| The Elastos Video Contest submission period has ended and we would like to sincerely thank everyone in our community who participated. Here are our Top 10 Finalists: http://elanews.net/2018/07/20/elastos-video-contest-update/ Kucoin and Coinspot have added support for ELA Elastos is hosting an Infographic Contest that runs through August 15th. Info can be found here: https://medium.com/elastos/elastos-infographic-contest-a991829d4640 Elastos is welcoming Community Writers: https://medium.com/elastos/write-for-the-community-ba7a1e75be59 July 11 
Elastos Ecosystem Committee Director, Dr. Dinghe Hu, ioeX founder Qiyuan Hong, Everex Ltd. Chairman Raymond Lee, and SBI E2-Capital Director Simon Szeto visited Sanya city in Hainan province. The group met Sanya investment promotion office director Xiyin Gu, and Chengyun Chang, Deputy Secretary-General of Sanya municipal government. They had a great time chatting and visited Tusholdings' technology incubator in Sanya. Gu listened carefully to Dr. Hu's explanation about applications of blockchain technology and showed a serious interest in the partnership between Elastos and ioeX. Gu was also pleased to learn the new concept of "blockchain technology + IoTs" and is hoping to attract more business tourism to Sanya using the promotional policy of Free trade port. He also welcomes more blockchain enterprises to be established in Sanya. http://www.freeportchina.com/hainan-free-trade-port.html July 13 
Elastos Ecosystem Committee Director, Dr. Dinghe Hu, ioeX (Elastos ecosystem collaborative partner) founder Qiyuan Hong met Jian Ni, Secretary of Party Committee and director of State-owned Asset Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC), government of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Hainan province. Ni welcomed Dr Hu and his partners to Hainan province. He said CPC has set three development directions for Hainan: 1. Develop modern tourism; 2. Develop a new and modern service industry; 3. Develop new high-tech. Ni hopes that Dr. Hu can contribute to these three areas as well. Ni also said that SASAC of Hainan province manages over 10 million mu of land. Ni showed great interest in Dr Hu's proposal about building a blockchain town and a blockchain investment fund. He immediately invited Dr. Hu to be appointed as the advisor of SASAC of Hainan province so that Dr. Hu can come to give lectures to managers from SASAC of Hainan province. Qiyuan Hong introduced the IoT, smart box, and ioeX project to Ni. He told Ni that so far more than 3 million smart boxes have been signed in the contract and 1 million boxes will be delivered by the end of this year. Hong said he will invite cooperative French listed companies as well as Canadian companies to visit in Hainan to explore more collaboration opportunities. Ni said he always welcomes such opportunities and that a tax holiday will be provided to those high-tech enterprises. In addition, there will be a visa exemption policy for over 100 countries who have established diplomatic relations with China, to provide more convenience for capital flow, business tourism, and logistics. July 13 Kevin Zhang talked about Elastos at the ABC Blockchain Meetup hosted at Cheetah Mobile.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkeRAegVT9k July 14 
Feng Han attended the Elastos meetup at Manchester University – a world famous comprehensive research university located in UK's second biggest city. It is one of the six famous red brick universities in the UK, in addition to being a member of The Russell Group. Alan Turing, the father of modern computer science, used to work there. The meetup at Manchester University attracted many technical experts from the community, and a deep discussion on Elastos technology was held.
July 19 
Fay Li met with Professor Lei Xing to discuss medical use cases of Elastos and Bitmain. His cross field knowledge of AI, medical physics, engineering, and biology enables him to recognize the value of Elastos. Events and Meetups Seoul 
Melbourne 
Chiang Mai, Thailand Elastos is hosting its One Year Anniversary Event, August 24-27th. Bangkok, Thailand The Thai Elastos community will be hosting a meetup in Bangkok on August 29. More information to come. | 
