BEIJING, Oct. 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Tencent Holdings Limited ("Tencent", SEHK: 00700), a leading provider of
comprehensive Internet services in China, today announced that it will host its
fourth annual Tencent Global Partner
Conference from October 30 to
31 at the BFA
International Convention Center in Hainan, China. At the conference,
entrepreneurs, IT talents and developers from around the world will
learn about the latest updates regarding Tencent's Open Platform
Strategy, which covers a wide range of products and services, as
well as insights into the current internet landscape in
China from well-known industry
leaders invited to the conference.
The annual Global Partner Conference sets the tone for future
technological development of Internet products and discusses
solutions of how to adapt to a rising popularity of mobile
Internet. This will be the first time that the partner conference
engages an international-audience, further opening its platform to
third-party developers on a global scale.
"We are entering an Internet era that offers huge business
opportunities thanks to an ever more and better connected cyber
world," said Mr. Lin Songtao, Vice President of Tencent Social Network Group. "Tencent has spearheaded technological innovations
to boost economic growth and looks forward to the Global Partner
Conference to showcase a series of fresh incentives to support
entrepreneurial product developments that benefit the masses of
Internet users. We believe this years' international audience will
chart a new course of cooperation with global partners."
Key speakers at the conference include Mr. Mark Ren, Chief Operation Officer, President of
Interactive Entertainment Group and Mobile Internet Group,
Tencent, Mr. Dowson Tong, President
of Social Network Group, Senior Executive Vice President,
Tencent and Mr. Clay Shirky, Author of the popular book "Here
Comes Everybody".
About Tencent
Tencent uses technology to enrich
the lives of Internet users. Every day, hundreds of millions of
people communicate, share experiences, consume information, seek
entertainment, and shop online through our integrated platforms.
Our diversified services include QQ, Weixin and WeChat for
communications; Qzone for social networking; QQ Game Platform for
online games; QQ.com for information; as well as our eCommerce
services.
Our company was founded in Shenzhen in 1998 and went public on the Main
Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2004. The Company has been
one of the 50 constituent stocks of the Hang Seng Index since
June 10, 2008, under stock code
00700. We seek to evolve with the Internet by investing in
innovation, providing a hospitable environment for our partners,
and staying close to our users.
For more information, please visit www.tencent.com/ir.
Media Contact:
Cassie
Yin
Email: cassieyin@tencent.com
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