LinkedIn is set up in China to establish Ireland's neighbour Music Co., Ltd. Beijing Representative office

In fact, as early as April 2012, LinkedIn set up the Beijing representative office of the Irish Neighbour Sound Co., Ltd. in China, and the legal representative was Li.

Interestingly, almost in the first time, the country's largest business social platform Street Network CEO Xiujuan in the micro-trust friends Circle and Sina Weibo issued the following message: LinkedIn finally into China, warmly welcome, together to enlarge the Chinese market! Wait for you for a long time ...

Behind the banter, Xiujuan's words are full of reverie, which may make "business social" become another hot word in China's internet world.

Shenboyang

Shortly after the official LinkedIn announcement, Shenboyang Derek Shen has changed his title to "the global vice president of LinkedIn" on the LinkedIn web site.

Data show that Shenboyang graduated from UCLA with a Ph. D. in environmental chemistry and a master's degree in computer science.

On December 31, 2013, Shenboyang just left from the glutinous Rice network, Baidu Vice President Liu has taken over Shenboyang's work, as a sticky rice network agent CEO.

glutinous rice Network is in the June 23, 2010 by the Thousand Oak net to build a group purchase website, located in the "Local Life Boutique Guide", in the background of the World War, in August 2013, Baidu 160 million U.S. dollars to acquire 59% of glutinous rice Network, take over the glutinous rice network.

In the sticky rice net, Shenboyang put forward the "victory by virtue" marketing concept, that the attitude of integrity is the first idea of a good buy, but the sticky rice network does not seem to hand over the ideal answer, Renren is also in three years after the reluctantly.

Prior to this, Shenboyang has been in Yahoo as technical director, Google engineering manager, Google China Business development director, such as work experience, 2010 Shen joined the company, as the president of all companies, glutinous Rice Network general manager.

"When Shenboyang first came in, he was in charge of the open platform, but when he came in, the open platform began to go downhill, six months later, Renren rolled glutinous rice nets, Shen will go to take charge of this matter, a person familiar with Shen said, Shen in charge of group buying, to open up a lot of channels, in the micro-blog is also in the dissemination and development of glutinous rice network made a lot of credit.

In Shen leaves the glutinous rice net resignation mail, Shenhu is describes, "in the past nearly four years time, we have experienced a lot." There is sweat, tears, joy and glory. We have no regrets, we sway youth. He explained the reason for his resignation as "a personal family reason" and said that "the center of work and life in the future will be shifted between China and the United States." ”

At present, there are about 4 million Chinese members on LinkedIn, a LinkedIn spokeswoman said. Given Shenboyang's extensive experience in the Chinese Internet arena, he will be responsible for planning how LinkedIn serves Chinese members and customers.

"With a long history of overseas education and multinational management experience, but also the experience of corporate trader, is undoubtedly the right person for LinkedIn," said Lei, director of the China Electric Business Research Center, but overseas internet companies do not meet the atmosphere, the appointment of professional managers does not have a successful precedent, Not optimistic about LinkedIn's approach to China.

Any internet company will not forget the Chinese market, and LinkedIn's desire to enter China has not stopped, in April 2012, LinkedIn set up an Irish neighbour Voice Co., Ltd. Beijing representative office in China, the legal representative of Li. China is already the fastest-growing number of mobile subscribers in LinkedIn's second-quarter earnings statement last year.

Currently, LinkedIn has 4 million users in China.

Xiujuan: Wait for you for a long time!

LinkedIn has a long history of coming into China, and its top executives have visited the country many times, hoping to expand the Internet as soon as possible.

But compared to the belated LinkedIn, the country's biggest platform for business social networking seems to have reacted with "lightning", chief executive Xiujuan the first time in his microblog and Sina Weibo to send an intriguing response: LinkedIn finally into China, warmly welcome, together to enlarge the Chinese market! Wait for you for a long time ...

According to the song Net observation, then the street network Gumbo and the official micro-letter also followed up the news, many street staff also Xiujuan Weibo after writing "Hou Long" the general comment.

A seemingly random tweet, quickly spreading wildly on Sina Weibo, "may be destined for the first time to enter the Chinese market for LinkedIn, followed by strong competition from domestic business social networking sites," said Taotingchi, deputy director of consultancy research.

Then, the first time to contact the network Network CEO Xiujuan, she is a meeting, said is preparing for the 22nd this month will be held "China's best Employer awards ceremony."

Asked about LinkedIn's entry into China, "it was a momentary glimpse of the news, and there was no real idea," Xiujuan, who laughs that 2014 will be China's first year of business, and will be China's thriving business society, and LinkedIn is a good time to enter the Chinese market.

But she is not worried that LinkedIn will bring competition, "it's good that we come together to make a big market." The street network has worked for many years in Chinese business and social field, and has made many innovations in the business social field, in the future, the street network will still lead the Chinese business social trend. ”

Data show that the 2008-year Street network currently has a user 25 million, and with Sina Weibo strategic cooperation, "a total of social recruitment hot", the so-called user coverage has reached 100 million, designed to create "professional network ecosystem."

Public information shows that January 2013, the average daily coverage of the street network is 362,000, the monthly coverage of 7.432 million, November, the average daily coverage of 926,000, monthly coverage of 15.654 million. For the current domestic largest business social platform. In addition to the basic platform, recruitment, the street network has also launched a networking, circle, skills and other business social functions.

According to the song Net understand, the current street network is full of mobile internet, there will be a variety of wireless applications will be online in the near future.

It is worth pondering is that the main street network founder Xiujuan and Shenboyang originally belong to the same gate, Xiujuan is the domestic Internet veteran, 1998 into the Internet industry, has participated in the founding of Chinaren, Air network, Renren and other companies, the 2008 officially founded the Street network.

After the establishment of LinkedIn, the domestic business social platform is also in full swing, the sky network, if the adjacent network, the network, the street network quickly constituted the domestic professional social network camp, the main street network after the first to, has become the largest business social platform.

At present, other domestic business social platforms have no comment on LinkedIn's entry into China.