During the period under review, the Group introduced new logo and brand claims based on the establishment and integration of its own industrial ecosystem. The logo will better refl ect the business development status and future development direction of the Company, it is also matched with the Company’s new “transformation and innovative” corporate image. The new logo inspired the whole company for the exploration of intelligent innovation and the pursuit of a better life which is in line with the Company’s new brand proposition – the intelligence makes quality life. During the period under review, the words and image of the “SAMPLE” and “raifu” trademarks of the Group were recognized as China Well-known Trademark by the State Administration for Industry & Commerce of the PRC. As the highest honour in the brand and trademark industry in China, China Well-known Trademark is the only trademark and logo of China under the protection of international laws across the world. The recognition as China Well-known Trademark means that the brand recognition of Sample Technology is recognized by clients and consumers in the industry across the country. It is also a symbol of mature and steady products and reputation and a business card of Sample Technology to develop in China and advance to the world.

During the period under review, the Group was rewarded 2016 Annual Golden Ant Award – Outstanding Achievement Award for State Gold Card Project, 2016 China Smart City Solution Innovation Award, 2016-2017 Key Software Enterprise under Provincial Planning Layout (With Scale), Intelligent Logistics Demonstration Enterprise of Jiangsu Province, 2016 World Internet of Things Expo New Technology and New Products Prize (Golden Prize), 2016 Science and Technology Prize (Second Prize) of China Institute of Communications, 2016 Jiangsu Province Five-star Honest Enterprise, 2016 Jiangsu Province Science and Technology (Third Prize) and 2016 Nanjing City Science and Technology Prize (Third Prize).

# Prospects

In the future, the Company will further develop other intelligent city businesses on the basis of city intelligent transportation. The IOT is a basic element and modular unit in the structure of an intelligent city and has become a key infrastructure and an important support to achieve automatic sensing, quick response and scientifi c decision-making for intelligent cities. The “13th Five-year” Plan of China also explicitly proposes to “strengthen the construction of modern information infrastructure, promote the development of big data and IOT and build intelligent cities”. For the application of the IOT, it will increase the use of IOT technologies in urban transportation, urban power consumption balance management, fi re-fi ghting facilities management, underground pipeline network monitoring, dangerous items management, energy-saving, environmental protection and other key industries to achieve automatic sensing and elaborate management. For city management, the installment of sensing facilities will signifi cantly improve the ability in urban operation surveillance. On the one hand, it will help form a unifi ed sensing equipment management platform and the data collection and information sharing at the municipal level. On the other hand, it will meet the inherent demands for quick response in city management and become an intelligence source for scientifi c decision-making. By vigorously promoting the application of IOT technologies in intelligent city industries, it will promote the deep construction and development of intelligent cities in China.