China Social Entrepreneur Foundation (YouChange) ’s Social Innovation Initiative aims to build and sustain essential infrastructure and platforms that foster and enhance Social innovations Social entrepreneurship with local presence and global visions. We believe that the people are the agent for social innovation and transformation. We educate, empower, connect and support social innovators and social entrepreneurs. China Social Entrepreneur Foundation (YouChange) is a licensee and the Main Sponsor of TEDxBeijing.

Tudou (tudou.com) is the earliest online video sharing website established in April, 2005 and has been the leading video website in China for over 4 years. Tudou headquarters is based in Shanghai and is committed to build the best possible Internet video platform enabling users to share their videos from any place, at any time, and through any connected device. To date Tudou hosts around 30 millions videos online and serves over 100 millions unique users per month. Tudou is a Publishing Sponsor for TEDxBeijing.

Yeeyan (yeeyan.com) is the largest Open Translation community site in China. Its mission is to “Discover, Translate and Read the Internet Beyond Your Language”. By now it has more than 100,000 registered users and 5,000 translators. Recently, collaborating with The Guardian, Yeeyan launched a ground-breaking project, the official Guardian’s Chinese UGC site – Weibao in May, 2009. (guardian.yeeyan.com). Yeeyan is a Web Translation Sponsor for TEDxBeijing.

MOBINODE.tv (mobinode.tv) is the first video blog focusing on entrepreneurship, thought leadership and grassroot initiatives in the Chinese technology and internet industries. MOBINODE.tv represents personalized and free-style video coverage that focuses on learning outcomes and experience in these fast growing industries of China. Mobinode.tv is an Online Media Partner for TEDxBeijing.

TEDtoChina (tedtochina.com) aims to bring to China inspiring ideas from the global TED community through idea immersion. It hopes to foster citizen spirit that can be a force for good in local community. Be part of the change—that is a resonating idea at TED—and we want to bring this idea to people through our coverage.TEDtoChina.com was founded by Tony Yet and Oliver Ding in October 2008 as an independent TED tribute project that uses the TED logo with permission from TED. TEDtoChina is a Subtitling Partner for TEDxBeijing.

Modern Media Group (modernmedia.com.cn) is one of the leading publishing companies in China. With a strong focus on fashion, arts, design and culture content, it has established itself as a powerhouse of premium magazines for the burgeoning urban group in mainland China. MMG’s publications are known for their global vision, elegant design, and prestigious editorial team, which consists of well-known journalists, editors, columnists, photographers and publishers. Currently, MMG publishes Modern Weekly, The Outlook Magazine, Life Magazine, Asian Business Leaders, U+ Weekly, LOHAS, Métropole, and Metroer.com. In 2008, MMG established Shao Foundation, a curatorial unit dedicated to art exhibition and serial conversation program called ‘CROSSTALK’. Modern Media is a Media Partner for TEDxBeijing.

SINA is an online media company and MVAS provider in the People’s Republic of China and the global Chinese communities. With a branded network of localized websites targeting Greater China and overseas Chinese, the Company provides services through five major business lines including SINA.com (online news and content), SINA Mobile (MVAS), SINA Community (Web 2.0-based services and games), SINA.net (search and enterprise services) and SINA E-Commerce (online shopping). Together these business lines provide an array of services including region-focused online portals, MVAS, search and directory, interest-based and community-building channels, free and premium email, blog services, audio and video streaming, game community services, classified listings, fee-based services, e-commerce and enterprise e-solutions. The Company generates the majority of its revenues from online advertising and MVAS offerings and, to a lesser extent, from search and fee-based services. SINA is an Online Media Partner of TEDxBeijing.

Based in Beijing, StoryGarden Cafe (www.storygarden.me) is an event-featured coffeehouse that positions it as a public platform of social intercourse and idea exchange. By channelling people from cyber communities to face-to-face communication, StoryGarden manages to take on various activities that cover the fields of internet technology, business, NGO and creative design. Run by Zhan Bin, an expert of communications and internet technology, StoryGarden Cafe keeps its eyes on the latest trend of social development in today’s China, and readies to serve as a place to think, talk and interact about it. StoryGarden Cafe a live streaming venue partner for TEDxBeijing.

FACE Magazine was founded in September 2009, with a global vision to actively promote local fashion. The first FACE magazine would be covering the creative economy, culture, art, the Internet and ideological trends of creative motive. FACE is a Media Partner for TEDxBeijing.

City Weekend magazine is China’s most popular English-language entertainment print publication. The magazine aims to inspire action in its readers to enrich their living. The content covers all aspects of city activity: Film & Stage, Exhibitions, Nightlife, Wine & Dine, Community, Family, Sports & Fitness and many more. With separate bi-weekly editions in Beijing and Shanghai, each City Weekend issue enjoys a circulation of 40,000, and readership reach of over 250,000 per month. City Weekend is a free magazine supported by advertising sales. City Weekend’s website is one of the most popular, most accurate and most up-to-date English-language entertainment websites in China. It offers an extensive database of city-related venues and events, searchable by all visitors. Using a Web 2.0 structure, readers/users submit reviews, organizers post events, and community leaders write blogs. Cityweekend.com.cn currently enjoys on average 10,000 unique visitors per day, and new single-day traffic records have grown more than 20% in the past 8 months. City Weekend’s website is a free online destination supported by advertising sales. City Weekend is the exclusive English Language Entertainment Magazine for TEDxBeijing.

White-Balance is a photography and multimedia creative studio based in Beijing, China. White Balance is the Photography Partner for TEDxBeijing.