Chenzhou Municipal Government held business talks with Neato, a global top 500 company. The two sides held business talks on the transfer of Neato's Robot R&D Center from Silicon Valley to Chenzhou, and the Asia-Pacific headquarters to Chenzhou. Liu Zhiren, Deputy Party Secretary and Mayor, attended the meeting.

Changhong Grand-Pro Technology Co., Ltd. is a high-tech enterprise dedicated to the production, development and sales of new energy industry and intelligent robots. In 2011, the company settled in Chenzhou National High-tech Zone of Hunan Province through the Chenzhou Government to attract investment. By 2018, the company had completed sales of 470 million yuan and pay taxes of 4.96 million yuan. Neato Robot Company was born at Stanford University, headquartered in Silicon Valley, USA. In recent years, Neato Robots has won many awards at the world's top electronics exhibitions by virtue of a number of patents in intelligent technology and continuous iteration of technological arrivals.

Liu Zhiren welcomed Neato's relocation to Chenzhou of its Robot R&D Center and Asia-Pacific headquarters, and said that Neato enjoys a reputation in the world, has a high level of enterprise management and has a lot of successful experience. Chenzhou City is the "South Gate" of Hunan Province, deeply connecting with the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Great Bay Area, and is vigorously promoting the construction of innovative demonstration zones on the national sustainable development agenda, with the advantages of location, transportation, resources and natural environment. Both sides have the advantages of cooperation. Now Chenzhou is entering a new era of development. Liu Zhiren hoped that the cooperation between Grand-Pro and Neato would strengthen international exchanges and contribute to the sustainable development of mankind.

Matt, Chairman of Neato, thanked Chenzhou for its support for the relocation of Neato's R&D Center and Asia Pacific headquarters to Chenzhou. He said that Chenzhou Grand-Pro Company has good service and excellent management, and Chenzhou High-tech Zone has given Neato a good development platform. At the same time, he believed that Chenzhou's abundant resources can support Neato Company to continue to move forward and find better development.