China
Shenzhen Tencent Computer Systems Co., Ltd. was established in November 1998 by five founders: Ma Huateng, Zhang Zhidong, Xu Chenye, Chen Yidan, and Zeng Liqing. Founded, it is one of the largest integrated Internet service providers in China and one of the Internet companies with the largest number of service users in China.
On March 7, 2018, Tencent and MediaTek jointly established an innovation laboratory to reach strategic cooperation around the development and optimization of mobile games and other interactive entertainment products, and jointly explored the use of AI in terminals side application.
On June 20, 2018, WorldBrandLab released the 2018 "China's 500 Most Valuable Brands" analysis report in Beijing. Tencent (402.845 billion yuan) ranked second. On September 15, 2018, QQ Pet was officially suspended.
Extended information:
Tencent was established in November 1998 and is currently one of China's leading Internet value-added service providers. Since its establishment more than 10 years ago, Tencent has been adhering to the business philosophy of "all based on user value", providing stable and high-quality services to hundreds of millions of users, and has always been in a state of steady development.
Facing the future, insisting on independent innovation and establishing a national brand are Tencent’s long-term development plans. More than 50 of Tencent's employees are R&D personnel, and it has a complete independent R&D system. It has a considerable number of patents in six major directions: storage technology, data mining, multimedia, Chinese processing, distributed networks, and wireless technology. It ranks first among global Internet companies in terms of patents. The total number of applications and authorizations ranks among the top.
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