月度归档 2024年3月21日

Thousands of miles away, on the other side of the ocean, Internet service applications, from mobile payment, e-commerce to small program platforms, which are very mature in China, are blossoming overseas with the successful mode of digital transformation of China market exported by a batch of outstanding enterprises. Whale technology, which is committed to becoming the world’s leading provider of digital technology and services, is one of them that deserves great attention.

"Whale Technology has been exploring the international market since 2005, and has provided digital technology and services to telecom operators, public service departments and customers in other industries in more than 80 countries and regions around the world." Cao Zhenzhong, chief marketing officer of Whale Technology (International), said in an exclusive interview with C114 after MWC24 Barcelona, "China market has rich technological innovation and practical experience in the digital field, and Whale Technology is actively applying these successful cases and technical experience to overseas market projects. On the one hand, we join hands with overseas operators to accelerate our own digital transformation; On the other hand, on top of the modern digital infrastructure of operators, the digital economy of the market we serve is also entering the fast lane of development, and the whole society is benefiting from it. "

Future first-mover connection

"Future First" is the theme of this year’s MWC24 Barcelona, and the deep integration of 5G and AI has become one of the most concerned topics of this year’s participants. From the commercialization of 5G in 2019 to the announcement that China telecom operators will start the large-scale deployment of 5G-A, the evolution and upgrading of technology has never stopped. An obvious truth is that technology empowers business value, and conversely, the realization of business value will also promote technology to go further. However, in the telecom industry, realizing such a positive cycle is becoming an urgent problem for the whole industry.

When Whale Technology was founded in 2003, the mobile communication market was still in the 2G era, and the demographic dividend made telecom operators enjoy a long-lasting barbaric and extensive growth. At that time, it was even dubbed as "the era of making money while lying down". Nowadays, most telecom operators in the world are facing the embarrassing situation that their revenue growth is slowing down, or even OTT companies are grabbing most of their profits. This is no secret in the industry. Then, as a company that has taken the communication industry as its main development channel since its establishment, how does Whale Technology help operators to meet such challenges?

"Our BSS and OSS suites are powerful tools to support operators to realize 5G realization." Cao Zhenzhong said that the latest telecommunications BSS/OSS suite exhibited by Whale Technology at MWC24 is not only equipped with AI-driven sales, marketing and service platforms, but also can help operators improve customer acquisition efficiency and the life cycle value of existing customers. At the same time, cloud native technology and process automation technology can be used to help enterprises simplify internal workflows and improve operational efficiency.

In addition, in terms of self-intelligent network, telecom operators can use the technology of Whale Technology to build a modern network and operating environment, and improve network scalability, reliability and resource utilization. As for how to monetize 5G, Whale Technology can cooperate with telecom operators, especially overseas operators, to bring innovative technologies and services that have been verified in China market to the market together, and help them gradually shift from 5G B2C to B2B and then to B2B2X and other fields, thus expanding their income sources.

Beyond connection, from paving the way to empowerment, from basic communication connection service provider to digital service provider, this is the core of the answer given by Cao Zhenzhong in an interview.

Last year, at MWC23, GSMA proposed the Open Gateway initiative, hoping to unify and open the network capabilities in the telecommunications network through API, and reproduce the magical effects brought by global voice roaming in that year, thus providing new possibilities for 5G revenue generation. This year, GSMA announced at MWC24 that as many as 47 mobile operator groups (representing 65% of global connections), including the three major operators in China, have signed the Open Gateway plan.

"We believe that the opening of telecom network capacity will bring new revenue opportunities to operators. Especially in the B2B market, operators mainly sell connectivity, cloud resources and resell third-party services. However, in order to enhance the stickiness with partners, operators must open their own capabilities and embed them into third-party services. This can not only increase the profit of B2B business, but also improve the stickiness with partners, and at the same time become a differentiation factor for operators from hyperscalers. If these capabilities are effectively standardized, it can also reduce the integration cost of global partners and promote the development of the entire ecosystem. " Cao Zhenzhong said.

It is also in this context that Whale Technology demonstrated a complete B2B solution at MWC24, covering the B2B support system of operators and TaaS(Telco as a Service). According to reports, TaaS includes a series of solutions, including not only messaging platform as a service (river map) products in the traditional network/communication capability open field, Video Intelligence in the data and AI capability open field, AIGCortex platform (large model platform) and application scenarios, but also operational capability open solutions such as SuperAPP and DMC (digital marketing cloud). Moreover, these solutions have been commercialized and verified in China, Singapore, South America and other markets. At the same time, Whale Technology is also strengthening cooperation with important industry organizations such as GSMA, hoping to actively contribute to ecological construction.

No China, no world.

Huang Yuhong, president of China Mobile Research Institute, recalled MWC2024 Barcelona, and said that besides "no 5G, no AI", there was also "no China, no globe".

In South America, which is separated from Wan Li, as a representative enterprise of China’s technology "going out to sea", Whale Technology helped South American operator Claro to build a Super APP based on small programs and build a local ecology. At the same time, the company held the "Mini Program Super APP Competition" in conjunction with Universidad de La Sabana and Claro in Colombia, aiming at inspiring the younger generation to explore and explore small programs. After receiving the professional training of Whale Science and Technology Instructor, the students of Universidad de La Sabana designed and developed a small program that can solve practical problems in campus life within two weeks. This activity not only allows students to understand and apply knowledge in practice, but also helps local people to cultivate digital talents. It also makes the innovative technology of applet more widely promoted in the American continent, and it is an attempt to integrate science and technology, business and education.

In C114′ s view, the rich ICT experience and industry insight accumulated in the telecommunications field from the 2G to 5G era, coupled with the super blessing of cloud technology and Internet industry experience, has successfully changed from a software service provider to a "digital intelligence service professional company" that understands the telecommunications ICT field, cloud services and Internet genes, which is also the basis for its ability to compete and cooperate with industry giants in overseas markets.

Take the LPC (Local Public Cloud) solution provided by Whale Technology for overseas markets as an example. This solution realizes the efficient operation of major cloud platforms through its self-developed CRE engine. "Our LPC solution enables IDC customers or carrier customers to transform into cloud service operators. They can choose a suitable cloud base scheme according to their own needs and build a cloud infrastructure that meets their own needs. Zain, a Saudi operator, is one of the successful cases. LPC not only meets the requirements of Zain and the Saudi government for data security and data protection, but also achieves sustainable development in business. " Cao Zhenzhong told us that LPC scheme can greatly reduce the threshold for customers to intervene in cloud computing and digital transformation, and provide new infrastructure options for digital transformation of overseas customers.

We have noticed that this scheme has been quoted by Gartner as the sample vendor of the "sovereign cloud". Gartner’s latest forecast also shows that by 2027, 70% of enterprises adopting generative AI will take sustainable development and digital sovereignty as the primary criteria for choosing public cloud generative AI services. In view of this, the LPC scheme is also constantly developing. At this year’s MWC24, Whale Technology launched the Local X series under the background of "digital sovereignty". Local X includes a series of local applications, such as Local Mobile Payment, LocalGPT, Local SuperAPP, Local Security and so on. These digital infrastructures can help a country to establish local, controllable facilities that meet the national regulatory requirements, while Whale Technology has the ability to plan, build and operate such digital infrastructures.

In fact, since 2005, Whale Technology has continuously increased its overseas layout. Up to now, Whale Technology has covered 150+ mainstream telecom operators in more than 80 countries or regions on six continents, serving nearly 1.8 billion end users. In the field of cloud computing and industry digitalization, Whale Technology is the core cloud MSP partner of Alibaba Cloud, and its LPC products have been commercialized in Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, South Africa and other countries. Up to now, Whale Technology has set up several R&D centers or branches in the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Colombia, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, India and other countries.

"A year’s plan lies in spring". After the opening ceremony of MWC24 in Barcelona, Cao Zhenzhong also conveyed to C114 the company’s determination and development goal to continue to deepen overseas markets in the future: with the arrival of the new year, Whale Technology will continue to uphold and practice the "STRATO" strategy of digital transformation 2.0 in the international market. Due to the increasing demand for digital infrastructure, supervision and security in overseas national strategies, LPC-based Local X will become an important development direction. At the same time, the company will gradually move from the telecom operator industry to the digitalization of other industries such as finance and cross-industry digitalization capacity building in order to achieve sustained growth.

　　Beijing, May 5 (Reporter Shangguan Yun) "The trees are shaded in summer, and the balcony reflects into the pond." Long summer is the seventh solar term in the traditional twenty-four solar terms and the first solar term in summer, indicating the official start of the Meng Xia season.

　　Because of its important guiding significance to agricultural activities, long summer has been attached great importance since its establishment. At the same time, in order to cope with the increasingly hot weather, people have gradually formed a series of interesting folk customs, and activities such as "fighting eggs" and "weighing people" are still popular.

　　The significance of solar terms in long summer

　　Among the 24 solar terms, long summer was established earlier. It indicates the change of seasons, which was considered as the beginning of summer in ancient times.

Data Map: The "long summer" solar term indicates the end of spring and the arrival of summer. The picture shows that the corn seedlings in the fields in Ganzhou District of Zhangye are thriving in the morning light. Photo by Chen Li

　　For the meaning of this solar term, twenty-four solar term explains: "It is also the beginning of the establishment, the summer, the holiday, and everything is fake at this time." The "false" here means "big", which means that the plants sown in spring have grown upright.

　　In terms of climate, people are accustomed to regard long summer as an important solar term for the growth of crops in the peak season, with the obvious increase of temperature and thunderstorm.

　　In long summer, everything is flourishing. It is recorded in the ancient book: "On the day of Meng Xia, heaven and earth began to meet, and everything was beautiful." At this time, the summer harvest crops have entered the late growth stage, and their year is basically a foregone conclusion, so there is a saying that "long summer sees summer".

　　Why did the ceremony of welcoming summer be held in ancient times?

　　The ancients believed that summer was the season when the yang was high, and welcoming and spending summer were the main contents of seasonal beliefs and ceremonies in summer. Folk expert Xiao Fang mentioned in "Twenty-four solar terms and folk customs" that "long summer, as the beginning of summer, has been valued by people since ancient times."

　　In ancient times, on this day in long summer, the emperor would lead hundreds of officials to the southern suburbs of Beijing to welcome the summer and hold a ceremony to welcome the summer. Both the monarch and the minister should wear a scarlet dress with a scarlet jade pendant, and even the horses and car flags should be scarlet to express their good wishes for a bumper harvest.

　　With the passage of time, long summer customs have become richer and more perfect.

Data Map: Children have an egg-fighting competition. Photo by Dou Yuewen

　　Liu Dong, a Ming Dynasty man, recorded in "A Brief Introduction to the Scenery of the Imperial Capital": "Open the ice in summer and give it to the civil and military ministers." It can be seen that in the Ming Dynasty, on the day of long summer, Ling Guan, who was in charge of the ice administration in the imperial court, would dig out the ice stored in the winter cellar, cut it up and give it to the officials by the emperor.

　　In the folk, ordinary people will drink cold drinks to cool off the heat. In the Song Dynasty, there were already many kinds of cold drinks. It is said that there is also the custom of cooking tender broad beans in summer in Jiangnan water town.

　　Tie the "summer rope" and "weigh people" to check fat and thin.

　　Around long summer, the people have also formed interesting customs, involving various aspects such as diet and games.

　　Due to the high temperature in summer, people are prone to discomfort, such as not thinking about diet and so on. Therefore, to "weigh people" in the summer is to weigh people, mainly the elderly and children, with scales.

Data Map: The "long summer" solar term means that summer is no longer far away. In Wanzai County, Jiangxi Province, local people have carried out traditional folk activities such as playing with eggs, eating peas and glutinous rice and weighing themselves to welcome the arrival of summer. Photo by Deng Longhua

　　Then, after the summer is over, weigh yourself again and compare it with the previous weight, so as to check your health and adjust your body in time. In addition, people will tie a "summer rope" to their children: tie a five-color silk thread to their wrists and other places to express their desire to eliminate summer heat.

　　Or, adults will cook a few eggs, and children will play "egg-fighting" games in groups of three or five. The egg is divided into two ends, the tip is the head, and the round one is the tail. When fighting eggs, the egg head hits the egg head, and the egg tail hits the egg tail. The loser gives up and finally wins.

　　At this time, "long summer Rice" is a special diet: people mix rice with beans of five colors, such as red beans and soybeans, and eat it after steaming. According to folklore experts, this kind of long summer rice is also called five-color rice, which means to balance the five elements and give people spiritual encouragement.

　　Xiao Fang said that the 24 solar terms are a cultural technology for us to grasp the growth time of crops, observe the laws of animal activities and understand the rhythm of human life. It is also a traditional interest in time life to taste spring in beginning of spring and enjoy tea in Qingming Festival.

　　In addition, people live in nature, and only by conforming to nature can they live a happier life. He believes that people should consciously inherit the civilized wealth of the 24 solar terms, respect natural time, respect the rhythm of life, and enjoy colorful natural time life.

　　This year’s National Day military parade, under the light of Dongfeng-41 and Dongfeng-17, the debut of "Brother Pingtou" Julang-2 was slightly low-key, but its status and strength should not be underestimated. As a strategic nuclear weapon and nuclear counterattack force, Julang-2, a submarine-launched long-range ballistic missile with a strategic submarine as the launching platform, is known as the sword of a big country and the anchor of the sea.

　　Behind the nuclear "huge wave" for our country, we can’t do without the figure of an old man. He is the chief designer of China’s first nuclear submarine, the main designer of China’s first nuclear power plant and the main technical director of the first nuclear power plant.

　　He is Peng Shilu, a senior academician of China Academy of Engineering, a nuclear power expert and the son of revolutionary martyr Peng Pai.　

　　Dianpei childhood

　　For many people, childhood is the best time in life, but for Peng Shilu, it is an exception. Peng Shilu’s father, Peng Pai, was the leader of the early peasant movement of our party. When Peng Shilu was 3 years old, his mother, Cai Suping, died. A year later, his father, Peng Pai, was secretly killed in Longhua, Shanghai at the age of 33.

　　△ Peng Pai, Peng Yuren and Peng Shilu took a group photo, and Peng Pai kissed "Peng Pai and his little darling"

　　In order to avoid the "extermination" of the Kuomintang government, Peng Shilu began a life of drift from place to place, experienced an unimaginable prison, and even once became a beggar. It was not until 1940 that Zhou Enlai asked someone to find Peng Shilu and sent him to Yan ‘an, which ended his wandering life.

　　△ In July 1933, the Kuomintang government published a large number of photos of Peng Shilu’s imprisonment in Nanshan and Guangzhou Daily, with the words "The son of communist bandit Peng Pai was captured by my ninth division".

　　Become attached to the nucleus

　　In Yan ‘an Middle School, Peng Shilu’s classmates all like to call him "the old monitor". Peng Shilu often said to his classmates, "Our parents have fought cruelly, and some of them have died. If we don’t study hard, how can we be worthy of our parents and the party?"

　　In 1951, Peng Shilu was chosen to study in the Soviet Union. While Peng Shilu was studying hard, a great event happened in the United States: in 1952, the first nuclear-powered submarine was successfully launched on the east coast of the United States.

　　In 1956, Chen Geng, Vice Minister of National Defense, visited the Soviet Union and secretly called Peng Shilu. Chen Geng asked him: "The Central Committee has decided to choose a group of international students to study atomic energy and nuclear power. Are you willing to change careers?" "As long as the motherland needs it, of course I am willing." Since then, Peng Shilu has forged an indissoluble bond with the nuclear cause.

　　△ Peng Shilu is in the Soviet Union

　　Serve the country

　　At the end of 1950s, Peng Shilu returned to China and was assigned to work in the Atomic Energy Institute, focusing on nuclear power. In 1959, the Soviet Union refused to provide assistance for the development of nuclear submarines on the grounds that the technology was complicated and China did not have the conditions. To this end, Mao Zedong proposed that "nuclear submarines should be built in 10,000 years!" Self-reliance and hard work have become the reality that Peng Shilu and his colleagues must face.

　　At that time, the country was in economic difficulties and there was a shortage of talents, but Peng Shilu and his colleagues had high morale. "In difficult times, we all ate Wowotou to engage in nuclear submarines, and sometimes even Wowotou didn’t have enough to eat. Food is not enough, dig wild vegetables and Chinese cabbage roots to eat … … At that time, there was no computer, so I pulled the slide rule and struck the abacus. So much data is calculated day and night. " Peng Shilu recalled.

　　"At the command, pack your backpack and go", Peng Shilu bid farewell to his wife and children and went to Sichuan alone to preside over the construction of the first 1: 1 onshore simulated reactor test base for nuclear power plants in China.

　　△ Peng Shilu and General Nie Li (the daughter of Marshal Nie Rongzhen) are investigating in the workshop.

　　In June, 1965, the blueprint for the onshore simulated reactor of nuclear power plant and submarine assembly was designed, and Peng Shilu, together with his family and his comrades, secretly came to a remote ravine in Sichuan, which was full of thorns and wild flowers. Here, the living area is dozens of miles away from the working area, and there is no fuel and vegetables. Children have no way to go to school and start nursery school, so they can only be locked at home to keep company with picture books … …

　　△ First-generation nuclear submarine land model reactor building

　　Overcoming all kinds of difficulties unimaginable to ordinary people, on July 1, 1971, China’s nuclear submarine succeeded in nuclear power generation for the first time; On August 1st, 1974, the magnificent military music echoed in the blue North Sea. China’s first nuclear submarine was named "Long March 1", which was formally incorporated into the battle sequence of the People’s Navy. Mao Zedong’s wish of "catching turtles in five oceans" was finally realized!

　　△ Group photo of four chief engineers of the first generation nuclear submarine project (from left to Zhao Renkai, Peng Shilu, Huang Weilu and Huang Xuhua)

　　It took only six years for China to become the fifth country with nuclear submarines after the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain and France. Behind the "miracle", it is inseparable from the hard work and sweat of scientific research workers headed by Peng Shilu.

　　Pioneer of nuclear power

　　It is the lifelong wish of nuclear power experts including Peng Shilu to serve the society and realize the ideal of peaceful use of nuclear energy. After the successful development of nuclear submarines, Peng Shilu turned from military industry to civilian field, and devoted himself to the research and creation of nuclear power plants, making outstanding contributions to Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant and Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant Phase II project.

　　In April 1991, according to General Zhang Aiping’s proposal, China State Shipbuilding Corporation organized forces to write about the birth of China’s missile nuclear submarine. Only then did Peng Shilu’s deeds become known to people. Many people at home and abroad praised him as "the father of China’s nuclear submarines" and "the founder of China’s nuclear power plant", which Peng Shilu firmly opposed.

　　"I just cooperated with my colleagues and did what I should do for China’s nuclear cause." This is a phrase that Peng Shilu often talks about.

　　As an important traditional festival in China, Double Ninth Festival is an indispensable part of our life, which has left many traces in the works of literati in past dynasties. Reviewing classical Four Great Classical Novels, we can understand the cultural genes contained in the custom of Double Ninth Festival through classical literary works.

　　Chrysanthemum viewing in Chongyang (Xinhua News Agency)

　　In China, the Spring Festival on January 1st, the Shangsi Festival on March 3rd, the Dragon Boat Festival on May 5th, and begging for cleverness on July 7th are all well-known traditional festivals. One, three, five, seven and nine belong to "yang number" in Zhouyi, and "nine" is the largest yang number, so weighing nine is double ninth. On the ninth day of September, we ushered in the Double Ninth Festival.

　　The Journey to the West stills

　　In The Journey to the West, the use of the number "nine" is very common. For example, the Monkey King’s seventy-two changes, a somersault cloud with a distance of 108,000 Li, and a demon king with seventy-two holes when he occupied Huaguo Mountain, all these figures are multiples of nine. And the whole process of learning the scriptures was completed only after "eighty-one difficult". "9981" is exactly "the number of double ninth festival", which shows that the ancients had a unique feeling for the number of double ninth festival, and the double ninth festival was unique.

　　Stills of A Dream of Red Mansions

　　The Double Ninth Festival in A Dream of Red Mansions is a poetry meeting full of cultural flavor. In the thirty-eighth chapter of the book, "Lin Xiaoxiang’s poems about winning chrysanthemums, Xue Heng’s satire and crab chant" describes the scene of chrysanthemum poems and crab banquets in the Grand View Garden, showing the aristocratic family and elegant interest. In the article, Baoyu gave Shi Xiangyun a new chestnut powder cake steamed with sweet-scented osmanthus sugar, which is Chongyang Yingjing cake.

　　During the dinner, in the "Chrysanthemum Poems" written by many people, "Who pities me for being thin as a yellow flower, comforting me to say that I will see you again in Chongyang", "Don’t recognize that Dongli is idle in picking flowers, and stick on a screen to comfort Chongyang", and "Gui Ai Tong is sitting in the shade, Chang ‘an is looking forward to Chongyang" in "Crab Ode" all explicitly mentioned Chongyang.

　　From the details of chrysanthemum appreciation, steamed cakes, feasting and eating crabs, it can be seen that the custom of Chongyang in the aristocratic family of Qing Dynasty is similar to that of the previous generation, and most of these customs have been passed down to this day.

　　Stills of Water Margin

　　Turning to the Water Margin, we came to the seventy-first time that "Zhongyitang Shijie was ranked as the hero of the astronomical water margin", and Song Jiang set up a chrysanthemum meeting at the time of "it was early and cool in autumn, and the Double Ninth Festival was near" — — "Song Jiang was called Song Qing, and arranged a big banquet, and all the brothers enjoyed chrysanthemums together, which was called the meeting of chrysanthemums … … Chrysanthemums are planted all over the loyalty hall, and each of them sits in turn and holds a lamp separately. On both sides of the hall, gongs and drums were played, boasting, laughing and making noise, and the leaders drank heartily. Lin ma sings the flute and Yan Qing plays the Zheng. I don’t feel the sun. "

　　During the dinner, Song Jiang gave the word "Manjianghong" while drinking, and there was "I like to meet Chongyang, and it is better to brew new grapes today/see Danshan with clear water/bitter bamboo with yellow reed/add white hair to my head/Huang Ju &hellip is indispensable to my temples; …” It can be seen that Chongyang is also a very important day for people at that time.

　　Stills of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

　　In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Pi, the Emperor of Wei Wen, is definitely an important figure, and his Book of Nine Days and Zhong You is an early extant document that explains the Double Ninth Festival in detail.

　　"Years to month, suddenly after September 9th. Nine is the number of yang, and the sun and the moon are in harmony. It is well-known and thinks that it is suitable for a long time, so it is a feast. " The so-called "long-term" should mean longevity. It can be seen that the Double Ninth Festival is related to praying for longevity, and banquets and gatherings are the main activities. From the point of view of "vulgar praise its name", Chongyang should be a common phenomenon recognized by customs at that time. Since it is universal, it will not happen overnight. Perhaps, the custom of the Double Ninth Festival in the Three Kingdoms period has a long history.

　　Finishing:Chen Yihui (Internship) Dong Dazheng

　　Information:The Forbidden City Publishing House reads extensively.

　　[Editor: Zhang Yuexin]