Pinduoduoâs strawberry-growing competition produces tech start-up to serve farms
Zhi Duo Mei, a team of technology experts that took part in Pinduoduo s Smart Agriculture Competition, became the first group out of the contest to commercialize their technology as local farmers sought the team s help to improve their agricultural yield.
Led by Cheng Biao, the team had planned to use the prize money if they won the competition to start a business. But a few months into the contest, Cheng began receiving inquiries from farmers keen to deploy the team s automation technology that showed a more than 60% increase in conventional output.