Yesterday
"MIT Technology Review" released
the 2020 "50 Smart Companies" (TR50) list
Xiaomi Group, JD.com, Meituan, etc.
20 Zhongguancun companies are on the list
Accounting for 40% of the total companies on the list
"MIT Technology Review" " is a century-old technology magazine founded in 1899. Since 2010, it has selected "50 Smart Companies" from thousands of technology companies around the world every year based on criteria such as "technical leadership" and "commercial sensitivity" ” to gain insight into the composition of the future technological landscape.
Let's take a look at the Zhongguancun companies selected for the 2020 "MIT Technology Review" "50 Smart Companies" list and the reasons for their inclusion.
Xiaomi Corporation (Xiaomi Group)
Reason for being on the list: Xiaomi’s smart factory is unmanned and operates 24 hours a day. 92% of this smart factory comes from self-research by Xiaomi and its invested companies. It currently has a number of core self-research including board testing system, central dispatch control platform, automatic calibration visual algorithm, integrated testing system, parallel software system, intelligent control center, etc. technology.
Keywords: 18,600 square meters
—— Xiaomi’s intelligent “Black Light Factory” has a total construction area of ??18,600 square meters and an investment amount of approximately 500 million yuan.
BeiGene (BeiGene)
Keywords: 10 projects
——The Chinese innovative pharmaceutical company that currently conducts the most clinical trials in the world, with more than 70 projects Clinical trials are ongoing, 10 of which are global Phase III clinical trials.
JD (JD.com)
Reasons for the list: JD.com has built a leading intelligent supply chain platform, retailing "sinks" into the community, and realizes the integration of warehousing and distribution and "no contact" In terms of distribution, we insist on non-stop operations, provide uninterrupted services to hundreds of millions of consumers, and open up free material transportation channels.
Keywords: 660 million
——During the worst period of the COVID-19 epidemic, JD.com helped the society match 660 million pieces of anti-epidemic materials and transported more than 70 million pieces of medical emergency supplies. Thousands of tons. After the Wuhan lockdown was lifted, the luggage of the medical team aiding Hubei was transported to more than 30 provinces in China for free.
Genetron Health (Genetron Health)
Reason for being on the list: The liquid biopsy product for early screening of hepatocellular carcinoma based on next-generation gene sequencing (NGS) technology has been awarded the "Breakthrough Medical Device" by the US FDA "It is determined that early screening of liver cancer can achieve a sensitivity of 92% and a specificity of 93%. If liver cancer can be detected at an early stage, the cure rate can reach over 90%."
Keywords: 5 centimeters
- In a liver cancer early screening study involving 297 patients, 10 of the 12 liver cancer patients diagnosed by Genetron's early screening product The tumors in the patients were less than 5 centimeters, demonstrating the extremely high sensitivity of its product in detecting early-stage liver cancer.
Meituan (Meituan)
Reasons for being on the list: During the epidemic, Meituan contributed to maintaining people’s lives and also provided a large number of jobs to alleviate employment pressure during the epidemic. This has boosted Meituan’s operating performance. Its total revenue in the second quarter was 24.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.9%; net profit was 2.21 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 95.5%.
Keywords: 1.386 million people
——In the first half of 2020, the number of riders earning income from the Meituan platform reached 2.952 million, of which 1.386 million new riders were added.
Galactic Energy (Galaxy Power Aerospace)
Reason for being on the list: On November 7, 2020, the "Ceres 1" solid launch vehicle independently developed by Galaxy Power completed its first launch mission. The 11th satellite of the Guodian Hi-tech Apocalypse Constellation was successfully placed into a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit, and a recyclable large and medium-sized liquid launch vehicle was simultaneously developed.
Keywords: 500 kilometers
- "Ceres 1" successfully put the eleventh star of Guodian Hi-Tech's Apocalypse constellation into a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit, which is regarded as a Chinese business Space milestone event.
UNISOC (Unisoc)
Reasons for the list: Currently there are only five companies in the world that can provide 5G baseband chips, and only Unisoc in mainland China sells them to the open market. In February 2020, Unisoc launched the world's first 5G SoC Huben T7520 using 6-nanometer EUV technology.
Keywords: 50 models
- Currently, more than 50 5G terminals equipped with UNISOC chips have been launched.
4Paradigm (Fourth Paradigm)
Reason for being on the list: 4Paradigm released the AI ??operating system Sage AIOS this year, pointing to the "Windows system" in the AI ??field, aiming to reduce the user's use of AI threshold and become part of the AI ??implementation infrastructure.
Keywords: 50% improvement
——The automated large-scale distributed heterogeneous computing resource scheduling capabilities of Sage AIOS can increase the overall machine utilization by 50%.
Momenta (Initial Speed ??Technology)
Reasons for the list: Momenta GO equipped with fully driverless technology MSD was released this year, using only 1/10 of the size of a conventional team. Within half a year, the entire process of driving on open roads in urban areas was achieved without taking over.
Keywords: L4
- "Flywheel" can greatly improve R&D efficiency in a short time and reduce the total cost of large-scale L4 across orders of magnitude.
Li Auto (Li Auto)
Reasons for the list: Li Auto focuses on a single model, Li ONE. From January to October 2020, the cumulative delivery volume reached 21,852 vehicles, firmly establishing itself in China. Ranked first in the cumulative sales list of new energy medium and large SUVs.
Keywords: 800 kilometers
——The main technological differentiation of Ideal Auto is the extended-range solution. Its first product, Lideal ONE, can achieve an NEDC cruising range of 800 kilometers.
AInnovation
Reason for being on the list: Occupying the top share in the industrial quality inspection solutions market. Its ManuVision industrial vision platform intelligence is applied in high-tech/3C, automobile assembly, panel semiconductor, engineering construction, warehousing and logistics, steel and metallurgy and other subdivision fields.
Keywords: 1 second
—— The ManuVision industrial vision platform independently developed by Chuangxin Qizhi has a recognition accuracy of more than 99.9%, and the detection results can be output in 1 second.
YUANFUDAO (Yuanfudao)
Reasons for being on the list: China’s largest online tutoring platform. During the epidemic, Yuanfudao’s online education was welcomed by more users. Yuanfudao completes the teaching process through live broadcast + interaction. Incorporate AI technology to provide timely feedback on student responses and launch personalized tutoring plans.
Keywords: US$15.5 billion
—— Yuanfudao announced that after completing US$2.2 billion in financing, its valuation reached US$15.5 billion, becoming the world's most valuable single player in the field of education technology. beast.
Baidu (Baidu)
Reason for being on the list: Baidu is a typical technology company participating in the fight against the new coronavirus epidemic with the power of AI. R&D expenses now account for 19% of revenue. Baidu's global AI patent applications have exceeded 10,000, including more than 7,000 domestic patents.
Keywords: 1 trillion times
—— Baidu Brain is currently upgraded to version 6.0, and has opened 276 core AI technology capabilities, with an average daily call volume of more than 1 trillion times.
EdiGene, Inc.
Reasons for the list: The company is a leader in transformative gene editing therapies and is committed to transforming gene editing technology into high-quality Innovative therapy, this year submitted China's first clinical trial application for gene editing therapy accepted by the Drug Evaluation Center of the State Food and Drug Administration.
Keywords: 300,000
- There are currently 300,000 patients with thalassemia intermedia and major in China. Boyagen's gene editing therapy is expected to benefit patients with transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia. Bringing hope of a one-time cure.
PingCAP (Pingkai Star)
Reason for being on the list: The industry's leading enterprise-level open source distributed database manufacturer, the only team in China focusing on the open source HTAP field. PingCAP's core product TiDB is committed to solving the problem of horizontal expansion of relational databases that has always existed in the database field, focusing on achieving high performance, online elastic expansion and distributed transaction features.
Keywords: 25,000
Yunji Technology
Reason for listing: During the epidemic, Yunji Technology’s robots were used in hotels and buildings In scenarios such as government halls and government halls, robots are used to deliver customers, deliver food, deliver express delivery, and undertake routine business consultations. While sharing the workload of personnel, they can also reduce contact between personnel and avoid secondary transmission.
Keywords: 96%
—— Yunji Technology has exceeded 96% of the hotel service robot market, covering more than 3,000 hotels in more than 20 countries and regions around the world.
QitanTech
Reason for being on the list: The first high-tech company in China to successfully independently develop a fourth-generation nanopore gene sequencer and stably obtain sequencing data, filling the gap It has filled the gap in the field of next-generation gene sequencing technology in China and brought instant detection of gene sequencing technology into thousands of households.
Keywords: 4th generation
—— Independently developed China’s first 4th generation nanopore gene sequencer.
Pony.ai (Pony.ai)
Reasons for the list: Large-scale production will accelerate the cost reduction of autonomous driving systems and accelerate the commercialization process. The production process of the new system PonyAlphaX includes more than 40 processes and more than 1,000 assembly devices. It finally went through more than 200 quality inspection items before it was released to the production line.
Keywords: First
- Pony.ai launches its first autonomous driving system production line, realizing standardized production of L4 level autonomous driving software and hardware integrated systems, and has started Small scale production.
Kwai Tech (Kuaishou Technology)
Reasons for the list: Relying on traffic monetization, down-to-earth positioning and strong product performance, Kuaishou hits the content consumption and expression needs of diverse markets , formed a strong force to bring goods, cultivated a large number of anchors, MCN institutions and e-commerce industry chain, and promoted the progress of rural poverty alleviation.
Keywords: 109.6 billion yuan
—— E-commerce has become Kuaishou’s fastest-growing business. As of the first half of 2020, the platform’s total transaction volume reached 109.6 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase 300%.
GalaxySpace (Galaxy Space)
Reason for being on the list: China’s local practitioner of the Starlink project. As a supplement to the ground base station network, the low-orbit broadband communication satellite constellation has become an important layout in the competition between major powers. The occupation of frequency bands and orbital resources is becoming increasingly tight. Galaxy Space represents a key step for China's private commercial aerospace power.
Keywords: 24Gbps
—— In January 2020, it successfully launched China’s first low-orbit broadband communication satellite with a communication capability of 24Gbps. Its satellite super factory under construction has an annual production capacity of Will move towards 300-500 satellites.