IDG Capital is an investment firm that funds early- to growth-stage companies in the technology sector. Today they work with private equity and venture capital fund managers, investment advisors, and business entities from around the world. Their limited partners include many internationally reputable investors, including sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, institutional investors, major charities, university endowments, family offices, and business luminaries. IDG Capital brings a powerful combination of global perspective and local experience to investment management. As long-term value investors, they are highly skilled at mobilizing global resources to address local needs, especially for Inbound and outbound opportunities in China and the rest of Asia. Their highly skilled team has an in-depth understanding of the Chinese market and enjoys close relationships with many influential business leaders.

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SAIF Partners is a leading private equity firm that provides growth capital to companies in Asia.  Our primary areas of focus include Information Technology, Internet, Mobile, Consumer Products and Services, Healthcare, Cleantech, Education, Modern Agriculture, Financial Services &amp; Manufacturing.  SAIF Partners was founded in 2001 and currently manages over $4 billion in capital. With over 100 investments since its inception, SAIF has become one of the largest and most active funds in the region. SAIF is a long-term investor with local teams in Hong Kong, China, and India.

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Having gained approval from the Ministry of Commerce of People’s Republic of China, SIIC Investment (Shanghai) Company Limited (“SIICINV”) was established in 1994 with registered capital of USD 44 million. It is the subsidiary company under Shanghai Industrial Investment (Holdings) Company Limited (“SIIC Group”), with its main focus on investment in sectors including resources, environmental protection and modern services,etc.  As a specialized investment arm of SIIC, SIICINV has had the privilege of being a value creation investment platform provider to ensure our customers to gain access to both domestic and international capital markets. SIICINV’s expansive resources, experiences and networks, offer our entrepreneurs the opportunity to develop their visions into market-leading companies.

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Capital Today manages dedicated China country funds of USD2.5 billion. It is one of the first independent private equity firms in China. Founded by Kathy Xu in 2005, Capital Today is committed to provide growth capital to small and medium-sized Chinese companies and helps them build sustainable businesses and No.1 brands in China.  Capital Today's investment theme is to capture opportunities with the booming Chinese middle class and their changing life styles.  Capital Today has a focused and disciplined strategy and hands-on approach. It is dedicated to help the Chinese entrepreneurs build KPI, Culture and No.1 brands (Capital Today's ''3 Weapons''). Capital Today is a strong believer of long term investment and tends to hold the investment for many years.  Capital Today has been focused on Consumer. Retail & Internet Sector. Their Portfolios IncludeJD.com, Youku Tudou.com, Ganji.com, Dianping.com, Three Squirrels online snack food brand, Yifeng Pharmacy Chain, Cosrno Lady Underwear Chain, Nuts Snack Food Chain, BiFengTang Quick Service Restaurant, Tsui Wah Restaurant Chain, etc.

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AVIA CENTER provides a full range of services that allows you to organize your own point of sale of airline tickets in the shortest possible time. We always work in close cooperation with our customers and partners, striving to find the optimal solution for the development of their business.

Yunji Technology is a Chinese robot company that builds a commercial service robot capable of delivering goods.

Founded in 2014, Hinabian is an immigration service platform.

Meiwei Buyongdeng is a professional smart food service providers. Through B-side SaaS services and C-side products, solve the restaurant's efficiency, management, marketing, cost and customer dining experience and other issues. In 2017, Meiwei Buyongdeng provides integrated solutions for smart food and beverage services for nearly 100,000 restaurants. At the same time, it provided a high-quality catering service experience for nearly 1 billion consumers. At present, yummy has already connected the restaurant service with consumers through the nationwide sales service network. Based on 2017, the 2018 delicious delicacy will start from the aspects of compacting product base and optimizing service experience and build a new ecology of smart food and beverage with partners.

Tujia, officially launched on December 1, 2011, is a global lodging-service sharing and booking platform. As a world's leading homestay booking platform in China, Tujia has been devoted to offering guests diversified, superior and distinctive lodging service and also bringing high profits to house owners with their rights and interests guaranteed. Currently Tujia has expanded its lodging-service network to 345 domestic and 1037 overseas destinations with over1,000,000 online residential houses, including apartments, homestays, villas as well as its derivative traveling services that can cater to various accommodation demands ranging from family tour, business travel, vacation, team building to even short-term transitional renting. Guests can book whatever lodging services they want through PC, smartphone, WeChat or 7x24 service line so that they can experience the local people’s lifestyle and enjoy the convenience and comfort that comes with it. All the residential houses will be carefully and locally examined by Tujia. Besides that, Tujia even invests RMB 10 million to create the Advance Compensation System as the insurance fund to guarantee a carefree lodging experience for every stay.  Tujia welcomes all the homeowners to list their idle houses on this platform, explore the new housing-sharing mode and enjoy the pleasure in the social activity. By virtue of the four major short-term renting service websites including Tujia.com, mayi.com, Ctrip Homestay, and bnbqunar.com, numerous travelers will have access to the houses listed on Tujia platform. Through highly efficient operation, considerate service and user-caring guidance, homeowners can post their renting information for free and earn profits in an easier way. In addition, the owners can also make friends and communicate with different people worldwide. Boasting comprehensive rights protection plan and the operation guidance for house owners, Tujia makes the home sharing a worry-free way to earn money. In 2017, Tujia launched RBA services in order to help the homeowners add value to their idle houses. RBA services provide the homeowners a ''one key escrow, easy to earn'' excellent steward services.

MakeMyTrip (India) Pvt., Ltd. operates as an online travel company in India. It provides booking services for flights, hotels, and buses; and holiday packages and travel guides. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Gurgaon, India with additional offices in New Delhi, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nashik, Panjim, Ahmedabad, Aurangabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, Surat, Vadodara, Chennai, Ludhiana, Indore, Jaipur, Coimbatore, Pune, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Hyderabad, and Guwahati, India; New York, New York; and Sydney, Australia.

Joint Wisdom provides hotel big data, hotel PMS, direct connection, hotel reviews, and hotel data platform servicers. They also provide OTA quality inspections, a hotel quality inspection tool, a scenario questionnaire, and safe oxygen bar rooms. They assist hotels in establishing their overall position, better-judging consumer needs, developing differentiated products and services, and customizing sales prices and channel rules.

Zhite Medical (IVF USA) works with 12 professional reproductive institutions in the US to offer one-stop IVF services. Our goal is to make it as easy as possible for people to conceive, and the complete IVF process takes at least 5 days in the United States. Zhite Medical (IVF USA) has chosen expert doctors, professional lawyers, and well-known third-party assisted reproductive management institutes in the United States with a high success rate in the field of IVF. The one-stop butler service provided by IVF USA breaks the interest chain of traditional intermediary providers.

China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited is an air carrier operator in China. The Company provides civil aviation services, including passenger transportation, cargo transportation and mail delivery services. The Company operates its transportation business through its domestic, international and regional transportation lines. The Company operates its businesses in domestic and overseas markets.

Tuniu (Nasdaq:TOUR) is a online leisure travel company in China that offers a large selection of packaged tours, including organized and self-guided tours, as well as travel-related services for leisure travelers through its website tuniu.com and mobile platform. Tuniu has over 550,000 stock keeping units (SKUs) of packaged tours, covering over 140 countries worldwide and all the popular tourist attractions in China. Tuniu provides one-stop leisure travel solutions and a compelling customer experience through its online platform and offline service network, including approximately 650 tour advisors, a 24/7 call center and 75 regional service centers.   The Company's goal is to become the destination for Chinese consumer seeking leisure travel products and services. Tuniu aims to further expand its online leisure travel market share by expanding product offerings, increasing customer base, enhancing customer loyalty and strengthening supply chain management. The Company also intends to continue to pursue mobile strategies, invest in technology infrastructure, and to pursue strategic alliances and acquisitions.

LY.com allows users to search for places of interest at the local and city levels.  LY.com pinpoints the right spots within a few clicks. Every place of interest comes with user reviews. If users are satisfied with the reviews, they can purchase tickets directly on the site. The company's goal is to become the leading service provider of leisure travel, making it easier for customers to enjoy travelling.

eHi (一嗨租车) is a Chinese car rental platform that utilizes an advanced vehicle management system.  Founded in January 2006, eHi is aiming to provide comprehensive car rental services to both retail and corporate clients.  Headquartered in Shanghai, eHi offers car rental services nation-wide with more than 500 outlets located in more than 80 cities. So far, eHi has become the designated car service provider for most of the Fortune 500 companies that have operations in China. It has corporate clients from energy, education, advertisement, finance, and manufacturing industries.  Meanwhile, with a comprehensive service offering that covers both self-drive and chauffeur drive, eHi has also evolved to be the preferred choice for business travelers as well as urban white-collars when they are on the road.

Yongche.com (易到用车网) is a Chinese domestic e-commerce website platform that enables users to book professional car reservation services online.  Currently, Yongche.com has covered more than 24 cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, and Hangzhou, and provides customers with medium and high-end types of cars with multiple services of hourly rental, airport pickup and drop, day rental, half-day rental, and hot travel routes, and has a store of more than ten thousand vehicles.

Trip.com is a Chinese travel agency offering comprehensive services including hotel reservations, air ticketing, packaged tours, high-speed rail ticket booking, and corporate travel management.Trip.com offers over 1,000 packaged tours to both domestic Chinese and overseas destinations, departing from six major Chinese cities (Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, and Chengdu) and serving over 10,000 individual travelers monthly. Trip.com Group is a provider of travel services including accommodation reservation, transportation ticketing, packaged tours, and corporate travel management. The company owns and operates the Trip.com, Skyscanner, and Ctrip.com, all of which are online travel agencies. It enables local partners and travelers to make informed and cost-effective bookings for travel products and services, through the aggregation of comprehensive travel-related information and resources, and an advanced transaction platform consisting of mobile apps, internet websites, and 24/7 customer service centers. Founded in 1999 and listed on Nasdaq in 2003, Trip.com Group was established in Shanghai, China by co-founders Neil Shen, Min Fan, Qi Ji, and James Liang. Founded in 1999, Ctrip was listed on NASDAQ in December 2003. It has successfully integrated high-tech industries and traditional travel industry to serve over 40 million registered members. The Ctrip group includes members like lvping, Xingcheng ezTravel, csshotel, and sozhen.com. Its major competitors are elong, aoyou.com, and mangocity.com.

<div> Trip.com (Nasdaq: TCOM) is an international one-stop travel service provider, offering services in 20 languages across 27 countries and regions. The company boasts an extensive network of over 1.2 million hotels in 200 countries and regions, as well as more than 2 million individual flight routes connecting over 5,000 cities globally. Trip.com is committed to creating the best travel experience for its millions of customers worldwide through its 24/7 English language customer service and additional support centers in Edinburgh, Tokyo, and Seoul. Trip.com's product offerings include: <ul> <li> Hotel bookings: Access to an extensive network of over 1.2 million hotels worldwide </li> <li> Flight bookings: More than 2 million individual flight routes connecting over 5,000 cities globally </li> <li> Customer service: 24/7 English language support and additional centers in multiple international locations </li> <li> Rewards program: Customers can earn rewards when booking and save on future trips </li> </ul> Trip.com is dedicated to providing reassuring service with a service guarantee to support customers throughout their travel experience. The company offers multiple service channels for efficient customer support and easy accessibility. Trip.com also emphasizes customer loyalty through its rewards program, allowing travelers to earn rewards on bookings and save on future trips. </div>

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Platforms to search, compare, plan, and/or book flights, hotels, buses, trains and travel packages.

Platforms to search, compare, plan, and book alternative lodging in privately owned properties, including apartments and homes

Platforms to search, compare, plan, and book tours, events, and other travel-related recreational activities

Providers of corporate travel management solutions that help businesses with planning, controlling, tracking, and reporting on business travel activities, as well as distribution solutions and B2B booking engines

Car rental and ride-sharing solutions for long-distance travel

Providers of battery-powered luggage products equipped with technologies such as USB charging, built-in scales, TSA-approved locks, and real-time location tracking via GPS and cellular networks

Providers of technology-enabled solutions to enhance the guest experience, such as contactless and automated check-in services.

Providers of technology-based solutions for accommodation providers, tour/experience operators to optimize revenue and operations.

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