and Tencent's products, combined with Tencent's maker space, to promote and explore in many innovations and entrepreneurship, to implement "Internet +" in various places and industries, and to do tangible things.

Hou Xiaonan, general manager of Tencent Open Platform, gave more information about makerspaces. He said that in the past two years, Tencent has visited many incubators in Europe, Silicon Valley, Japan, and Israel, and found that incubators have gradually developed from physical spaces such as industrial parks to incubators with certain Internet elements.

Since April 28, 2015, Tencent has officially upgraded its entrepreneurship base to a full-featured, three-dimensional Tencent Maker Space. Tencent hopes to integrate the power of society, the alliance of venture capital, and combine offline acceleration and online support to create a three-dimensional maker space for entrepreneurs.

WeChat also plays an important role in "connecting everything" in "Internet+". Wu Yi, general manager of Tencent WeChat Pay, said that after several years of development, WeChat is no longer just a chat tool. WeChat has achieved the connection between people and the connection between people and the Internet, and WeChat has become the "mobile ID" of every user.

"After connecting people, WeChat can also connect people with the physical society and the physical industry. For example, WeChat official accounts and WeChat Pay launched by WeChat are important connectors connecting people with society and people with physical merchants." Wu Yi said.

In the past three years, Tencent's open platform has achieved great results. Ma Huateng commented that it can be said that a new Tencent has been created on our platform. The cooperative platform has generated more than 200 billion yuan in output value and tens of billions in profits.

In the context of Internet+, many O2O integration cases have emerged, and more and more makers and entrepreneurial teams have emerged. In this regard, Ma Huateng said that he also hopes that each city will provide more resources to build the "Internet+" innovation and entrepreneurship platform together.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.