On December 9, NetDragon launched the public?beta of its new mobile game Vow of Heroes!
In November, NetDragon was listed among China’s Top 100 Internet Enterprises for 9 years in a row.
In November, the 4th Forum on China-Africa Local Government Cooperation was held. African state leaders, local government staff, heads of relevant institutions, a total of about 300 people attended the forum in a combined online and offline way. NetDragon was invited as a representative of overseas enterprises.
In October, NetDragon was ranked among “2021 Fujian’s Top 100 Private Enterprises” and “2021 Fujian’s Top 100 Innovative Private Enterprise”.
In October, All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce released the list of 2021 Top 500 Private Enterprises in R&D Investment, and NetDragon was listed among top 100.
In September, NetDragon signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Ghana on promoting the blended learning system in Ghana.
On September 26, the second China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo (CAETE) was held in Changsha. China-Egypt Digital Education Achievement made by NetDragon was included in China-Africa Economic and Trade Cooperation:?Case?Studies and Plans.
In August, Elernity achieved strategic cooperation with China Science Publishing and Media Ltd. (CSPM).
In August, Elernity achieved strategic cooperation with Children’s Fun Publishing Co., Ltd.
In August, NetDragon signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Thailand on initiating the program of English Smart Class Lab.
In August, NetDragon was selected in 2021 China AI+ Education Innovation List in the World Artificial Intelligence Conference.
In July, 2021 Straits Digital Sport Competition opened in Digital Education Town.
In July, NetDragon was awarded as one of 2020-2021 China Game Companies with Social Responsibility.
In July, NetDragon joined hands with China Triathlon Sports Association to advance the construction of “Digital Triathlon Sports Town”.
In July, NetDragon presented an immersive party history light show in Fujian and a large-scale exhibition in Hong Kong to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China.
In June, NetDragon and TCL signed a strategic cooperation agreement to to jointly design, develop and build benchmark teaching products for the application scenarios in Egypt and the global education market.
In June, NetDragon signed a memorandum of strategic cooperation with the Teacher Education Faculty of the University of Belgrade and the Institute for Educational Improvement in Serbia to launch a national teacher training program in Serbia.
In June, NetDragon and Autodesk Software (China) Co., Ltd. signed a memorandum of strategic cooperation to promote the application of digital technology in education by leveraging core technology advantages.
In April, NetDragon became a special contribution brand partner of the 4th Digital China Summit and hosted the Digital Silk Road Sub-forum.
In March, UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (UNESCO IITE) and NetDragon launched the "Teacher e-Library" project to build a digital education resource platform for teachers worldwide.
In January, NetDragon's "Smart Classroom" solution was approved by the education authority in Sarawak, Malaysia, and adopted by the whole state.
2020
November, NetDragon was among 2019-2020 China’s Top 20 Game Companies with Social Responsibility.
NetDragon's Edmodo was selected as exclusive online learning platform in Ghana.
December,Elernity joined in the a project started by Beijing Normal University to improve teacher quality and education in rural areas.
NetDragon won Public Welfare Award for Internet Industry.NetDragon won the New Economy - Technology Company award at the 8th Top 100 Hong Kong Listed Companies contest.
NetDragon won the New Economy - Technology Company award at the 8th Top 100 Hong Kong Listed Companies contest.
NetDragon presented in the 3rd Digital China Summit as the brand partner of special contribution and hosted the Digital Silk Road Sub-forum.
Global Digital Education Resource Production Base was officially launched. NetDragon will introduce global high-quality educational resources and unite upstream and downstream enterprises to build an aggregation and production center of global education resources.
Elernity and Sony Global Education, the education subsidiary of Sony Group, jointly launched the Japan Education Informatization Cooperation Cloud Platform.
NetDragon was selected as one of China’s Top 50 VR Companies in 2020 at World Conference on VR Industry held in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province from October 19 to 20, 2020.
NetDragon was selected as one of Fujian’s Top 30 Internet Enterprises, which is the fourth consecutive year that NetDragon has been included in the list of Fujian’s Internet Enterprises.
On August 5, a new generation of alliance sandbox war game Heroes Evolved Strategy Edition launched open beta test on all platforms. Li Dan, the famous talk show star, announced to be the official brand spokesman for Heroes Evolved Strategy Edition.
On August 5, Strait News and Elernity signed a Strategic Cooperation Agreement in Fuzhou. Both sides will settle down to build an intelligent education service platform based on the app Smart Strait.
UNESCO and NetDragon concluded a strategic partnership.
On July 8, NetDragon signed a Strategic Cooperation Framework Agreement with Fujian Media Group. The two sides will jointly explore the construction of a digital education platform and a relevant content development base. On the same day, Maritime Silk Road Digital Education Content Development Center and Fujian Children’s Science and Innovation Activity Base were officially launched.
On July 1, NetDragon’s 5G Artificial Intelligence Smart Education Application Demonstration Project and Global Digital Education Equipment Display Platform were selected among the list of Fuzhou’s First Batch of Major New Infrastructure Construction Projects.
On July 1, NetDragon and TQ Digital were both rated as the 2020 Fujian Provincial Leading Enterprise of Industry and Information Technology.
On June 15, local time, Serbian President Alexander Vucic visited the Belgrade Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Education Center established by NetDragon, the Serbian Ministry of Education and the Teacher Education Institute of the University of Belgrade. Vucic spoke highly of several smart education products of NetDragon.
On June 15, the Vermont Department of Education in the United States has established a partnership with Edmodo, the learning community platform under NetDragon. This is Edmodo’s first statewide cooperation program in the United States.
NetDragon has reached a cooperation with Yongding Tulou, a world cultural heritage site. NetDragon’s game IPs (Eudemon Online, Heroes Evolved and Conquer Online) will formally carry out interactions with Yongding Tulou.
NetDragon’s learning community platform Edmodo and its product Coding Galaxy were selected as the online learning platform and the programming learning solution for 10,000 K-12 schools in Thailand.
On May 15, China Unicom and NetDragon joined hands with 2 major national research institutions to establish a smart education joint venture - Yunqi Smart Education Technology Co., Ltd., which is committed to build a high-tech education industry cluster, assisting the construction of the national Smart Education Demonstration Zone.
On April 25, Elernity was selected as one of Fujian’s Unicorn Enterprises in Digital Economy.
In January,NetDragon signed the memorandum of understanding with Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technology Development concerning the construction plan of smart education in Serbia.
In February,NetDragon actively responded to the call of the Education Department, assisting students to study online with products and platforms of NetDragon, such as Elernity, 101 Education PPT, 3D E-textbook, Edmodo and so on. By the end of February, the MAU of Elernity?has reached 4,760,000 and its daily views has exceeded 100 million.
In March,Edmodo was selected as one of the distance teaching platforms recommended by the UNESCO to help alleviating the influence of current global major?public?health?emergency on education.
On March 16, NetDragon’s case of Flexible Teaching was published on the official site of UNESCO IITE (The UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education).
On local time March 20, Edmodo was selected by Egyptian Ministry of Education as the designated distance learning platform for the national K12 education system. It serves about 22 million students and 1 million teachers in Egypt.
2019
On January 15, Vow of Heroes was awarded the Most Anticipated Mobile Game of
2019 in the Golden Tea Awards.
On January 20, China Research Institute of Big Data Application in Education was
established in the Digital Education Town. CAE Academician Ni Guangnan, CAE
academician Li Youping, and NetDragon chairman Liu Dejian serve as the
institute’s co-president. NetDragon CEO Xiong Li and NetDragon vice-president Mo
Jun Qi serve as the institute’s vice-president.
On January 25, Heroes Evolved released new characters coming from Japanese
fantasy anime OVERLORD for both PC and mobile platforms. On the same day, Heroes
Evolved Mobile was recommended in the game category of App Store.
On February 15, NetDragon’s wholly-owned subsidiary Elernity and the National
Center for Schooling Development Programme reached an in-depth strategic
cooperation agreement on developing platform for Guoyu Elernity World VR
Laboratory Program, and promoting the construction and development of the
digital education town.
On February 28, NetDragon announced to collaborate with China Unicom in “5G +
Smart Education”. At the conference, NetDragon demonstrated its VR Immersive
Classroom, VR Fire Safety, VR Drug Education, 101 Education PPT, and a remote
interactive lecture by deploying holographic technology over 5G network.
On March 5, NetDragon’s wholly-owned subsidiary Elernity established and
unveiled its global service center (GSC) in Fuzhou Digital Education Town.
On March 22, Egyptian Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly met with NetDragon
delegation led by Liu Dejian in Cairo. During the meeting, the two sides had an
in-depth exchange of views on promoting digital education in Egypt.
In April,NetDragon innovatively developed the Pop-up Classroom. It offers
excellent flexibility and can be transported easily.
NetDragon reached a memorandum of cooperation with Egypt to build 265,000 Pop-up
Classrooms across the country in three years.
In May,At the 2nd Digital China Summit, NetDragon became a brand partner with
special contributions and continued to host the sub-forum of Digital Maritime
Silk Road, making digital education a representative of digital China to go
global.
On June 13, the first AR guide solution developed by NetDragon for airports in
mainland China is put into service in Fuzhou, promoting digital development of
Fuzhou airport.
On July 14, Serbian President Aleksandar Vu?i? met with NetDragon Chairman Liu
Dejian at the Presidential Residence. The two parties explored the collaboration
possibility for establishing company, R&D center and national digital education
platform in Serbia in order to promote education reform and innovation in
Serbia.
On August 6, Mbelwa Kairuki, Tanzania’s ambassador to China, met with Xiong Li,
CEO of NetDragon in Beijing. The two parties are looking forward to their
collaboration in digital education under the framework of the Belt and Road
initiative and China-Africa friendship.
2018
In March, NetDragon continued to cooperate with Moscow to promote educational
technology and took the 2nd order of this city to provide the latest immersive
interactive learning technology for over 13000 classrooms and nearly 29000
educators.
In April, NetDragon became the strategic partner of the First Digital China
Construction Summit and held the sub-forum of Digital Maritime Silk Road.
On April 8th, NetDragon announced the acquisition of Edmodo to build the largest
learning community in the world. Edmodo is one of the largest and most active
learning community in the world.
On May 15, NetDragon joined forces with University of North Texas to launch
NetDragon Digital Research Centre.
On May 29, NetDragon partnered with Beijing Normal University and University of
Novi Sad, Serbia, to establish the Virtual Laboratory for Future Education.
On July 16, Edmodo, a subsidiary of NetDragon, partnered with IBM Watson
Education to close learning gaps by using AI.
On July 27, NetDragon has ranked among “Chinese Top 100 Internet Companies”,
released by the Ministry of Industry and Information technology and the Internet
Society of China, for six years in a row, moving up to 36th position this year.
From August 13th to 18th, NetDragon visited Nigeria and Kenya, and jointly
released the “Initiative of Digital Education in Africa” with the governments of
the two countries. NetDragon will support their education service system with a
national public service platform of educational resources, a national network
platform for the teaching community, a national digital talent training platform
and a national future education experience center. The efforts will focus on
primary, lifelong and future education.
On September 3, NetDragon announced a partnership with LEGO Education that would
give NetDragon the authority to distribute specific LEGO Education products and
solutions to K-12 schools in Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Yunnan, and Guangxi
provinces.
On November 14, NetDragon announced its strategic investment in Anhui Xueyun
Education Technology Co., Ltd. (“Xueyun Education”) to further expand in
education industry and increase its market coverage.
On November 27, NetDragon signed a triparties cooperation Memorandum of
Understanding on digital education with Aspire Link, a local professional
education institution in Malaysia, and the Sarawak State Government of Malaysia.
The three parties will play their respective advantages to develop and improve
digital education in Sarawak.
2017
In January, NetDragon Huayu Education and Pearson, the world’s leading education
company, have signed a strategic cooperation agreement, in Fujian Haixi
(NetDragon) Animation and Creativity City, to jointly develop immersive
education apps with complementary advantages.
On January 13, NetDragon and the Smart Learning Institution of Beijing Normal
University were granted an academic permanent license of EcoMUVE by Harvard
University, during the “2017 Workshop on Virtual Reality and Immersive Learning”
held in Boston, MA, United States.
On March 7, NetDragon was included in the Hang Seng Composite LargeCap & MidCap
Index (“HSLMI”). Mainland investors can also trade stocks via Shenzhen-Hong Kong
Stock Connect and Shanghai-Hong Stock Connect.
On March 7, NetDragon announced cooperation with the City of Moscow to promote
brand-new educational technology, and the Company’s interactive flat panel
displays will be installed in more than 7,600 classrooms in Moscow.
On August 18th, NetDragon was awarded the title of Demonstration Site of Double
Creations Demonstration Base of Fuzhou New District.
On September 1st, the downloads of mobile game Heroes Evolved developed
independently by NetDragon exceeded 100,000,000.
On October 18th, the brand new Eudemons Online Mobile Game published jointly by
NetDragon and Kingsoft Season Game Studio started all-platform open beta test.
2016
In February, The world’s first VR open platform was announced at China (Fujian)
VR Industrial Base Construction & Development Forum held at the Fuzhou Strait
International Convention Center. The platform was released by Fujian VR
Technology Development Co., Ltd., while NetDragon is responsible for the
management and operation. With ultra-large scale of 3D materials and typical
advantages, NetDragon will take the lead in VR.
In April, NetDragon and ARHT Media Inc. (“ARHT”) jointly announced that ARHT has
closed the CDN$4,819,526 (equivalent to approximately HK$29.0 million)
non-brokered private placement financing with NetDragon previously announced on
February 26, 2016. NetDragon indirectly purchased 19,278,104 common shares in
the capital of ARHT (“Common Shares”) at a price of CDN$0.25 per Common Share.
In April, NetDragon announced to acquire a 100% stake in Cherrypicks Alpha for
US$6 million (equivalent to approximately HK$4,680). The integration of
Cherrypicks Alpha's award-winning Augmented Reality (AR) technologies will boost
the Company's core Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality (VR/AR) technology
portfolio for its online education and gaming businesses.
In September, 101 Education PPT, developed by Huayu Education of NetDragon to
improve teachers’ lesson preparation experience, is awarded Academics' Choice
Award? and Smart Media.
On October 17th, NetDragon announces that Cherrypicks, the wholly owned
subsidiary of NetDragon, has signed a contract with Hong Kong International
Airport to provide mobile indoor navigation services for passengers.
On December 5, NetDragon was included in the eligible shares listed on the Hong
Kong Stock Exchange for trading under the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect.
2015
In January, NetDragon jumped to the 3rd place on Forbes’ “China’s Listed
Potential Enterprises Top 100”.
In January, Dejian Liu, the Chairman of NetDragon, was awarded the Special
Allowance Expert in China’s State Council.
In February, NetDragon’s education subsidiary closed a Series A equity funding
round of US$52.5 million led by IDG Capital Partners, Vertex Venture (subsidiary
of Temasek Group) and Alpha Animation, at a valuation of US$4775 million.
In March, Smart Learning Institute was jointly established by Beijing Normal
University and NetDragon Huayu, aiming to become an influential
information-based application research and development center with moderate
scale and develop smart learning solutions applicable for large-scale promotion
after 3 to 5 years of effort.
In April, NetDragon Huayu’s 101 Smart Classroom made its national debut through
cooperation with Fuzhou Experimental Primary School.
In May, At the opening of NetDragon’s “2015 Anniversary & 518 Sports Day ”, the
Company announced its new logo and concept.
In May, NetDragon held a spot on the list of “National Top 30 Cultural
Enterprises” for two years in a row.
In May, The robot “Intelligent Teacher” developed by NetDragon Huayu made a
dazzling appearance in Qingdao International Information-based Education
Exhibition.
In May, NetDragon announced that Simon Leung, former Microsoft worldwide senior
vice president and Greater China CEO, has joined NetDragon as deputy chairman of
the board of directors and the CEO of Huayu Future Education Technology Co.,
Ltd. Leung will be responsible for Huayu’s overall strategy development and
daily operation, and also the strategic planning and development of NetDragon’s
worldwide education business.
In May, The 12th United Nations Vesak Day Celebration was held at
Mahachulalongkorn University - Biggest Buddhist university in the world.
NetDragon was invited to join the celebration as the service provider of
information-based mobile internet solutions to Mahachulalongkorn University.
In May, NetDragon announced a strategic cooperation with Fujian Property
Management Association to promote the online education of property management,
which marked NetDragon’s entrance into the property management industry aiming
at enterprises.
In June, NetDragon took a series of intelligent products to strike a pose on the
stage of the 13th China-Strait Project Results Trade Fair (“6.18”): 101 Smart
Classroom, 99 Home, M-Learning app, CPC Star app, Voice of Volunteer app, Afu
and Disciple Gauge animation, etc.
In June, NetDragon Huayu and Gemdale Properties reached a strategic cooperation
agreement on training program for the whole property industry, creating a brand
new property training model in the era of mobile internet.
In July, The 4th National Directors of Education Bureau Forum was held by
NetDragon Huayu Future Education Technology Co., Ltd. at Haixi (NetDragon)
Animation Creativity City in Changle, Fujian Province.
In July, NetDragon ranked on “Chinese Top 100 Technology Enterprises” for the
third year in a row.
In July, John Tsang, the Financial Secretary of Hong Kong, led the delegation to
pay a visit to NetDragon’s Headquarters in Changle – Haixi Animation Creativity
City.
In July, Calibur of Spirit, China’s first MOBA micro-client game developed by
NetDragon, achieved a PCU of over 400,000, advancing into top 3 MOBA games and
attracting great attention after LOL and DOTA.
In August, NetDragon announced 2015 Second Quarter and Interim Financial Results
which show robust gaming business performance fueled by player traction in
Calibur of Spirit, and quality education products targeted for
commercialization.
In September, NetDragon (00777.HK) announced that the Company and Digital Train
had effectively obtained 192,564,960 shares, approximately 94.76% of
Promethean’s total issued share, as of 15:00 on September 4, 2015 London time,
making the offer unconditional.
In September, NetDragon (00777.HK) announced at 16:17 that afternoon to purchase
all equity of Promethean World Plc. at 40 pennies per share.
2014
In January, Entered into an agreement with Foxteq and Vision Knight Capital to
establish a joint venture in a move to collaborate in the exploration and
business operation in the online education business.
In May, NetDragon ranked among the 6th National Top 30 Cultural Enterprises.
In May, NetDragon’s “Haixi Animation and Creativity City” officially opened with
the Company’s 15th Anniversary Celebrations.
In June, NetDragon entered into a sale and purchase agreement to acquire the
mobile solutions business of Cherrypicks, a leading enterprise in mobile
technology and mobile marketing in the Asia Pacific region, for an aggregate
amount up to US$30.5 million, in order to form a global mobile innovation
powerhouse.
In July, NetDragon signed a cooperation agreement with Xinhuanet Co., Ltd signed
to build a nationwide non-academic public service education platform. The
platform will include a broad series of courses covering employee internet
training and continuing education for civil servants.
In August, Afu and Disciple Gauge, an animation of Chinese ancient civilization
for moral education developed by NetDragon with a huge investment, made its
debut on the CCTV Children’s Channel.
In November, NetDragon successfully organized 2014 Information-base Education
Standard Conference & Strait Wisdom Education Forum in conjunction East China
Normal University.
2013
In August, NetDragon announced 91 Wireless Websoft Limited had entered into an
Agreement and plan of Merger with Baidu（HongKong）Limited. Upon completion of the
transaction, 91 Wireless should terminate its application for the proposed
listing of 91 Wireless shares on the GEM of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
In October, Sold 91 Wireless to Baidu with consideration of US$1.9 billion.
In November, The Company paid the special dividend of HK$7.77 per share to
shareholders whose names appeared on the register of members of the Company at
the close of business on 29 October 2013.
2012
In April, NetDragon inaugurated a new era of Mobile Business
In May, NetDragon initiated 91 Win Matrix project
In August, NetDragon and DeNA established a joint venture to develop and operate
mobile social games for the Chinese market.
In December, NetDragon announced that the Board was considering the feasibility
of the Proposed Spin-Off and separate listing of 91 Wireless Websoft Limited
2011
In October, Honored with Asian "Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise Award" by KNOW
Network
In December, Launched open beta test for iPad-based English Version of Conquer
Online
2010
In May, Launched open beta test for Disney Fantasy Online
In July, Launched open beta test for CJ7 Online
In July, Launched open beta test for Tian Yuan
2009
In January, Honored with 2008 "National Outstanding Award for Internet Cultural
Enterprise" by Ministry of Culture
In March, Launched open beta test for Way of the Five, PCU exceeds 100,000 on
the first day
In July, Entered into agreement with EA to develop new online game-new Ultima
Online
In September, Named as "The Best Employer of Year 2009", by Fortune Magazine
(Chinese edition)
2008
In May, Launched Heroes of Might and Magic Online
In June, Successfully listed on Main Board of The SEHK on June 24
In December, Entered into Agreement with EA to Develop New Online Game-Dungeon
Keeper Online
IN December, Made an agreement to develop "Disney Fantasy Online" with Disney
2007
In April, Launched the first sci-fi & robot online game in China, Zero Online
In November, Listed on GEM of The SEHK on 2 November
In December, Initiated strategic operation with China Film Group and launched
Tou Ming Zhuang Online to tie-in with the movie of the same name
2006
In March, Launched Eudemons Online, with "free to play" operation strategy
adopted
2004
In October, Insisted on self-R&D and launched 91.com, an entertainment platform
for online games
In December, Expanded to non-Chinese market with the launch of English version
of Conquer Online
2003
In September, Launched Conquer Online, the most successful Chinese online game
in oversea markets
In November, Sold 17173.com to Sohu.com Ltd. at US ＄20,050,000
2002
In July, Launched the first MMORPG online game, Monster & Me
2001
In March, Established 17173.com, which became No.1 Chinese online game portal