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Li Xueling
Li Xueling (李学凌), known internationally as David Xueling Li, is a Chinese entrepreneur who co-founded the live streaming company JOYY and served as its chief executive from 2005 to 2024.
Liu Jianguo
Liu Jianguo (刘建国) is a Chinese search-engine engineer who was Baidu's first employee after its co-founders and its chief technology officer, later founding the local-life search site Aibang.
Liu Xu
Liu Xu (刘旭), born 1960, is a Chinese antivirus software engineer who led Beijing Rising as chief engineer and president, designed Rising Antivirus, and founded Oriental Micropoint in 2005.
Liu Yan (internet entrepreneur)
Liu Yan (刘岩) is a Chinese internet entrepreneur who founded the video-sharing site 6.cn in Beijing in 2006 and later led its merger with Huajiao Live.
Liujianfang
Liujianfang (六间房), also known as 6.cn, is a Chinese online entertainment company founded in Beijing in 2006, which pivoted from video sharing to paid show livestreaming.
Lü Gang
Lü Gang (吕刚, also romanised Gang Lv) is a Chinese internet entrepreneur who co-founded the Beijing travel platform Mafengwo in 2006 with Chen Gang, serving as chief operating officer.
Lvmama
Lvmama (驴妈妈, "Donkey Mama Travel") was a Shanghai-based online travel agency founded in 2008 by Hong Qinghua, a pioneer of online scenic-ticket sales in China that collapsed in 2024.
Min Fan
Min Fan (范敏) is a Chinese travel-industry executive who co-founded Ctrip, now Trip.com Group, in 1999 and served as its chief executive from 2006 to 2013.
Ouku
Ouku (欧酷网) was a Shanghai-based B2C e-commerce site selling mobile phones and electronics, founded in 2007 by Huang Zheng, a former Google China engineer, and sold to LightInTheBox in 2010.
Perfect World
Perfect World (完美世界) is a Beijing-based online game developer and publisher founded by Chi Yufeng, known for MMORPGs such as Zhu Xian and for operating Dota 2, Counter-Strike, and Steam China.
Qihoo 360
Qihoo 360 (奇虎360), now 360 Security Technology, is a Chinese internet security company founded in 2005 by Qi Xiangdong, best known for its free antivirus suite 360 Safeguard.
Qiu Bojun
Qiu Bojun (求伯君), also known as Bojun Qiu, is a Chinese software entrepreneur who founded Kingsoft in 1988 and wrote the WPS word processor, earning the label "China's First Programmer".
Qunar
Qunar (去哪儿网) is a Chinese online travel company founded in Beijing in 2005 that began as a travel metasearch engine and became China's largest online air-ticket booking platform.
Qunar.com
Qunar.com (去哪儿网) is a Beijing-based Chinese online travel platform founded in 2005, which listed on Nasdaq in 2013 and now operates as a budget brand inside Trip.com Group.
Shanda (Chinese online games company)
Shanda, or Shengda (盛大), formally Shanda Interactive Entertainment, was a Chinese online games company founded in Shanghai in 1999 and listed on Nasdaq in 2004.
Sina
Sina (新浪) is a Beijing-rooted Chinese internet company formed in 1998 from a merger, operator of the Sina.com news portal and controlling shareholder of Weibo.
Sohu
Sohu (搜狐) is a Chinese internet company founded by Charles Zhang in the 1990s, once one of China's three major web portals and now mainly a games business.
Su Qiqiang
Su Qiqiang (苏启强) is a Chinese software entrepreneur who co-founded the accounting software firm Yonyou with Wang Wenjing in Beijing in 1988, then founded Federal Software in 1994.
Tang Yue
Tang Yue (唐越) is a Chinese entrepreneur who co-founded and led the online travel service eLong from 1999 to 2006, then founded the lender X Financial.
Tongcheng
Tongcheng (同程), known today as Tongcheng Travel Holdings, is a Chinese online travel platform headquartered in Suzhou, founded in 2002 and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange since 2018.
Trip.com Group (James Liang, Neil Shen, Min Fan, Qi Ji)
Trip.com Group, also known as Ctrip (携程), is a Chinese online travel company founded in Shanghai in 1999 by James Liang, Neil Shen, Min Fan, and Qi Ji.
Tuniu
Tuniu (途牛) is a Chinese online leisure travel company founded in Nanjing in 2006 and listed on Nasdaq under the symbol TOUR, known for self-operated packaged tours.
Victor Koo
Victor Koo (古永锵) is a Chinese internet executive who founded Youku, led its 2010 NYSE listing and 2012 merger with Tudou, and stepped down in 2016.
Wang Haibin
Wang Haibin (汪海滨) is a Chinese internet entrepreneur who co-founded the Guagua video community in 2005 and is chairman and CEO of the live-streaming company Zhejiang Juqi Technology.
Wang Jiangmin
Wang Jiangmin (王江民; 1951–2010) was a Chinese software entrepreneur who created the KV antivirus series and founded Beijing Jiangmin New Technology, a founding figure of China's antivirus industry.
Wang Wenjing
Wang Wenjing (王文京), born 1964, is a Chinese software entrepreneur who founded Yonyou (formerly UFSoft) in Beijing in 1988 and has led it for over 35 years.
Wang Xin (business executive)
Wang Xin (王莘), born 1963, is a Chinese business executive who co-founded Beijing Rising, the antivirus company that led China's paid PC-security market in the 1990s and 2000s.
Wang Yan (businessman)
Wang Yan (汪延) is a Chinese internet executive who co-created the commercial Chinese-language website SRS.com in 1996 and served as chairman of SINA Corporation until August 2012.
Wang Zhidong
Wang Zhidong (王志东), born 1967, is a Chinese software engineer and entrepreneur who co-founded Sina.com, led it to NASDAQ in 2000, and was ousted in 2001.
Wang Zhuan
Wang Zhuan (王专) is a Chinese online-travel executive who co-founded Tongcheng in Suzhou in 2002 with his former student Wu Zhixiang, and serves as the group's Party Secretary.