According to LatePost, Meituan CEO Wang Xing held an important internal communication meeting on February 28, with participants including company senior management and managers above the director level. This meeting is the first high-level communication meeting since the 15th anniversary of Meituan's establishment. Wang Xing discussed the future development direction of Meituan in depth.
It is understood that this meeting marks Wang Xing's deeper thinking about Meituan's future. He proposed three new directions that will be more focused in the next ten years: grocery retail, internationalization and technological innovation. These directions not only reflect Meituan's keen insight into market trends, but also show the company's clear ideas for future strategic layout.
In terms of grocery retail, Wang Xing emphasized that Meituan’s long-term mission is to “help everyone eat better and live better.” This not only covers self-operated fresh food retail business, but also includes platform retail business, aiming to meet consumers' needs through diversified choices. Meituan plans to enhance user experience through technological innovation and supply chain optimization and further consolidate its leading position in the field of grocery retail.
Regarding internationalization, Wang Xing mentioned that Meituan hopes to promote takeout and other businesses to overseas markets, including Keeta business in the Middle East market that has entered, as well as the drone delivery service planned to be launched in the future. He hopes that Meituan's takeaway market can reach 100 billion US dollars, which means that Meituan's business development cannot be limited to the Chinese market. Through the internationalization strategy, Meituan will explore more growth opportunities and enhance global competitiveness.
Technological innovation is also one of the important topics of Wang Xing's meeting. He said that Meituan hopes to seize the current opportunities of AI development and build a large-scale, full-category and ecologically healthy local business system to enhance the company's competitiveness. Through technological innovation, Meituan will continuously optimize its platform functions, improve operational efficiency, and provide users with a more convenient and intelligent service experience.