Suning set up its first overseas research and development center in Silicon Valley Paloato yesterday

Suning yesterday in Silicon Valley Paloato (Palo Alto) set up the first overseas research and development Center, further promote Su Ning to the Internet retail transformation. Su Ning Vice Chairman Weimin subsequently accepted many media interviews including Sina technology. In his interview, he stressed that the establishment of the Silicon Valley Research Institute is an important step for Suning's overseas expansion, and it is part of the road of Su Ning's Internet transformation, and recruiting High-tech talents is the most important goal.

Jindong, the chairman of Suning, said at a previous unveiling ceremony suning Silicon Valley Research institute will be search, large data, high-performance computing and other cutting-edge technology, as well as the future business model exploration as the main direction, through the global advanced technology and Business science and technology trends analysis and research, for suning long-term strategic development and market competition to provide power.

Weimin introduced that, as the Internet transformation of the road more and more in-depth, Suning found as an internet retail enterprises, the need for a set of Internet infrastructure, so the company needs to introduce the best technical personnel. However, he believes that the domestic talent is still relatively scarce, so Suning decided to set up a research institute in Silicon Valley, to absorb the world's best science and technology talent, Suning's business needs and Silicon Valley around the innovative talent to combine organically.

Weimin introduced that, in the long run, Suning Silicon Valley Institute of Talent Introduction and working methods are mainly three: first of all, Suning Silicon Valley Institute more than 90% of the employees will come from local recruitment, directly from the Silicon Valley to absorb the best talent; second, the Silicon Valley Institute will also work with IBM, SAP and Microsoft and other U.S. technology companies to cooperate in the project, the formation of joint laboratories, there will be domestic staff to engage in short-term project cooperation; again, Suning will also use capital to carry out innovative companies and technology related acquisitions, and Silicon Valley Institute will do this work.

He stressed that the Silicon Valley Research Institute is an important part of Su Ning's overseas expansion, overseas investment and international development strategy, but this kind of expansion is different from the past Suning in Hong Kong and Japan through acquisitions to enter the market. Silicon Valley Research institute is mainly in search, large data and high-performance computing and other aspects of the study; Suning is not planning to set up a store in the United States for the time being, but it may be considered in the future, but at least 2017 years ago.

In addition to the Silicon Valley Institute, Suning also plans to set up research and development institutions in New York and Seattle. Weimin said that there is no specific timetable, but Su Ning will continue to push forward according to specific research topics and cooperation projects. But he also proposed his own plan: Seattle Research and Development institutions may be mainly as Suning and Microsoft's cloud computing technology cooperation Department, while the New York department will be mainly engaged in financial services and other purposes, suning Beijing Research and Development Center will carry out social media and implantable application research and development, the Shanghai department will be mainly engaged in Internet communications and data transmission technology , and Nanjing headquarters is responsible for the operation and demand, there will be specialized and United States agencies coordinated coordination departments.

Weimin said that Suning will follow the model of High-tech innovative enterprises to position themselves, in Silicon Valley to attract talent. He said that Su Ning hopes to recruit talented people who have dreams, both enterprising and ambitious, and yearning for personal wealth creation. Su Ning hopes for the Silicon Valley Research Institute to create a challenging working atmosphere, so that the High-tech talent can take the challenge and the spirit of the game to work, at the same time inherit suning traditional family-style corporate culture, for them to create a warm team atmosphere.

Referring to Su Ning's Internet retailing transformation, Weimin said, as China's largest commercial enterprise, Su Ning's biggest challenge is the transformation of the knowledge and ability structure faced by the company's management and management team in the process of Internet transformation. He believes that E-commerce is essentially a business, Suning has been in the retail industry for more than more than 20 years, has a very mature industry brands and resources, including supply chain, logistics and consumer data, this is Su Ning as a retail enterprise to the Internet to transform the accumulation of capital and advantages.

But he continued to elaborate that the offline advantage can not be easily transformed into an online advantage, Suning needs to innovate in the Internet field, and not only in the online shop, more important is the introduction of Internet technology to the physical store, this is the important challenge of suning transformation, but also in the Silicon Valley to set up a research institute

Weimin also introduced the three major areas of Su Ning's investment and acquisition: The first is through the acquisition of cooperation in overseas open shop expansion, the current will start from Southeast Asia, and then consider Europe and the United States market; second, for the development of Cross-industry, Suning will also consider the way through mergers and acquisitions to quickly enter a new field; third, technology-driven acquisitions, is mainly concerned about large data, cloud storage and logistics and other technology-oriented companies.