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Chairman of Nasdaq's Asia Pacific Business Speaks at CorpStarter Annual Star Show


NEW YORK, Aug. 16, 2019 - CorpStarter presented its Seventh Annual CorpStarter Star Show, an annual conference and roadshow event, on August 16th at Deloitte’s New York headquarters at Rockefeller Center, featuring a keynote speech from Mr. Robert McCooey, Jr., Senior Vice President of Nasdaq’s Listing Services unit and Chairman of Nasdaq's Asia Pacific business. Ms. Penny Crone, former television and radio reporter, gave a special guest speech in the second half of the event.

Taoping (Nasdaq: TAOP), Ionix Technology (OTCQB: IINX), Future FinTech (Nasdaq: FTFT) and Teleplus HealthCare presented in the afternoon section of the event.

As 2019 marks the seventh anniversary of CorpStarter and tenth anniversary of its parent company Dragon Gate Investment Partners, Lijie Zhu, managing director of Dragon Gate Investment Partners welcomed all the guests and encouraged everyone to share their forward-looking perspective on emerging industries on the show.

Mr. Robert H. McCooey, Jr. delivered the keynote speech on how Nasdaq encourages entrepreneurs and welcomed all outstanding companies to list on Nasdaq. Mr. McCooey said that Nasdaq has always been supporting entrepreneurs around the world and providing them with financing support. In addition, he also predicted that more Chinese SMEs will go public in the US this year. Mr. McCooey is responsible for New Listings as well as Relationship Management with Nasdaq’s 3,500 listed companies in the Americas and throughout Asia Pacific.

The speech was followed by three thought-provoking panel discussions, featuring Tomorrow’s Classroom—Tradition meets EdTech, Power of the Future—Where Will the World Get Its Next Energy Fix and Memories from “100 - Year Finance” .

The second half of the event kept its focus on the exciting roadshows, presented by managements and representatives from Taoping (Nasdaq: TAOP), Ionix Technology (OTCQB: IINX), Future FinTech (Nasdaq: FTFT) and Teleplus HealthCare.

Praised by many attendees as the most fulfilling moment of the event, a fresh and compelling performance of opera excerpts from Madama Butterfly and Lakmé was given by Soprano Ms. Quan Chen, Tenor Mr. Cody Austin, and pianist Mr. Michael Fennelly .

An invitation-only cocktail reception and dinner party sponsored by Cushman & Wakefield was hosted at their office in Midtown Manhattan. It was attended by thought leaders, industry pioneers, influential investors, and CorpStarter families and friends.

A Hang Gliding Challenge wrapped up this year's event on August 17th in Middletown, NY.




Presenting Companies:

Taoping Inc. (formerly known as China Information Technology, Inc.) ( TAOP ), is a leading provider of smart display terminals for targeted advertising and online retails. The Company provides the integrated end-to-end digital advertising solutions enabling customers to distribute and manage ads on cloud-based ad display screens. Connecting owners of Taoping screens, advertisers and consumers, it builds up a resource sharing "Smart IoT Screen Network- Taoping App - Taoping Go (e-Store)" media ecosystem to ultimately achieve the mission "our technology makes advertising and branding affordable and effective for everyone."

Ionix Technology, Inc. is a holding company that is principally engaged in the photoelectric display and smart energy industries. The company has four operating subsidiaries: Changchun Fangguan Photoelectric Display Technology Co., Ltd, a company which specializes in developing, designing, producing, and selling TN and STN LCD, STN, CSTN, and TFT LCD modules as well as other related products; Shenzhen Baileqi Electronic Technology Co., Ltd, a company which specializes in LCD slicing, filling, researching and designing, manufacturing and selling of LCD Modules (LCM) and PCBs; Lisite Science Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., a company engaged in the production of intelligent electronic devices; and Dalian Shizhe New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., a company engaged in photovoltaic power generation, electric vehicles and charging piles with corresponding operation and maintenance and three dimensional parking. Currently, IINX has embarked on the layout of industrialization and marketization of front end materials and back end modules of liquid crystal displays and applications of flexible folding display technology by taking Changchun Fangguan and Shenzhen Baileqi as production bases, to seize the market share of OLED high technology.

Future FinTech Group Inc. ("Future FinTech", "FTFT" or the "Company") is incorporated in Florida and engages in fruit juice and financial technology businesses. The Company engages in the research and development of digital asset systems based on blockchain technology and also operates an incubator for application projects using blockchain technology. The Company and its subsidiaries are developing blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies for a variety of B2B and B2C real-life applications including a variety of financial businesses and the distribution, marketing and sale of consumer products. FTFT is also developing an operational online shopping mall platform utilizing blockchain technology and the shared economy.

Teleplus HealthCare LLC (Teleplus) is a medical information technology company that combines comprehensive telemedicine and tele-educational services with the leading treatment technology. TelePlus offers telemedical solutions in several health areas including Sleep Apnea, Congestive Heart Failure, Obesity, Chronic Care and, COPD.

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