Description

NetEase, Inc. delivers a broad spectrum of online services across the People's Republic of China and internationally, focusing on diverse areas such as content, community engagement, communication, and e-commerce. Its business is structured into four main segments: Online Game Services, Youdao, Cloud Music, and Innovative Businesses and Others. The company develops and operates its own PC and mobile games, in addition to publishing titles licensed from other developers. Its Youdao segment is dedicated to education technology, offering digital knowledge and translation tools like Youdao Dictionary and U-Dictionary, along with smart learning devices such as the Dictionary Pen and Smart Lamp. This segment also provides online courses, interactive learning apps, and enterprise solutions, including the AI-driven Youdao Smart Learning Terminal for schools and Youdao Smart Cloud for advanced OCR and neural machine translation capabilities. NetEase Cloud Music forms the core of its Cloud Music segment, operating as a popular music streaming platform. The Innovative Businesses and Others segment encompasses offerings like Yanxuan, an e-commerce platform selling private label general merchandise; NetEase Media, an internet media platform; NetEase Mail for email services; NetEase CC Live, a live streaming platform primarily for game content; and NetEase Pay, a payment service. Established in 1997 and based in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China, the company changed its name from NetEase.com, Inc. to NetEase, Inc. in March 2012.