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2021-04-30 12:00
Last update date: 2021-04-30 12:00
When "Hong Kong 01" was founded five years ago, in addition to providing excellent media content, it also wanted to bring Hong Kong people comprehensive, new and interactive Internet products.
"Hong Kong 01" Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Wang Longxiao is the leader who leads an excellent technical team.
He said that in the past five years, "Hong Kong 01" has achieved many goals. He hopes that in the next five years, "Hong Kong 01" can provide Hong Kong people with the services they really need, and lead the breakthrough of Hong Kong's Internet technology.
"Hong Kong 01" Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Wang Longxiao said with a smile that the role of the CTO is to "do miscellaneous" and solve problems.
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Wang Longxiao laughed and said that the role of the CTO of "Hong Kong 01" is to "do miscellaneous", "My job is very complicated, product, technology, data-related business is miscellaneous, and it is a problem-solver."
When joining "Hong Kong 01", Wang Longxiao's goal was to transform the company into an Internet company. "At that time, the Internet products used by Hong Kong people, Facebook and Instagram were all foreign, or relatively old such as "Gordon". Products. At that time, I felt that "Hong Kong 01" was a new platform that had the opportunity to bring Hong Kong people a comprehensive, new and interactive Internet products."
""Hong Kong 01" is a technology-focused company. From the very beginning, the team encouraged the team to use Internet thinking to think about problems, and use world-class open source technology and architecture to create our products." He has commented on "Hong Kong 01" in the past 5 years. The results show recognition, but also show confidence in continued growth: page views have maintained an annual growth of more than 200%, with a record of 58 million daily views and more than 500,000 live-streaming online.
The "Hong Kong 01" App has ranked first* in total downloads in the past 30 months, with cumulative installations exceeding 3.8 million.
"Hong Kong 01" App launched an upgraded version, Wang Longxiao pointed out that the upgraded version adds social interaction elements, users can actively participate more, customize their own App, and complete the transformation of users from one-way reading to two-way and even multi-directional interaction.
"This time fundamentally reformed the structure of the App. The purpose is to better integrate media content with different services, so that "Hong Kong 01" can gradually develop into a "media+" life platform, so that users can travel more conveniently and quickly. Between the content and the service, it also makes the user's reading and transaction easier."
The business of "Hong Kong 01" is diversified, including media, as well as social, video, payment, e-commerce, events, charity and other businesses, six independent apps, and more than a dozen large and small websites.
Wang Longxiao pointed out that these businesses are all built on a unified and open technical chassis. Various businesses continue to enrich and verify the capabilities of the technical chassis. This expandable and open chassis also provides necessary support for each business to ensure better Less resource input, better user experience and rapid development of "Hong Kong 01".
Wang Longxiao, Chief Technology Officer of "Hong Kong 01", hopes that "Hong Kong 01" can provide Hong Kong people with the services they really need, and can even lead the breakthrough of Hong Kong's Internet technology.
(Photo by Zeng Ziyang)
In just five years, "Hong Kong 01" had such outstanding results. Wang Longxiao thanked his partners and customers for their support, and also thanked the technical team who worked alongside him.
He laughed and said that he couldn't imagine what it would become in five years, but he looked forward to two directions. The first is the development of data. "Using big data/AI technology to provide Hong Kong people with what they really need, easy to use and easy to use. It is hoped that the services used can dominate the market.”
The second aspect is the hope that "Hong Kong 01" can lead the breakthrough of Hong Kong Internet technology. "Many people say that Hong Kong Internet technology is learned from the United States or Mainland China. The technology itself is not good enough. I don't agree with it. I hope the team of "Hong Kong 01" , Can become a pioneer in leading the technological development of Hong Kong and the Asia-Pacific region."
*Source: App Annie: iOS App Store, Google Play Market News Free App Download Ranking, Hong Kong Market (7/2018-12/2020)
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