Thriving Against the Odds: NFS 2020 CEO Summit & Lieyun Venture Awards Ceremony Launches

2020 is destined to be a turning point in the history of business development.

In the first decade of the 21st century, we witnessed the rise of tech companies such as Shanda, NetEase, Tencent, Alibaba, and Baidu. Led by giants represented by BAT (Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent), these companies took the lead in various sectors, including e-commerce and social networking, profoundly influencing and reshaping China’s business landscape.

In the second decade of the 21st century, new disruptors continued to drive the iteration and evolution of China’s internet sector. Emerging giants such as ByteDance, Meituan, Didi, and Xiaomi grew rapidly, making significant inroads into various sectors and challenging the established incumbents with remarkable momentum.

Amidst commercial iterations and the impact of the pandemic,In 2020, turbulent waves swept across various sectors, with constant upheavals and emerging opportunities unfolding. Industries such as live-streaming e-commerce, healthcare, enterprise services, and online education bucked the trend, attracting frequent capital injections, while their related business models experienced an unexpected surge.

Since the beginning of this year, JD.com and NetEase have returned to the Hong Kong stock market, while SMIC and Cambricon have embracedA-shares; NIO, Li Auto, and XPeng—the “Big Three” of China’s new-energy vehicle startups—are all listed on U.S. stock exchanges, while Ant Group, JD Digits, and Lufax have also launched their IPOs, sparking wave after wave of wealth-creation myths.

ReviewIn 2020, the capital market experienced significant volatility amid the intertwining effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sino-U.S. tensions, and financial shocks. According to publicly available data, China’s primary market performed weakly in the first half of 2020 under the impact of the pandemic “black swan” event, with a notable contraction in both the number and value of investments. Only 827 deals were completed, and the total disclosed investment amount reached RMB 311.5 billion, both figures representing less than one-third of the corresponding data for 2019.

As social production and daily life have largely returned to normal, investment and financing activities across various industries in China have gradually picked up. In the second half of the year, the capital market showed signs of recovery, with investment institutions becoming more focused and cautious, tightening the number of investments and concentrating on hot sectors. Public data shows that,In the third quarter of 2020, more than 2,000 investment and financing deals were completed in China, representing a 25.93% quarter-on-quarter increase but a 22.04% year-on-year decrease. Among the top five hottest sectors for investment and financing—healthcare, manufacturing, enterprise services, hardware, and lifestyle services—the number of financing deals in the healthcare sector rose by 39% year on year.

Behind every crisis, new business opportunities will inevitably emerge. The pandemic’s impact on the market economy has not been solely negative; it has also given rise to a wave of new trends and dividends.2020 marks the end of the first two decades of the 21st century and serves as a pivotal juncture for unlocking the future. At this critical point, what new trends will emerge in China’s new economy?

What will be the next wave of entrepreneurship and investment? For the new economy represented by the Internet, where will the growth potential come from in the next decade?Which industries are being transformed by the new technological revolution driven by AI and 5G? Which industries are seizing new opportunities under the favorable tailwinds of the new infrastructure development policy?

In this new era of rapid iteration in business models, mindsets, and technologies, a pressing issue for discussion is how to discern the underlying laws governing development amidst ever-changing dynamics and noise, and to anticipate the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead.

From December 2 to 4, 2020, the NFS 2020 Annual CEO Summit and Lieyun Network Venture Capital Awards Ceremony (New Force Summit) was held at the Park Hyatt Beijing. The theme of this year’s New Force Summit was “Thriving Against the Odds” (Registration Link). The “New Force” summit brand focuses on emerging forces that have grown under the new economy, new technology systems, and new industrial structures. The theme “Thriving Against the Odds” aims to support enterprises that have flourished during this extraordinary year and the investment firms driving their growth, while demonstrating Lieyun Network’s commitment to leveraging its venture capital service platform to create opportunities for interaction and exchange.

Highlight 1: Nine Sub-Venues to Interpret Entrepreneurial Opportunities Under the New Economic Landscape

At this grand event, Lieyunwang will share inspiring insights and industry foresight from entrepreneurs and investors in fields such as new infrastructure, e-commerce, healthcare, and education through the following nine sections:

2020 China Fund of Funds Annual Forum — Bringing together industry experts, executives of listed companies, leading investment banks, and professional investors to delve into the new landscape of the capital market, share successful fund investment experiences, focus on strategic industrial hotspots, and directly address the evolution of the industry ecosystem;

New Infrastructure, New Opportunities, New Journey—What opportunities and challenges does industrial digital transformation face under policy support? What new technology application scenarios will new infrastructure spawn? Which industry scenarios will be disrupted by technological advancements?

E-Commerce New Force——In 2020, competition in the e-commerce arena was particularly fierce, with major internet giants entering the fray. As a typical representative of new business formats, live-streaming e-commerce became one of the most rapidly growing internet applications, giving rise to numerous new brands and emerging forces;

New AIoT Scenarios: From a Future-Oriented Perspective on the AIoT Industry, Appreciate the Boundary-Breaking Fusion of AI and IoT, Examine the Future Pathways for AIoT Enabled by 5G, Explore the Future Empowerment Potential of AIoT, and Jointly Witness Industry Transformation, Industrial Upgrading, and Accelerated Fission Driven by AIoT;

New Trends in Educational Integration—In 2020, the pandemic triggered significant upheaval in education, propelling it frequently onto trending topic lists. The focus centered on the impact and transformation brought to the education sector by digitalization and the development of new infrastructure, while exploring emerging trends in the application of cutting-edge technologies within the education industry;

The Digital and Intelligent Path of the Supply Chain—How will China’s manufacturing sector develop in the future? What are the successful pathways for digital and intelligent transformation in manufacturing? Renowned supply chain experts and representatives from manufacturing enterprises will jointly explore industrial interconnectivity and the innovative value of supply chain integration.

Wisdom+ Healthcare — Compared with other industries, healthcare has consistently demonstrated counter-cyclical resilience and is increasingly regarded as a “golden track.” Supported by technologies such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, cloud computing, and big data, smart healthcare will accelerate the technological empowerment of the health and medical sector, drive industrial upgrading, and build a new healthcare ecosystem;

Wisdom+New Services—In the new era of the digital economy, enterprises will face more diverse customer demands and more refined operational challenges, while accelerating the role of data assets in driving business value. We aim to provide you with innovative approaches to digital service marketing, helping you identify new drivers for business growth;

The Rise of the Semiconductor Industry—As a focal point of the STAR Market, the semiconductor sector has remained a persistent hotspot. Meanwhile, the increasingly complex international landscape poses new challenges to the development of China’s domestic semiconductor industry. This special summit will conduct an in-depth discussion on the current impacts and changes in the global semiconductor industry, as well as its dynamics and trends.

Highlight 2: Prospects for the New Economy and Emerging Business Models,3,000+ Participating Companies Jointly Explore New Economy and New Growth Drivers

The new economic format is an economic form dominated by knowledge innovation, based on information technology, and supported by talent entrepreneurship, featuring high technology, high added value, and high growth potential.

The Internet in China has gone throughA 20-Year Journey. Over these two decades, China’s internet has evolved from the PC era to the mobile internet era, ushering in a period of rapid and dramatic digital transformation.

In 2020, China’s innovation economy witnessed new trends. Under the impact of the pandemic and the broader currents of the era, Chinese businesses underwent a structural restructuring. High-level participation across multiple industrial sectors—including new infrastructure, new consumption, multi-channel networks (MCNs), live-streaming e-commerce, artificial intelligence, online education, biomedicine, enterprise services, and the Internet of Things—has created new opportunities.

At this year's New Forces Summit, we will address the topic through themed presentations, roundtable discussions, and awards for institutions and enterprises.A review of the first decade (2010–2020) of the new economy’s development, featuring invitations to the industry’s most representative entrepreneurs, founders, and investors to jointly discuss new economic models and business formats, and to look ahead to the next ten years of the new economy.

The summit features a total of3,000+ participating companies; over 200 media outlets invited to attend on-site; content distributed through 400+ media partners.

Highlight 3:38 Award Categories Unveiled On-Site! Paying Tribute to the “New Forces” in Venture Capital and Innovation

As the most anticipated annual event in the venture capital and private equity community, Lieyunwang will also present awards at this summit, covering categories including Individuals, Companies, and Investment Institutions.The results of the 38 awards etch the names of the innovative groups that are reshaping the mark of our times.

Among them, the enterprise category includesTop 10 Entrepreneurial Leaders of 2020, Top 10 Female Entrepreneurs of 2020, Top 20 Innovative Companies with the Greatest Unicorn Potential of 2020, Top 20 Innovative Companies with the Greatest Investment Value of 2020, Top 10 Innovative Companies Making the Most Significant Contributions During the Pandemic in 2020, and Top 10 Most Influential Innovative Companies in the MCN Sector of 2020, totaling 17 awards.

Investment institutions includeTop 20 Most Influential Investors of 2020, Top 20 Most Discerning Investors of 2020, Top 20 Best Venture Capital Firms of 2020, Top 10 Best Private Equity Investment Firms of 2020, Top 20 Dark Horse Investment Firms of 2020, and Top 5 Investment Firms with Outstanding Contributions to Epidemic Prevention and Control in 2020, totaling 21 awards.

SelfSince 2016, the VCBeat Venture Capital Awards Ceremony has spanned five years, paying tribute to thousands of emerging forces in entrepreneurship and capital. The outstanding entrepreneurs, excellent startups, and investment institutions on the list have all demonstrated remarkable vitality, with some companies having become leaders in China’s tech entrepreneurship trend.

Notably, Lieyun Network has focused this year on the new generation of entrepreneurs emerging under the new economic system and industrial structure, uncovering fresh entrepreneurial forces across sectors including enterprise services, supply chain, semiconductors, new consumption, education, the big health industry, and biomedicine,Across various sectors, including AIoT, creating opportunities for interactive exchange among companies that thrived in adversity in 2020.

To the Witnesses of This Era:Respect！