Host: Good day! We are here in Jiaxing, China, thirty minutes from downtown Shanghai. We are at the Jiaxing small middle sized business platform. Today we have Mr.Liu , a manager from small middle sized business platform speak to us about his platform.

Host: Mr.Liu thank you very much for meeting us.

Liu Shicheng: Thank you very much for coming here.

Host: first question we’d like to ask you. What exactly is the Jiaxing business platform? What is the function of the platform? How many workers? And what year did you start this platform?

Liu Shicheng: We started preparation since 2013 and officially opened the platform on June 2014 which contains the service field , our website, our Wechat platform and the other supporting facilities. A various of services are offered: financing, informatization, human resources and so on, which are the small and middle sized companies are lack of.

Host: What’s your location in Nanhu business new area of Jiaxing? And are there any advantages to be in Nanhu?

Liu Shicheng: We are located in Innovation Center Park, Chengnan Road, Jiaxing City. The advantages are obvious. We are in downtown very near to both urban district and rural area. And it’s fairly convenient to park here.)

Host: Very good. I believe you’re popular on Wechat. Wechat is very popular in China. It’s an online service. And you also have a website. Could you please explain your Wechat name and your platform name?

Liu Shicheng: Our platform is accessible on both our website and Wechat platform. Businesses in need could reach us by searching our Wechat name “Jiaxing small middle sized business platform” on Wechat platform or log on to the www.96871.com (Zhejiang small middle sized business platform) then click the link to enter the Jiaxing platform.)

Host: Very good! Very good. Now I’d like briefly talk about your services. How does a person register for the 96871.com.cn services?

Liu Shicheng: The steps are simple. On Wechat platform all businesses in need should do is to search our Wechat name and add it. The other is just to click the register link

Host: I read about in your brochures about your services. Do you services cost any money for the local Jiaxing businesses?

Liu Shicheng: The services are divided into ten main divisions. And inside every main division there are plenty of sections, all related to the needs of small middle sized businesses. In terms of our resources in hand, some services which can be offered very easily are free. With regard to some services which are more complicated to offer, requiring a lot of staffs working on, such as fiscal funds, we will charge a certain amount of fee to the enterprises.

Host: Very good, very good. I noticed on your website there’s large segment called Loan Information. Can you please describe that about applications for loans for small businesses or anything that you’d like to talk about.

Liu Shicheng: Loan service is the first service we platform offers since officially opened. The reason why we did that is that we found out in our research the problem which bothers the small middle sized businesses the most is the capital problem. But we platform could use our advantages to associate The People’s Bank of China, Human Supervision Bureau and our platform together ,and organize all the banks in Jiaxing to launch some innovated services to serve the businesses. Loan service has got a very good response. The amount of the loan has already surpass twenty millions RMB. Besides, getting a loan through our platform is very simple. All you need to do is to dial our number or apply on our website or Wechat, and fill up the blanks of business information. Then our staff will check the information and take over the loan business.

Host: Very good. Mr.Liu, could you help describe the benefits that your platform can provide the companies and association?

Liu Shicheng: As a matter of fact, even China has developed into a certain stage, the service level is still far behind. So that is the why government wants to build up a platform like us to unite and strengthen all the service agencies to serve the businesses better, which is also the tenet of our platform. On the one hand, those agencies could extend their business through our platform. On the other hand, the small middle sized companies could find the service they need conveniently instead of searching one by one, which can definitely lower down the operating costs. That is also why we platform could prosper.

Host: Coming towards end. Could you please explain what you need most to operate this service center better?

Liu Shicheng: The Jiaxing small middle sized business platform is apprehensive, offering ten main divisions of services, very wide range. In order to get everything done, we need people of ability. Second, we need a certain amount of capital to keep this platform running well. Only through that can we are able to offer better services to the Jiaxing businesses.

Host: Very good. Finally Mr.Liu, are there any last things you’d like to mention about your platform?

Liu Shicheng: I really wish that we could make the Jiaxing local service agencies better and stronger. And I also hope that Jiaxing small middle sized businesses could thrive under the help of our platform.

Host: Well thank you very much Mr.Liu for this platform interview. We wish you much success with the Jiaxing small and middle sized business platform. Thank you very much.