1997-may guangzhou netease established
1997-jun introduces full chinese text search engine
1998-jan
first chinese internet company to offer free web-based e-mail service
1999-jan www.163.com ranked as the #1 most well-known web site by china popular computer weekly
1999-jul
hosts the first online auction in china
2000-jun
netease.com, inc. goes public on nasdaq
2000-aug
launch of “power to the people” advertising campaign
2000-nov
launch of netease mall e-commerce platform
2001-jan
designs sms.163.com web site to offer short message services
2001-apr
acquisition of guangzhou tianxia game technology assets
2001-nov
launch of vip email service
2001-dec
launch of self-developed mmorpg “westward journey online”
2002-jun
launch of 3-d mmorpg “pristontale”
2002-aug
launch self-developed mmorpg “westward journey online 2.0”
2003-dec
beta launch of self-developed mmorpg “fantasy westward journey”
2004-jan
commercial launch of “fantasy westward journey”
2004-mar
“fantasy westward journey” peak concurrent users reach 100,000
2004-dec beta launch of mmorp "fly for fun"
2005-february launch of 188 fortune mail service-www.188.com 2005-april combined peak concurrent users of “westward journey online ii” and “fantasy westward journey” exceed one million
2005-october fantasy westward journey, westward journey online ii and 3d game datang were honor with “the best self-developed online game” by china joy