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MOU creates social innovation, ideation lab for China

The ‘China Social Marketing Lab’ will leverage Tencent’s strengths in the local online space and WPP’s global marketing expertise. The lab will develop enhanced solutions that cater to clients and their target audiences. Through knowledge sharing, the collaboration will harness technology, analytics and creative input to build social ideas and campaigns for Tencent’s QQ and Weixin/WeChat platforms.
Martin Sorrell, founder and CEO of WPP said, “This partnership combines the best of talent and technology within WPP and Tencent. Fostering innovation in the social sphere is key in today’s world of hyper-connectivity. Collaborating with partners and clients is a strategic way forward for WPP and its agencies to create stronger products for better engaging end-users.”
Davis Lin, VP of Tencent said, “This partnership represents Tencent’s efforts to create a vibrant content industry through creative social advertising formats, data and technology. Tencent’s QQ and Weixin/WeChat are among China's most-used mobile applications. In conjunction with WPP’s global agencies, we will connect businesses with people while offering both businesses and users an enhanced social experience.”
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