CEO of Local Travel E-Commerce Provider Wins Suzhou Mayor Award

At the third session of the conference on promoting independent innovation held on the afternoon of February 25 at Suzhou International Conference Center, Suzhou Science and Technology Bureau presented Mayor Awards to six technological leaders, including Wu Zhixiang, founder and CEO of travel e-commerce platform 17u.com based in Suzhou Industrial Park.

 

 

Suzhou Mayor Award is one of the four prizes commending local professionals with outstanding contributions to basic and applied researches, technological development, and absorption assimilation of leading technologies, the entrepreneurs leading in industrial upgrading, enterprise development, and technological management, as well as the management of service organizations including venture investment promoting technological innovation.

 

Founded in 2004, 17u.com has grown from a small company with four people and a small office of nine square meters into one of the top three Chinese travel websites with nearly 1,000 employees, an independent office building located in SIP Innovation Industry Park, and annual revenue of more than 40 million yuan. As the only national e-business enterprise in the city, it's one of the country's leading travel e-commerce service providers offering the B2B platform for enterprises and the B2C platform for travelers.

 

February 28, 2010