What Hopefound Group does

Hopefound Group (北京华普亿方科技集团股份有限公司) is a Beijing-headquartered, publicly listed (NEEQ: 870385) provider of integrated solutions for public employment and entrepreneurship services in China. Operating across 30+ provinces with 100+ Employment and Entrepreneurship Empowerment Centers and a 400+ person service team, the company serves three core customer segments: government human resources and social security bureaus (for digital platform deployment, skills training, and policy implementation), universities and vocational schools (for industry-education integration, faculty training, and entrepreneurship practice bases), and specific target populations including veterans, rural migrants, unemployed workers, and graduates (for skills training and career services). The company is positioned as a 'leading enterprise in public employment services' (公共就业服务头部企业) and has received a State Council commendation in 2017 for its pioneering 'Entrepreneurship University' (创业大学) model.

The company's core technology stack consists of custom-developed digital government platforms covering smart employment services, entrepreneurship services, skills training, policy review, archive management, and intelligent policy management, supported by an Employment Big Data Management Center and cross-departmental data sharing architecture. Proprietary training software includes the 'Linghangzhe Entrepreneurship Training System' (one of three core training systems), a Metaverse Simulation Platform supported by China's Ministry of Science and Technology, and the '1+8+N' smart comprehensive solution architecture. The firm developed 12 series covering 90+ software products in use at 1,200+ educational institutions, and contributes to national standards via participation in drafting the Ministry of Human Resources' 'Entrepreneurship Simulation Training Technical Regulations'.

The business model is overwhelmingly B2G/B2B project-based revenue with five identifiable streams: (1) government digital platform development and customization; (2) ongoing operations and maintenance for deployed platforms; (3) training and education services delivered online and offline; (4) industry-education integration and curriculum co-development with universities; and (5) full-cycle competition and event organization for government clients. Pricing is quote-based, with Ministry of Education programs specifying multi-year project funding of 20,000-200,000 RMB per project. Customer concentration is heavily government- and institution-leaning, with 500+ government clients, 1,200+ education institution clients, and 200+ enterprise partners supporting a cumulative reach of 3M+ trained individuals, 1M+ job placements, 100K+ entrepreneurs cultivated, and over RMB 30 billion in project investment matchmaking.

Name

Hopefound Group

Legal name

北京华普亿方科技集团股份有限公司

Website

https://hopefound.com.cn

Company type

Public

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Hopefound Group is a Beijing-headquartered, NEEQ-listed provider of integrated digital public employment and entrepreneurship services, serving Chinese government HR bureaus, universities, and target populations across 30+ provinces via 100+ empowerment centers and proprietary digital platform technology.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Employment Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Dislocated Worker & Rapid Response / Reemployment Programs (EDAAAOAF)

Keywords

• Public employment services
• Digital government platforms
• Entrepreneurship training
• Industry-education integration
• Talent matching services

Headquarters

HQ city

Beijing

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Government Digital Platform Development and Customization: Custom development of digital government platforms for employment services, human resources management systems, and smart government services for local governments across China. Revenue is project-based, involving platform development, deployment, and ongoing maintenance.
2. Professional Operations and Maintenance Services: Ongoing system monitoring, maintenance, security management, backup and recovery, configuration management, and troubleshooting for government digital platforms. Provided as a continuous service to government clients.
3. Training and Education Services: Professional training services for employment, entrepreneurship, skills development, and career planning across multiple target groups including university students, veterans, rural migrants, and government employees. Delivered through both online and offline channels.
4. Industry-Education Integration Services: Collaborative education programs with universities and colleges, including curriculum development, faculty training, practice base construction, and smart manufacturing/information technology training partnerships. Revenue generated through project-based collaboration agreements.
5. Competition and Event Organization Services: Full-cycle services for government-organized entrepreneurship and employment competitions, including policy interpretation, pre-competition preparation, event execution, and post-competition project landing. Revenue is project-based.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Hopefound Group is a comprehensive solution provider for public employment services in China. The company custom-develops digital government platforms for employment services, delivers professional training in entrepreneurship and skills development, organizes national and provincial competitions, runs industry-education integration programs with universities, and operates a nationwide network of Employment and Entrepreneurship Empowerment Centers serving government agencies, educational institutions, and target population groups.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• 领航孵化: 创业载体建设与运营服务
• 华普生涯
• 华普卓智

Products and services

• Digital Government Employment Platform (数字政务平台) Custom-developed digital government platforms providing smart employment, entrepreneurship, skills training, policy review, archive management, and policy processing functions for government human resources and social security bureaus across China.
• Intelligent Service Platform (智能化服务平台) Integrated intelligent platform covering smart employment services, entrepreneurship services, skills training, policy review, and archive management with cross-departmental and cross-regional cloud data sharing and interconnection capabilities.
• Employment Big Data Management Center (就业大数据管理中枢) Centralized employment big data management platform providing human resources monitoring, industrial resource monitoring, supply-demand dynamics monitoring, unemployment early-warning monitoring, and labor relationship risk warning for government agencies.
• Linghangzhe Entrepreneurship Training System (领航者创业实训系统) Proprietary entrepreneurship training software system recognized by the Ministry of Human Resources, used by over 1,200 educational institutions and recognized as a Beijing independent innovation product.
• Metaverse Simulation Platform (元宇宙仿真模拟) Metaverse-based simulation training platform supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology, covering 12 series of over 90 software products across all business disciplines for entrepreneurship and employment education.
• 1+8+N Smart Comprehensive Solution Integrated smart employment solution consisting of one data middle platform, eight core modules, and N microservices architecture designed for intelligent, convenient, and precise employment service delivery.
• Internet+ Online Training Platform Internet+ online training platform recommended by the Ministry of Human Resources as one of the first batch of online training platforms, used for delivering employment and entrepreneurship training to large populations across China.
• Entrepreneurship University Service Model (创业大学) Pioneered service model that co-builds entrepreneurship universities with local government human resources bureaus; expanded from one to nearly 100 institutions across multiple provinces and recognized by the State Council for innovative talent cultivation.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 3 million online and offline students trained
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China (教育部)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHopefound has been an official partner of the Ministry of Education since 2021, selected into the Industry-Academia Cooperation Collaborative Education Project (产学合作协同育人项目). The company provides project-specific funding and resources, and collaborates with universities on talent cultivation through定向人才培养 and employment internships. The company also supports the Ministry's供需对接就业育人项目 (employment education project).
• Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of the People's Republic of China (人社部)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHopefound has a deep strategic relationship with the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, participating in drafting the '创业模拟实训技术规程' (Entrepreneurship Simulation Training Technical Regulations) which established industry standards. The company has been invited to participate in the National Employment and Entrepreneurship Service Exhibition Exchange for three consecutive sessions, and organizes national competitions on behalf of the ministry.
• National High Education Student Information Advisory and Employment Guidance Center (全国高等学校学生信息咨询与就业指导中心)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHopefound is a strategic partner of the National Center. The '大学生创业实训系统' (University Student Entrepreneurship Training System) is recommended by the Center for use by all universities nationwide and serves as a core function of the National University Student Entrepreneurship Service Network.
• Zhaoqing Municipal Government (肇庆市政府)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHopefound partnered with Zhaoqing to build the '智慧人社' (Smart HR) system platform, which received a government commendation for excellence in digital government services. The partnership was featured in CCTV's '新闻联播' (News Broadcast) program. The collaboration includes '智慧人社、创新创业学院、港澳青年创新创业基地' (Smart HR, Innovation and Entrepreneurship College, Hong Kong-Macao Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Base).
• Huawei (华为)majorTechnology or IntegrationAs one of the national leading enterprises alongside Huawei and iFlytek, Hopefound was introduced by Jiangxi Province to help build local talent, entrepreneurship, and industry ecosystems. This represents a technology integration partnership for digital platform development.
• iFlytek (科大讯飞)majorTechnology or IntegrationAs one of the national leading enterprises alongside Huawei and Hopefound, iFlytek was introduced by Jiangxi Province as part of a technology partnership to build local talent, entrepreneurship, and industry ecosystems.
• Zunyi Municipal Government (遵义市政府)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHopefound partnered with Zunyi to build the leading big data cloud-based incubator, Zunyi Entrepreneurship and Employment College, and human resources market, promoting sufficient and high-quality local employment through data-driven services.
• Shandong Provincial Human Resources and Social Security Department (山东省人社厅)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHopefound co-built entrepreneurship universities with 9 cities' human resources bureaus in Shandong Province. The Shandong 'Entrepreneurship University' model was officially commended by the State Council. 10 entrepreneurship universities co-built with Shandong were recognized as 'Provincial Demonstration Entrepreneurship Universities' by the Provincial Human Resources Department.
• China Association of Employment Promotion (中国就业促进会)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHopefound is a member unit of the Entrepreneurship Professional Committee of the China Association for Employment Promotion.
• China National Trade General Chamber of Commerce (中国商业联合会)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHopefound is a partner of the China General Chamber of Commerce, which has awarded the company's entrepreneurship training system products with multiple national awards.
• China Information Economics Society (中国信息经济学会)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHopefound is a member unit and council member location of the China Information Economics Society, as well as a member unit and initiating unit of the 'Experimental Economics and Economic Management Laboratory Professional Committee' of the society.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• 51job (liepin/51job Inc.): One of China's largest recruitment and employment services platforms, connecting employers with job seekers. Directly comparable to Hopefound in the employment services domain, though 51job skews toward general commercial recruitment while Hopefound focuses on public employment services and government digital platforms.
• Kanzhun (BOSS Zhipin): China's leading direct-chat recruitment platform. Operates in the same employment services space as Hopefound with a mobile-first matching model, though focused on commercial hiring rather than government/educational employment programs.
• Liepin: Chinese mid-to-high-end online recruitment services platform. Comparable to Hopefound in providing employment matching services, though targeted at professional talent rather than government employment programs.
• Zhilian Zhaopin: Major Chinese recruitment platform owned by Seek. Directly comparable in recruitment services delivery, though it serves broader commercial hiring markets vs. Hopefound's government/educational employment focus.

Broad incumbents

• Digital China Holdings: Larger IT services and digital transformation provider with significant Chinese government contracts. Overlaps with Hopefound in government digital platform delivery but operates across much broader IT services categories.
• ChinaSoft International: Major Chinese IT services firm serving government and enterprise clients. Comparable in government digital platform development but with much broader software outsourcing footprint than Hopefound's specialized employment services focus.
• iFlytek: Leading Chinese AI and speech technology company explicitly named alongside Hopefound as a 'national leading enterprise' partner for Jiangxi's talent ecosystem. Competes in adjacent AI-for-government and online training spaces with vastly greater scale and R&D resources.
• Alibaba (Alibaba Cloud / DingTalk): Major Chinese technology and cloud platform whose DingTalk and online training offerings compete with Hopefound's training platform (MOHRSS-recommended alongside Alibaba). Far broader product portfolio and customer reach across enterprise and government segments.

Peers

• Tencent (Tencent Cloud): Major Chinese technology platform whose cloud and education businesses compete with Hopefound's online training platform (named alongside Tencent as MOHRSS-recommended online training vendor). Vastly larger resource base and broader platform reach.

Emerging players

• Beijing Lanxum Technology: Chinese government digital services and smart city platform provider. Comparable in delivering digital transformation for government clients, particularly at the municipal level, though with broader e-government scope than Hopefound's employment-focused mandate.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors4 records

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M&A

Investments

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