As introduced, after the project is put into use, other than used as the group's headquarters worthy of over 180 billion Yuan, it will also introduce a batch of financial institutions, which will provide a strong financial support for industrial entities of Zhuhai.
World's gap to be filled by white light communication
Yesterday, the capping ceremony was attended by Ye Zhen, deputy secretary of party committee of Hengqin New District, Liu Chenguang, head of the bureau of construction and environment protection of Hengqin New District, Yang Feng, chairman of the board of the group, Yang Zhixiong, vice chairman, Yu Daoqun, president.
It was said that the International Building consists of two parts, eastern tower and western tower. The western tower was capped on November 8, 2016. With the smooth capping of eastern tower, the International Building was capped and part of it will be put into use in 2017 and all of it will be put into use at the end of 2018.
At the capping ceremony held yesterday morning, the reporter of Nanfang Metropolis Daily learned that the International Building under construction has set several records in Zhuhai: its five-floor basement is honored as "the deepest pit" in Zhuhai; the architecture adopts an all steel main structure, which is the only one of the kind on Hengqin Island; the maximum load of each single pile is tested to be 5,000 tons; the internal communication of the building does not rely on internet, but on "white light positioning" and white light communication system developed by the group with "independent intellectual property rights, with functions such as precise indoor positioning, underground space navigation and reverse vehicle tracking. The application of the technology has filled a gap of China and even the world.
As introduced by Chairman Yang, 1.6 billion Yuan was invested in the project, which has a total floor area of more than 110,000 ㎡. Five floors of the underground floor area were not included in the plot ratio which cover an area of over 40,000 ㎡. The project adopts a design of two towers. Its V-shaped lines flow freely; its outer walls adopt an advanced light and shadow design, so it resembles flowing water and flying butterfly. The enchanting and spectacular light and shadow forms a contrast with the night-view of Zhuhai and Macau.
Providing international and intelligent office environment
It is said that after the International Building is completed, it will be used as the headquarters of the group and lead the group to embark on a path of internationalization based on diversified development such as real estate development and high-tech R&D development. Meanwhile, the project will provide more settled enterprises with international and intelligent office environment and service with its international vision and innovative and technological strength.
Yang said, the International Building is not the largest nor the highest in Hengqin New District. However, considered from intelligence, it is the most complete in scientific and intelligent functions. For example, the application of white light communication has not only filled a gap at home, but also filled a gap in the world. Meanwhile, the project has also introduced advanced concepts such as green architecture and smart environment protection, built vertical greening so that the office space is placed in a vertical garden. The project has won prizes such as a demonstrative project of green construction in the construction industry of Guangdong and a demonstrative project of green construction in the national construction industry.
Yang said, the International Building will be headquartered by the industries of the group worthy of over 180 billion Yuan and its LED white light communication industry. The reporter learned that in the future white light communication technology is expected to usher in a market worthy of over 100 billion Yuan and become a bright spot in high-tech industry of Zhuhai.
In addition, it will also be settled by several financial institutions. "We are an enterprise ingenious to the Special Economic Zone, and we will not forget our original intention and serve the development of Zhuhai." It is learned that the group has joined the financial sector of central enterprise through increase in capital and share at the end of 2016. Yang said, since it is still under an approval process, related details cannot be disclosed since a confidentiality agreement is involved.
Xie Yongsheng, general manager of Hengqin Great Aim Investment Holdings Co., Ltd.
In the future white light communication indoor positioning system will realize an output value of 50 billion Yuan
Daily: I have heard that you have just come back from Shijiazhuang. Has the group's optical communication industry made an important breakthrough in Shijiazhuang?
Xie: Yes, Great Aim Optical Communication Co., Ltd. has managed to develop a "smart shopping cart for supermarkets" which serves functions such as commodity retrieval, shopping navigation, targeted advertisement push based on location and big data operation. The cart is currently the smart shopping terminal with the most complete functions across the world. Some time ago it finished technology verification in TKL Supermarket of Shijiazhuang and achieved a success. As planned, by 2025 the "smart shopping cart" will be promoted and applied in over 5,000 supermarkets and it is expected that the project will realize an annual output value not less than 30 billion Yuan
Daily: Is it the first commercialization case of white light communication industry?
Xie: No, it isn't. Our operation of white light communication technology in the field of indoor positioning has filled a gap of the field in China and even in the world. By the first half of 2016, the company's invention patents had increased from 7 to 32, which took the lead in the world. At present, our white light communication technology has been successfully applied to fields such as coal mine industry, smart shopping cart app, smart warehousing and logistics management system, underground public parking lot positioning and navigation and smart service robot indoor positioning and navigation system.
Daily: Coal mining industry should be the first field entered by the technology. How does it go on now?
Xie Yongsheng: After three years of efforts, the "KJ975 miners positioning management system" developed by us obtained a "coal mine product safety standard license" from the state in February 2016. With the light emitted by mine lights as the carrier, the system can achieve a high-accuracy positioning within 0.5 meters, which is significant to the rescue in a mine accident. The system has provided important professional technical support for mine production management. The company plans to expand 50 mine projects and cover lane-ways with a total length of 3,000 km from 2017 to 2020. The supporting facilities supplied by our Optical Communication Company will consist of lane-way positioning light, miner's lamp for positioning, and other auxiliary systems such as power cable and wireless substation, which will realize an annual output value of around 3 billion Yuan. In the domestic market, only taking coal mining enterprises as an example, there are more than 8,000 large and medium sized coal mines. Considering its applications in all mining markets and international market, the total market size should exceed 500 billion Yuan
Daily: Some enterprise in Zhuhai has already realized underground parking lot positioning and navigation with an App. What are the differences of Great Aim's white light communication technology in operation and technology?
Xie: In a large parking lot, when car owners forget where they have parked their car, they can locate their car with white light communication technology. As long as the lights in the parking lot are upgraded into lights mounted with a location module, with an App installed on the mobilephone, the users can easily find their car. Besides, for public facilities such as stadium, shopping mall or underground parking lot, when there is an instant increase of human traffic, the security and human traffic pressure will become very high. Therefore, the white light communication technology of Great Aim can divert and manage the human traffic at the site conveniently at the backstage system based on location.
Daily: How does the commercialization of the technology go on now?
Xie: We have established a close cooperative relationship with BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., the largest producer of display screens and LED lights. Both sides have signed a cooperation agreement with average annual sales of 500,000 smart positioning lights. Besides, both sides have also reached an intention of cooperation with ETCP, a leading enterprise of smart parking lot at home. Three sides plan to promote the application of white light communication technology in public parking lots nationwide. ETCP has cooperated with over 3,000 parking lots in eight large cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Chongqing. The "navigation and reverse vehicle tracking system for underground parking lots" developed by Great Aim Optical Communication Co., Ltd can effectively overcome the "difficulty of navigation and vehicle tracking in the underground space" and be complementary with ETCP. Meanwhile, we plan to promote the said system among underground parking lots across the country. In 2016, there are over 200 million cars across China. With the development of urbanization, the scale of parking lots to be built in China will be increasingly large. It is predicted that by 2020, there will have been over 300 million parking spaces across the country, and over 90,000 parking lots will be needed. Calculated by an area of 10 ㎡ for each parking space, by 2020, the floor area of all parking lots needed will reach 3 billion ㎡ (the underground parking lots will account for approximately 30%). The promotion and application of "reverse vehicle tracking system for underground parking lots" on a large scale across the nation will drive the sales of positioning lamps, which will ultimately yield an annual output value not less than 5 billion Yuan.
Daily: How does Great Aim develop in smart service robot indoor positioning and navigation system? Can you share some details with us?
Xie: In 2013 China became the globally largest market for robots. The positioning precision of the smart service robot indoor positioning and navigation system developed by Great Aim based on white light communication technology has reached 15 cm, which has made the service robot really "intelligent". At present the technology scheme has passed the evaluation and is under testing. Nowadays, the whole service robot industry has a domestic market worthy of near 200 billion Yuan, which grows at a rate of 30% each year. In the current stage, more than 30 industrial parks (bases) related with robots have been built or planned across China. The planned area of robot industrial parks in different places surpasses 36,000 mu. It's predicted that as of 2020 the market of the industrial chain will surpass 500 billion Yuan. It's predicted that by 2020, the project will at least generate an annual output value of over 10 billion Yuan.
Daily: Will these cutting-edge technologies be applied in the International Building too?
Xie: Great Aim International Building will become the first commercial center that features "optical positioning" in Hengqin. As mentioned earlier, positioning and navigation system for underground parking lots, intelligent warehousing and logistics management system, etc. will all be applied. As of 2025, the white light communication indoor positioning system of Great Aim is predicted to generate an annual output value from commercialization of over 50 billion Yuan. If all industrial chains of the high-tech segment are moved back to Zhuhai, it will make a huge contribution to the economic construction of Zhuhai.