Hikvision is the IoT solution provider with video as its core competence. The company has more than 34,000 employees, over 16,000 of which are R&D engineers. Hikvision advances the core technologies of audio and video encoding, video image processing, and related data storage, as well as forward-looking technologies such as cloud computing, big data, and deep learning. Hikvision has established one of the most extensive marketing networks in the industry, comprising 44 overseas regional subsidiaries and 32 branches throughout China mainland, ensuring quick responses to the needs of customers, users and partners. Hikvision products serve a diverse set of vertical markets covering more than 150 countries, such as the Philadelphia Recreation center in the USA, the safe city project in Seoul, South Korea, Dun Laoghaire Harbour in Ireland, Milan’s Malpensa Airport, and the Bank of India, to name just a few. Hikvision went public in May, 2010, and is listed on SMEs Board at Shenzhen Stock Exchange.