Driving Digital Innovation Across the Greater Bay Area
HONG KONG, Sept. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Tencent Cloud, the cloud business of global technology company Tencent, today announced its support in the optimization and upgrade of "iAM Smart", Hong Kong's one-stop personalized digital services platform, through Tencent Cloud Super App as a Service (TCSAS) solution. This upgrade accelerates the digitalization of public services, offering citizens with a more efficient and convenient mobile services experience.
"iAM Smart" is a one-stop digital services platform launched by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government (HKSAR). It integrates services from various government departments, public and private organizations, including eTAX, SmartPLAY, eMPF, and application for the International Driving Permit. As of August 2025, the platform has accumulated over 3.6 million registered users, with services covering taxation, healthcare, education, and transportation.
TCSAS integrates Tencent's expertise in mini program development, testing, deployment, operation, and container technology. Through TCSAS, "iAM Smart" can build a mini-program matrix within the app, reducing the need to switch between multiple interfaces. Citizens can access services from various government departments, public and private organizations through a single, unified interface, improving overall service efficiency and achieving the goal of "single portal for online government services".
Furthermore, this upgrade incorporates several security and quality assurance capabilities from Tencent Cloud TianYu, Tencent WeTest, and other products. It enables functions such as business risk control and data protection to ensure data security and transaction reliability throughout the service process, at the same time relying on Tencent Cloud's powerful cloud infrastructure to support the system's smooth deployment and operation.
Poshu Yeung, Senior Vice President, Tencent Cloud International, said, "Tencent Cloud is honored to be part of the upgrade and optimization project of 'iAM Smart.' We are committed to leveraging our technological capabilities to support public services and accelerate Hong Kong's digital development."
As a technology company based in the Greater Bay Area, Tencent Cloud has a long-standing commitment to regional digitalization, serving over 220,000 customers within the region. Tencent Cloud has helped digitize various social services, including the Yueshengshi app — enabling local Weixin users to access more than 1,000 public service procedures online — and the Tencent Transit QR Code, which facilitates seamless mobile payments for public transportation, metros, ferries, and more in over 130 mainland Chinese cities.
Tencent Cloud also powers the Yueshangtong app, Guangdong's mobile investment platform, simplifying business operations for over 10 million enterprises in the province. The platform offers a "one-stop, license-free, business-friendly" experience, delivering personalized and efficient services to businesses.
As a trusted digital partner, Tencent Cloud will continue to leverage its technological expertise, ecosystem connectivity, and user service capabilities to support the Greater Bay Area's transformation into a global hub for industrial innovation.
Currently, Tencent Cloud operates 55 availability zones across 21 regions worldwide, with over 3,200 global acceleration nodes deployed. Over the past three years, its international business has sustained high double-digit growth, serving more than 10,000 overseas clients across over 80 countries and regions. This year, Tencent plans to further increase its overseas investments, including a US$150 million investment in the Middle East to establish its first data center in Saudi Arabia, as well as launching its third availability zone and a new office in Osaka, Japan, to expand its global infrastructure and channel ecosystem.
About Tencent Cloud:
Tencent Cloud, one of the world's leading cloud companies, is committed to creating innovative solutions to resolve real-world issues and enabling digital transformation for smart industries. Through our extensive global infrastructure, Tencent Cloud provides businesses across the globe with stable and secure industry-leading cloud products and services, leveraging technological advancements such as cloud computing, Big Data analytics, AI, IoT, and network security. It is our constant mission to meet the needs of industries across the board, including the fields of gaming, media and entertainment, finance, healthcare, property, retail, travel, and transportation.
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Tencent Cloud Supports Hongkong Public Service App "iAM Smart" Upgrade
The Initiative Aims to Address the Pain Points of Family Filmmaking
BEIJING, Dec. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- On December 6th, the 3rd FamilyLens International Film Festival opened in Beijing. SmallRig, a global specialized provider of imaging solutions, collaborating with FamilyLens, is empowering family filmmaking through various initiatives, including the Family Filmmaking Co-Creation Initiative, a dedicated family filmmaking kit, and a social impact screening program.
Deepening the "Co-Creation Initiatives"
The Co-Creation Initiatives are a series of global creative initiatives open to filmmakers and image creators worldwide. Through deep collaboration across multiple dimensions — including product co-creation, discovery and promotion, and content co-creation — SmallRig aims to expand the boundaries of mobile filmmaking and bring the spirit of Free Your Dream to life with creators everywhere.
Following the launch of the Mobile Filmmaking Co-Creation Initiative at the 14th International Smartphone Film Festival, SmallRig announced the launch of the Family Filmmaking Co-Creation Initiative on December 6th at the 3rd FamilyLens International Film Festival. The initiative invites global creators and every family to participate, focusing on three core directions: product co-creation, work promotion, and content co-creation, to explore the possibilities of family filmmaking for everyone.
Mr. Zhou Yang, Founder and CEO of SmallRig, shared the inspiration for the initiative: "The initiative is rooted in the immense universality and profound emotional depth inherent in family narratives, which serve as a common emotional bond connecting global audiences. We firmly believe that in this era, where everyone can be a content creator, every family can and should film their own story. The instinct to create is deeply embedded in the human spirit, and every home is the origin of countless narratives."
Gu Xue, Founder and Director of the FamilyLens International Film Festival, stated: "We hope that people and practitioners around the world who care about family movies can find suitable solutions and gain insights from the Co-Creation Initiatives. We look forward to more and more people exploring the field of 'Home' together through this initiative."
To address the pain points of family filmmaking, SmallRig officially released the SmallRig Family Filmmaking Kit at the opening ceremony. The kit includes a high-quality microphone, fill light, and a portable tripod, specifically designed to achieve "professional function democratization" and "complex feature simplification." During the FamilyLens Workshop, attendees experienced the convenience of the equipment firsthand. Many expressed that the kit truly solves many problems, enabling ordinary families to complete necessary filming without specialized photography knowledge.
Social Impact Screening Program
The 3rd FamilyLens International Film Festival is open to the public from December 6th to 14th. The festival opened with the screening of well-received documentary: K-Family Affairs. In addition to the competition section, the festival features several distinctive sections, including the Reframing Home Movies— An Italian Retrospective, Youth Film Program, Filmmaker in Focus, and the Social Impact Program. Four major awards, such as the Real-Life Portrait Award and the Artistic Exploration Award, will also be presented.
As a key component of the Co-Creation Initiatives, the SmallRig Image Development Fund partnered with the FamilyLens International Film Festival to curate the "Social Impact Screening Program." This unit focuses on elevating awareness of critical issues within the family unit, advocating for a new reflection: "Starting with Seeing, Concluding with Understanding."
Arum Nam, Director of K-Family Affairs, stated:
"Starting with the stories of your family, your friends, and yourself, I believe this personal narrative can connect directly to the bigger society."
SmallRig believes that truly meaningful social impact storytelling stems from awareness in proximity—achieved by using the lens to penetrate the daily surface and enabling a deep, empathetic "Seeing with Empathy."
The four featured works in this unit are:
- People of the Ascent
- Granny's Lost and Found
- Ruixi at Fourteen
- No Country For My Maternal Grandma
These films highlight four family issues that require "seeing": the yearning of left-behind children, the mental isolation of Alzheimer's patients, the elderly searching for subjectivity in their drifting lives, and the emotional volatility and struggle of Bipolar Disorder.
Strategic Outlook and Future Expansion
SmallRig will continue to support the Family Filmmaking Co-Creation Initiative's deep development through promotional campaigns and practical workshops focused on family movie scenarios.
The overall goal of SmallRig's Global Co-creation Initiative is to continuously explore and meet the growing, diverse needs of global creators across different vertical domains. SmallRig is committed to persistently expanding the co-creation model into more imaging sectors, collaborating with industry partners to push the boundaries of imaging and grant global creators broader creative freedom.
About SmallRig
Founded in 2013, SmallRig is an innovation-driven global company that designs and manufactures comprehensive support solutions and accessories for all content creation needs. Trusted by over four million creators globally, SmallRig pioneered the User Co-creation Design (UCD) philosophy and the DreamRig Program.
For more information, visit: www.smallrig.com.
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SmallRig and FamilyLens Launch Global Family Filmmaking Initiative at 3rd FamilyLens International Film Festival
SmallRig and FamilyLens Launch Global Family Filmmaking Initiative at 3rd FamilyLens International Film Festival
SmallRig and FamilyLens Launch Global Family Filmmaking Initiative at 3rd FamilyLens International Film Festival
