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Sias Founder is Official Chinese Partner at Plug and Play Summit

October 27, 2015


Plug and Play held a Global Cross-Border Venture Summit and launching ceremony in Suzhou, China. The theme of the event was 'Evolutionary Era.' From hundreds of local projects, 20 models will be selected and given a platform to launch their business ideas.


The Founder, and Chairman of the Board of Sias, Dr. Shawn Chen, attended the event as an official Chinese partner and delivered a speech. Dr. Chen spoke of the importance of real, practical experience involving tutors, guidance, resources, and training in helping incubation projects grow.


Plug and Play is an American company under the Amidi Group, which is focused on helping entrepreneurial teams with incubators in the fast-growing technology industry. The founder of Plug and Play, who is also the Chairman of the Amidi Group, Rahim Amidi, said that whether it was office space or links to the number of startups, incubators, and accelerators of Plug and Play were some of the world's largest companies, including Intel, Microsoft, Google, and eBay.


In other news, Plug and Play signed a formal agreement with the Chongqing City Government. Chongqing Mayor, Huang Qifan, Plug and Play founder, Rahim Amidi, and the co-founder of Plug and Play China, Dr. Shawn Chen attended the ceremony. Under the agreement, Plug and Play will help in the completion of a large industrial park in the Yubei District of Chongqing. It will build a large-scale incubation center, modeled on its success in Silicon Valley, USA.



Dr. Shawn Chen at the Plug and Play China Summit



Plug and Play China Summit



Plug and Play China Summit



Dr. Shawn Chen with Rahim Amidi and Huang Qifan, Mayor of Chongqing


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