IPDN Signs Letter of Intent of Acquisition and Plans to Enter Health and Wellness Industry in China
CHICAGO, April 16, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Professional Diversity Network, Inc. (NASDAQ: IPDN, the “Company”), a global developer and operator of online and in-person networks that provides access to networking, training, educational and employment opportunities for diverse individuals, today announced that its variable interest entity, Jiangxi PDN Culture Media Co., Ltd. (“JXPDN”) has signed a letter of intent (LOI) to acquire 51% of the equity interests of Zhejiang Xili Valley Tourism Development Co., Ltd. (“Xili Valley Tourism”), an affiliate of the Company’s China-Germany Nursing Program partner in Guangzhou.
According to the LOI, JXPDN will proceed with formal due diligence process. IPDN intends to work with Xili Valley Tourism on its Xili Valley project with approximately 333 acres land-use planning to develop a local health and wellness community and enter into the health and wellness industry in China.
“Since our cooperation with Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries in 2018 to promote the China-Germany Nursing Program, we have experienced rapid development in the business,” said Michael Wang, Chairman and CEO of Professional Diversity Network. “We hope that in the process of expanding the China-Germany Nursing Program with regional partners, we will select potential cities and work with regional partners to enter the health and wellness industry in China by developing communities with comprehensive services and facilities including medical care, rehabilitation, senior care, child care and other commercial properties. In the future, graduates from the nursing program would be able to work at the health and wellness communities developed by us.”
About Professional Diversity Network
Professional Diversity Network, Inc. (NASDAQ: IPDN) is a global developer and operator of online and in-person networks that provides access to networking, training, educational and employment opportunities for diverse professionals. We operate subsidiaries in the United States and China including International Association of Women (IAW), which is one of the largest, most recognized networking organizations of professional women in the country, spanning more than 200 industries and professions. Through an online platform and our relationship recruitment affinity groups, we provide our employer clients a means to identify and acquire diverse talent and assist them with their efforts to comply with the Equal Employment Opportunity Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program. Our mission is to utilize the collective strength of our affiliate companies, members, partners and unique proprietary platform to be the standard in business diversity recruiting, networking and professional development for women, minorities, veterans, LGBT and disabled persons globally.
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Released April 16, 2019