ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming launches Shanghai talent incubator in rare public appearance


ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming on Friday made a rare public appearance in Shanghai to launch a talent incubator, as Washington and Beijing moved towards a deal for the popular short video platform TikTok to divest its US operations.
Zhang, 42, spoke at the launch of the Zhichun Innovation Centre, which he jointly established with Shanghai Jiao Tong University computer science professor Yu Yong in April, according to a statement from the centre.
The centre, which was founded with donations from Zhang, said in May that it aims to recruit 30 people aged between 16 and 18 annually, providing them with free training in areas including maths, physics, computer science and artificial intelligence.
ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming, wearing a black shirt and standing seventh from the left in the third row, joins some of the mentors and talent in training at the Zhichun Innovation Centre in Shanghai. Photo: Weibo
ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming, wearing a black shirt and standing seventh from the left in the third row, joins some of the mentors and talent in training at the Zhichun Innovation Centre in Shanghai. Photo: Weibo
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