The Losses and The Gains
Yu used to work at Microsoft in the US for many years and has received top employee awards. He was a start-up member of Azure, the team that first invented cloud technology, and earned a decent salary. But then, in 2015, he gave it all up and went back to China, setup his own company.
When talking about his reason to return China to establish his own business, he said China is adopting cloud computing technology at a fast speed and Beijing, with a strong entrepreneurship atmosphere and rapid adoption of new techniques, is a city that may become the Chinese version of "Silicon Valley".
In addition, Yu analyzed that as China is developing fast, its market will show even greater interests in the progress of basic technologies. So far, the government and investors in China have given very high regards to cloud computing and container technology -- governments such as Changping district have been supportive of such developments.
Yu added, he would like to seize the opportunity expand cloud technology in China.
Hard Times
Qingyuan was set up in Seattle, the US, and most of its team members originally worked in various American companies, so it was very difficult for them to get used to a Chinese entrepreneurship environment in a short time when they relocated to China.
To achieve their goals, team members have to work overtime nearly every day, which is rare in the US.
However, when thinking of the expectations and supports the company was getting from the government and investors, Yu decided to keep on and continue to push his team.
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| Staff of Qingyuan Technology pose in their office. [Photo/Qingyuan Technology] |
Not only that, but things were made more difficult because of the low acceptability of container technology in the Chinese market. To solve this problem, the company bound the container technology with a virtual machine. This gives clients period to trust the new technology.
Despite facing such difficulties, Yu is still confident in his company.
" A lot of entrepreneurship in China relies more on trends," Yu said, "People like to follow the trend without considering what they are really good at. Instead, Qingyuan's founding team has a well-planned mission and the other two co-founders are also full of entrepreneurial passion."
