Powerful technology and talent support were indispensable to continuously stimulate entrepreneurial innovation and creation. From May 20 to May 21, Zhang Genming, the Party Secretary of District Committee, led his team to Shanghai to carry out investment promotion activities, and signed a contract at the signing ceremony with Shanghai Zhengda Ximalaya Network Technology Co., Ltd. which had reached the cooperation intention. Gao Weixing and He Jiaxin, the district leaders, participated. 

Zhang Genming and his team successively visited China Railway Construction Real Estate Group East China Co., Ltd., Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co., Ltd., Tesol Shanghai Branch of China Daily to have face-to-face communication with the senior management, listen to the introduction to the development, brand concept and future planning of enterprises, and sincerely invited the enterprises to share the development opportunities of the West Lake and achieve a win-win result. Zheng Genming pointed out, the Xihu District had advantageous location, superior ecological environment, profound cultural background, gathering talent pool and strong atmosphere of innovation and entrepreneurship, which created a great environment for enterprise development. He expected greater communication and understanding between the government and enterprises, enhanced dialogue and consultation and a timely field trip to the Xihu District so as to seek more cooperation space.

On the afternoon of May 21, Zhang Genming and his team had a discussion with Shanghai Zhengda Ximalaya Network Technology Co., Ltd. which had already reached the cooperation intention, and held the signing ceremony in Pudong New Area.

Established in 2012, Shanghai Zhengda Ximalaya Network Technology Co., Ltd. now has more than 530 million active mobile phone users, including 35 million overseas users. Its active users listen for 147 minutes on average every day. It has more than 30 million users of cars, smart software and smart homes, and accounts for 73% market share of domestic audio industry. Its application has always ranked in the top 20 in the total list of the application store, and always ranks first in similar applications. It has become one of the fast growing enterprises in the mobile Internet field, the leading enterprises highly valued by the country in the new economy, and the unicorn company. After preliminary negotiation, Ximalaya had reached negotiation intention with the West Lake and its Ximalaya Zhejiang Ecological Chain Headquarters Project would be officially settle in Xiangshan Art Commune in Yichuang Town. Zhang Genming attended the ceremony and signed.

During the discussion, Zhang Genming expressed appreciation for the development achieved in these years. Then he pointed out, the location and enterprise culture of Ximalaya accorded well with the city development principle of the Xihu District and even Hangzhou. Hangzhou was engraved with the Internet gene, with its residents’ good receptivity of Internet product, top rate of inflow of Internet talents in China, and relatively perfect ecology of Internet industry. Yichuang Town was the “priority among priorities” of Zhijiang Cultural Industry Belt created by the Zhejiang Province. There were China Academy of Art, Zhejiang Conservatory of Music, etc. Its strong development potential was attracting all kinds of industrial factors and resources to gather here, which provided infinite imagination space for enterprise development. It was expected that this enterprise could give full play to its industry leading advantage, push forward the quick implementation of the signed project in the West Lake, and continuously expand business in Zhejiang, to win more space for development and stimulate greater development potential.