Key Takeaways from the 2018 Cloud Native Best Practices Summit in Beijing

On September 20, 2018, the inaugural Cloud Native Best Practices Summit (CNBPA) was held at the Beijing Holiday Inn Crown Plaza, co‑hosted by the Cloud Native Practice Alliance and Lingqu Cloud, attracting more than 200 IT leaders, cloud native experts, ecosystem partners, and media representatives.

Prominent speakers included Li Wei, Director of the Cloud Computing Department at the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, who presented the opening keynote “Industry and Standard Development Trends of Cloud Native,” defining cloud native as both cloud‑optimized applications and architectures, and emphasizing the importance of standardization. CNCF President Dan Kohn delivered “How Good Is Your Code,” highlighting open‑source’s growing influence and the necessity of continuous integration for safe deployments. Tencent Cloud’s PaaS Director Zou Hui discussed the rise of Kubernetes as a first‑class citizen and the promise of Istio as a de‑facto service‑mesh standard, noting its role in hybrid and multi‑cloud strategies.

Intel’s China Director Ding Jianfeng presented “Software‑Defined Data Center,” advocating software‑defined solutions across autonomous driving, industrial control, edge computing, and IoT. Microsoft’s global cloud expert Ma Ping shared Azure’s cloud‑native pathways, including migration strategies and container ecosystems, underscoring Microsoft’s commitment to open source.

F5 Networks’ Asia‑Pacific architect Feng Yong spoke on “Dynamic Application Services in Container Environments,” stressing the need for next‑generation application delivery platforms. Accenture’s China Cloud Computing Consulting Director Yang Song described the second half of cloud computing driven by cloud native, outlining a three‑step journey toward hybrid cloud, agile IT, and digital platforms.

Lingqu Cloud’s founder and CTO Chen Kai announced the Alauda Container Platform (ACP) – comprising Alauda Kubernetes, ACP DevOps, and ACP Service Framework – as a comprehensive cloud‑native solution. The company also launched Alauda Machine Learning, a cloud‑native machine‑learning platform, and upgraded its Alauda EE to version 2.0, rebranded as Alauda Cloud Enterprise (ACE), supporting multi‑cluster, multi‑tenant environments with extensive ecosystem integration.

The summit also marked the official establishment of the Cloud Native Practice Alliance (CNBPA), with founding members such as China Merchants Bank, China Petroleum, State Grid, TreeRoot, Zhongke Soft, Donghua Software, Beiming Software, Tencent Cloud, Lingqu Cloud, and F5. Partners including VMware, XSKY, JFrog, IBM, CloudWiz, HotPu, NeuVector, and Red Hat presented their solutions and collaborations with Lingqu Cloud.

Concluding the event, participants highlighted the summit’s role in delivering practical insights, fostering high‑level user exchanges, and redefining cloud native in China, positioning the summit as a milestone for the nation’s cloud native development.