What are China’s four major Internet platforms?

The four major Internet companies in China are:

1. Sina

Sina Sina Company is an online media company serving China and the global Chinese community. It was founded in Founded in December 1998 by Wang Zhidong and currently chaired by Cao Guowei, Sina serves the Greater China region and overseas Chinese. Sina owns a number of regional websites.

Sina helps users obtain professional media and user-generated multimedia content (UGC) through computers and mobile devices through the portal website Sina.com, Sina Mobile and social media Weibo, and share their interests with friends.

2. NetEase

NetEase is a Chinese Internet company that uses Internet technology to strengthen the exchange and sharing of information between people and realize the "network brings people together" strength". The founder and CEO is Ding Lei.

In terms of developing Internet applications, services and other technologies, NetEase has launched products including Chinese full-text search, all-Chinese large-capacity free email system, unlimited-capacity free online photo albums, free e-card sites, online virtual communities, It has industry-leading products or services including online auction platforms and 24-hour customer service centers, and has also launched domestic online games through independent research and development.

3. Sohu

Sohu is a Chinese new media, communications and mobile value-added services company and an Internet brand. Sohu is a news center, linked entertainment market, cross-border entertainment center, sports center, fashion and culture center. Sohu is the Internet content service sponsor of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Sohu announced its unaudited financial report for the fourth quarter and full year of 2016. The total revenue for the year was US$1.65 billion. The development momentum of major business lines such as news, video, search, and games is good. . Among them, brand advertising revenue was US$448 million; Sogou’s revenue was US$660 million, an increase of 12% compared with 2015; and online game revenue was US$396 million.

4. Tencent

Shenzhen Tencent Computer Systems Co., Ltd. was established in November 1998[1]?, by five founders: Ma Huateng, Zhang Zhidong, Xu Chenye, Chen Yidan, and Zeng Liqing. People create together. ?

It is one of the largest integrated Internet service providers in China and one of the Internet companies with the largest number of service users in China.

Tencent’s diversified services include: social and communication services QQ and WeChat/WeChat, social network platform QQ Space, Tencent Games’ QQ game platform, portal website Tencent.com, Tencent news client and online video services Tencent Video, etc.

Extended information:

China's Internet situation:

China's Internet has formed a scale, and Internet applications are becoming diversified. The Internet is increasingly changing people's learning, work and lifestyle, and even affecting the entire social process. As of June 2018, the number of Internet users in China reached 802 million, with a penetration rate of 57.7;

2018

In the first half of 2018, 29.68 million new Internet users were added, compared with 2017

Growth at the end of the year was 3.8; the number of mobile Internet users in China reached 788 million, and the proportion of Internet users accessing the Internet through mobile phones was as high as 98.3. As of June 2018, the proportion of rural Internet users in China was 26.3, and the scale was 211 million, an increase of 1.0 from the end of 2017; the proportion of urban Internet users was 73.7, and the scale was 591 million, an increase from the end of 2017

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As of June 2018, the proportion of Chinese netizens using mobile phones to access the Internet reached 98.3, an increase of 0.8 percentage points from the end of 2017; the proportions of using desktop computers and laptops to access the Internet were 48.9 and 34.5 respectively, an increase of 0.8 percentage points from the end of 2017. dropped by 4.1 and 1.3 percentage points respectively; the proportion of netizens using TV to access the Internet reached 29.7, an increase of 1.5 percentage points from the end of 2017.

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