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- January The 2010 China Game Industry Annual Conference is held in Dalian. 17173 stays at the top of the Ten Best Game Media Companies for the seventh time.
- March On March 21, 17173 initiates the World MMO Day charity event “Let Dreams Fly”. From 2011 onwards, 17173 promises to cooperate with games companies to carry out two nationwide public welfare initiatives: a scholarship plan and campus broadband project. Gamers unite to bring these plans into fruition.
The 17173 Storm Games Convention is held in Beijing, attracting the biggest names in China’s gaming industry. 17173 is placed in “The Ten Best News Resources in 2009” and “2009 Storm Chinese Online Game Rankings”, which are both based on gamers’ votes. The “Eye To Eye” feature helps build a link between gamers and companies. - June First season of 17173 G1 Golden League.
- July to August The Ninth 17173 ACG Carnival is held in Chengdu, Wuhan, Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Beijing.
- September 17173 introduces the game assistance tool, Game Lamp.
- October Storm Chinese Online Game Rankings and the Eleventh Annual Chinese MMO Market Report are announced.
Second season of 17173 G1 Golden League. - November 2011 Chinese Online Games’ Top 10 Videos are announced.
ChangYou merges with 17173.
- January The 2009 China Game Industry Annual Conference is held in Dalian. 17173 is awarded the top slot in the Ten Best Game Media Company rankings for the sixth time running.
- March On World MMO Day, 17173 initiates the “Hopes & Dreams” charity event. As the No. 1 MMO web portal in China, 17173 implores every online game company to hold public welfare events, cementing the message of World MMO day as one of social awareness and solidarity.
The 17173 Storm Games Convention is held in Beijing, attracting the biggest names in China’s gaming industry. 17173 is placed in “The Ten Best News Resources in 2009” and “2009 Storm Chinese Online Game Rankings”, which are both based on gamers’ votes. Other award categories include “Ten Most Popular MMOs” “Ten Best 2D MMOs”, “Ten Best 3D MMOs” and “Ten Best Original MMOs”. Research and development becomes an increasingly important point of reference in the industry. - May The Seventh Chinese MMO Development Power Report is initiated. 17173’s reporters head to the Chinese cities most important in terms of game development, such as Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Zhuhai, Xiamen, Hangzhou, Chengdu, Wuhan and Xi’an to learn more about the current status of MMO development in China.
The Eighth 17173 ACG Carnival is held in Chengdu, Wuhan, Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Beijing(online). - July to August Game Forum, Game Blog, Game Encyclopedia are revamped.
The Eighth 17173 ACG Carnival is held in Chengdu, Wuhan, Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Beijing.（on-the-spot competition） - Sep. to Nov. “2010 World Guild” event, the Top 10 Guilds in Chinese gaming are announced.
- Nov. to Dec. Storm Chinese Online Game Rankings and the Tenth Annual Chinese MMO Market Report.
- December 2010 Chinese Online Games’ Top 10 Videos are announced.
- January The 2008 China Game Industry Annual Conference is held in Qingdao. 17173 is awarded the No. 1 spot in The Ten Best Game Media Companies rankings for the fifth consecutive year.
- March On World MMO Day, 17173 launches the “Spread Love, Light Up China” charity event. 17173 founds the first public charity foundation in China’s online gaming industry, the 17173 MMO Scholar Grants Foundation, making the event a brand in itself and a symbol of hope.
The 17173 Storm Games Convention is held in Beijing, attracting the industry’s leading operators. Ten rankings for 2008 are released, including “Top 15 MMOs by Market Share”, “Ten Best 2D MMOs” and “Ten Best 3D MMOs”. - May The Sixth Chinese MMO Development Power Report is initiated. 17173 reporters head to cities where most of China’s game developers are located, such as Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Zhuhai, Xiamen, Hangzhou, Chengdu, Wuhan and Xi’an to learn more about the current status of MMO development in China.
- July to August The Seventh 17173 ACG Carnival is held in Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Wuhan and Chongqing.
- July to Sep The Second Annual China Online Gaming Competition (COG) is held.
- January The 2007 China Game Industry Annual Conference is held in Suzhou. 17173 stays at the top of the Ten Best Game Media Companies rankings for the fourth year running.
- February 17173 launches a new Web Game channel.
- March World MMO Day sees 17173 initiating another large charity event aimed at supporting reconstruction in areas affected by heavy snow. Six of the hardest-hit provinces, including Fujian, Yunnan, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Guizhou, and Hunan are aided by the MMO industry.
- May The finals of the First Annual China Online Gaming Competition (COG) are concluded in Beijing. This is the first online gaming competition in China.
- July to August The Sixth 17173 ACG Carnival is held in Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Wuhan and Tianjin.
- September 17173 holds the Eighth Chinese MMO Market Report, participated in by more than 600 thousand people.
- November The 2008 Internet Bar Industry Report is released.
- December 17173 releases the 2008 Chinese MMO Development Power Report in Beijing via the Game Publications Working Committee.
- January The 2006 China Game Industry Annual Conference is held in Chengdu, 17173 tops the Ten Best Game Media Companies rankings for the third time.
- March On March 21st (World MMO Day), 17173 and the Hope Project initiate a large public welfare event named “Light of Hope” attended by 55 game companies including many Korean companies as well as Blizzard.
- June to August The Fifth 17173 ACG Carnival is held in Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Wuhan and Chengdu, marking its rapid development.
- August 17173 launches its English website.
17173 launches a new download center. The new CDN download server increases bandwidth greatly, improving download speeds and efficiency. This boosts the website’s reputation significantly. - September 17173 holds the Seventh Chinese MMO Market Report, participated in by more than 300 thousand people.
- November 17173 is awarded the Best Online Game Resource at the 2007 Golden Feather Awards.
- December 17173 releases the 2007 Chinese MMO Development Power Report in Beijing via the Game Publications Working Committee.
- January 17173 successfully holds the 2005 China Game Industry Annual Conference in Xiamen and remains at the No.1 spot in the Ten Best Game Media Companies rankings. The conference attracts important people from all areas of China’s gaming industry, and becomes the largest ceremony of its kind, with representatives from hundreds of games companies present.
- February 17173 names March 21st “World MMO Day”, the first festival for Chinese gamers.
- July 17173.com introduces new features including the Game Encyclopedia, VLOG, Console Game Station, Let’s Show, Flash Games, Video Station etc.
- July to August The Sixth 17173 ACG Carnival is held in Shanghai, Hangzhou, Chengdu and Guangzhou, the first to tour four cities.
- October 17173 initiates the Sixth Chinese MMO Market Report, in which 200 thousand people participate.
- November 17173 introduces game blogs in conjunction with SOHU.
2006 Chinese MMO Original Power Report is renamed 2006 Chinese MMO Development Power Report and carried out successfully.
- March 17173 holds the Fifth Chinese MMO Market Report, analyzing data from 150 thousand participants.
- May 17173 releases a new logo and mascot.
- December 17173 completes the Original Power Report and releases it in Beijing via the Game Publications Working Committee. The report, covered in the media by Xinhua News and Guangming Daily, illustrates the development of China’s gaming industry and strengthens the relationship between 17173 and game developers.
17173 finishes its fifth revision. In the same month, 17173 is listed as one of the Chinese Internet Industry’s Top 50 Brands.
- March On 17173’s third anniversary, 88 MMO and media companies send their congratulations. As the business and employee count increases, 17173 moves to Fuzhou’s Wusi Road.
- May Daily page views exceed 55 million. According to Nielsen data, 17173’s daily UV(unique visitor) count reaches 1.5 million, peaking at 2 million.
17173 cooperates with the professional research institute iResearch to release the fourth Chinese MMO Market Report in 2004. - December The First 17173 ACG Carnival is held in Beijing.
- April The 17173 Information Development Department is founded, focusing on the mobile SMS platform and 17173.com’s audio services.
- May 17173 sends reporters to E3 and releases the third MMO Appraisal Report in2003.
- June 17173.com ranks 20th in China’s highest web traffic rankings and 1st among Chinese gaming websites, according to Alexa.com.
- July Daily page views exceed 41 million including 1.36 million for the home page.
- September 17173 organize and hold the game industry’s first KARAOKE Competition.
- October SOHU purchase 17173.
- July 2002 The 17173 Game Development Alliance is founded. The 17173 Event Team is also founded, aiming to provide event planning, execution and supervision to games companies. 17173’s daily page views exceed 20 million, with 0.8 million for the home page alone.
- December 2002 Daily page views exceed 27 million, with 1 million for the home page.
- March 2001 17173.com is founded.
- May 2001 17173, Sina and NetEase launch their first MMO Appraisal.
17173 releases the first Chinese MMO Market Report in 2002 and their Second MMO Appraisal Report. - June 2001 17173 initiates the game review archive and editing system, laying the foundations of 17173’s future content presentation.
- July 2001 Daily page views exceed 3 million. Gamer Club is founded.
