Beijing Sohu Internet Information Service Co., Ltd., listed on NASDAQ, is a leading online game, video, search and Internet media group in China, providing comprehensive network services for Internet and mobile Internet users
Sohu is a leading Internet media, search and online gaming group in China, owning two NASDAQ-listed companies, Sohu Corporation (NASDAQ: SOHU) and Changyou Company (NASDAQ: CYOU), and is one of the strongest Internet brands in the Chinese world. "Sohu" is a household name in China and a sponsor of Internet content services for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Sohu provides comprehensive network services to nearly 600 million Internet and mobile Internet users in China.
On November 1, 1995, Dr. Zhang Chaoyang returned to China from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States. In August of the following year, based on venture capital, the predecessor of Sohu, "Aitxin Information Technology Co., Ltd.", was founded. In February 1998, Aitxin launched Sohu, China's first large-scale classified query search engine was born, and the Sohu brand was born. "Go out by the map, go online to find Sohu" Sohu has opened the magical door for Chinese netizens to the Internet world.
In 1999, Sohu launched a news and content channel, laying the prototype of a comprehensive portal and opening the era of China's Internet portal. For his outstanding contributions to the dissemination and business practice of the Internet in China, Mr. Zhang was named one of the "Global 50 Digital Heroes" by Time Magazine in the United States, and has appeared on the cover of the "Fortune" forum and "Asia Weekly".
On July 12, 2000, Sohu was officially listed on the NASDAQ (NASDAQ: SOHU) in the United States, and developed from a well-known domestic enterprise to an international brand. In 2000, Sohu acquired ChinaRen, China's largest community of young people, establishing its position as the largest Chinese website in China. In the third quarter of 2002, Sohu achieved full profitability for the first time in the domestic Internet industry, which was an epoch-making milestone in the development of China's Internet and drove the overall popularity of Chinese concept stocks on the NASDAQ. In November 2005, Sohu signed a contract to become the Internet content service sponsor of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. On April 2, 2009, Changyou (NASDAQ: CYOU), a subsidiary of Sohu, was successfully listed on the NASDAQ in the United States, making Sohu the first "twin star" of a Chinese Internet company in Nasda. In September 2010, Sohu Video's solo drama exceeded 200 million views in 15 days, becoming the first TV series in the history of China's online video to enter the "200 million" playback. On April 24, 2013, the number of users of Sohu's mobile Internet product Sohu News Client exceeded 100 million, becoming the first news client in China with more than 100 million users. In the first quarter of 2015, the coverage rate of Sogou input method on the PC side reached 92%, and the number of active users on the mobile side ranked among the top three.
With strong competitive strength, Sohu has developed into a super Internet brand with four major business platforms, including: media (Sohu.com, Sohu news client, mobile phone Sohu, Sohu micro portal, Sohu focus, Sohu auto), video (Sohu video, Sohu video client, Sohu entertainment), search (Sogou search, Sogou input method, Sogou high-speed browser, Sogou map, Sogou number pass), games (Changyou, 17173, Seventh Avenue).
At present, Sohu has initially realized the ideal of "making the Internet an indispensable part of Chinese people's lives" established from the beginning of its establishment. In the process of explosive growth of Chinese netizens, Sohu has always been providing high-quality services to the majority of Chinese netizens.
