HANGZHOU, CHINA - MediaOutReach - 12 October 2020 - OnSeptember 17^th & 18^th, the "2020 Culture andTourism Summit of Hangzhou & Meeting Industry Fair of the New EconomicDestination" was held in Hangzhou, China, sponsored by Hangzhou MunicipalBureau of Culture, Radio, TV and Tourism.

In the opening ceremonyof the summit, "Top Ten Scenes of Hangzhou Digital Economy Tourism"was finally announced. They are Alibaba Group (China) Co., Ltd., HangzhouHikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd., theCloud Town & Hangzhou City Brain Co., Ltd., Xiaoshan Hipark, Turing Town,Alibaba Cloud Industrial Internet Co., Ltd., Inno & Entre Town, ZhejiangDahua Zhilian Co., Ltd., Xiaoshan Robot Town, and Wasu Digital TV Media Group,all of which are world-famous technology companies or business centers/parks.

As one of the nation'sbest tourist cities and a famous national historical and cultural city,Hangzhou is the political, economic and cultural center of Zhejiang Province.From rich Chinese traditional culture to passionate team building programs, tocooperation-inspiring business study trips, through colorful night leisure life:event planners can keenly feel the wealth ofinterests Hangzhou stands to offer as an ideal MICE destination.

In recent years, thedigital economy industry of Hangzhou has been constantly growing. Theindustrial sectors are empowered for development with technology innovations,accompanied with emerging economic industries such as the Internet, culturalcreativity, financial service, health care, and new energy. In addition, topnational and international conferences including the APSARA Conference, 2050Conference, Netease Future Conference, and Money20/20 take roots in Hangzhou.The fast-growing digital economy industry has attracted more and more Chineseand foreign business tourists, and this untapped tourism has become a "newblue ocean" for the development of Hangzhou's tourism.

Therefore, the HangzhouMunicipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, TV and Tourism launched the program of theelection of "Top Ten Scenes of Hangzhou Digital Economy Tourism" tointegrate the new digital economy resources into the tourism concept. The tenscenes have established a specified visitor reception mechanism mainly forbusiness tourists, which will show its achievements in the development of the digitaleconomy.

Alibaba is a world-renownedtechnology company founded inHangzhou. Alibaba offers three visitor lines covering its Visitor Center at QINCHENGLI Mall, Tai Ji ZenGarden, Fly Zoo Hotel, and other unique resources. The spots are allrepresentative. Alibaba's Visitor Center shows the style of Alibaba, includingAlibaba's culture, industry, and products. As a new retail experimental fieldin smart commercial space, QINCHENGLIMall relies on the big data and AI technology to upgrade the production andcirculation process of commodities and form a display of new modes through deepintegration of online, offlineand logistics. As the first smart hotel in the world, Fly Zoo Hotel boasts 290rooms, the future fitness center and other facilities. Facial recognition check-in,smart elevator, Tmall smart butler, robot food delivery are all part of thelure, reflectingthe latest smart applications.

Hikvision is anintelligent IoT（Internet ofThings） solution and big data serviceprovider, focusing on comprehensive security, big data service and smartbusiness. It is committed to building a smart city and digitized enterprisewith integration of cloud and edge, IoT and Information, and digitization andintelligence. Covering an area of 4500 square meters, the Hikvision ExhibitionCenter showcases the design language centering on "light". For example, the device in the hallis called "The light of heart mirror", whose linkage with the bigscreen and the dance of light helps convey to the audience the philosophy ofthe company and the theme of the whole exhibition. And it shows a cityempowered by high-tech, including whole-house smart home experience, roadsafety driving guaranteed by vehicle-road collaborative technology, AR smartscenic sights, "take and go" easy shopping area, efficient smartfactories and urban operation center, etc.

As the cradle ofcharacteristic towns in Zhejiang, home to Hangzhou City Brain, and thepermanent venue of "Cloud Computing Conference", the Cloud Townboasts five big industry ecology of "cloud industry", "CityBrain", "intelligent manufacturing", "spaceinformation", and "biological medicine", committing itself toforge the first town in China's digital economy. The City Brain, known as Hangzhou's "golden namecard", enables urban managers to better allocate public resources, makescientific decisions and improve governance efficiency. Hangzhou City BrainCo., Ltd., as the operation and management main body of the smart system, isstriving to become a model in Hangzhou's digital economy tourism. This sceneoffers three routes covering Cloud Town Exhibition, Museum of Inspiration 2050,Herbal Garden, City Brain Base. The City Brain Base presents the newmechanism in which the Hangzhou government explores the development andconstruction of the city brain, including the industrial application, theprocess, the achievements, and the future of collaborative innovation among thegovernment, enterprises and research institutions through the Innovation Base.

2020 Culture andTourism Summit, with the topic of "New Challenges, New Scenes, and NewIntegrations", comprised multiple parts including the main summit,parallel forums, an investment and financing wine party, and a meeting industryfair. 100 CMOs of China's the new economy enterprises, 20 PCOs from Beijing andShanghai, and 20 PE/VC institutions participated in the event as conferencebuyer. They had an in-depth business exchange with 120 MICE suppliers ofHangzhou within one and a half days.

Diversifiedempowerment, professional collaboration and authoritative investigationconducted between the new economic advantage industry and the conferenceindustry are showing Hangzhou's unique strengths in industries, innovation, anddevelopment potential as "A Destination of the New Economy".