About Perfect World Co., Ltd.

Perfect World Co., Ltd. (hereafter referred to as “Perfect World”) consists of three main business segments which are Perfect World Pictures, Perfect World Games and Perfect World E-sports. Perfect World Games was founded in 2004. Its first online game Perfect World won unprecedented success by its independently developed 3D engine and its contents adapted from Chinese traditional classic The Classic of Mountains and Seas. In July 2007, Perfect World Games was successfully listed on NASDAQ. And in 2008, Perfect World Pictures Co., Ltd. (“Perfect World Pictures”) was set up, then was listed on the Chinese A-share market in December 2014 (ticker: 002624). In July 2015, Perfect World Games completed its going private transaction.

In April 2016, Perfect World Pictures successfully incorporated Perfect World Games by issuing shares to purchase assets. In July of the same year, Perfect World Pictures Co., Ltd. announced that the listed company had been formally renamed as Perfect World Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Perfect World”), a move signifying that Perfect World Games was officially returning to the Chinese A-share market after completing the restructuring with its listed film and game businesses. The restructuring had also created the largest movie and game conglomerate ever in China.

Between 2011 and 2024, Perfect World has been voted as one of the China Top 30 Cultural Enterprises 13 times. The company was successively named as one of the 2011-2012, 2013-2014, 2015-2016, 2017-2018, 2019-2020 and 2023-2024 Annual Key Enterprises for Cultural Exports. In 2016 and 2020, Perfect World was twice awarded the title of Most Socially Responsible Listed Company respectively, while in 2017, the company was honored as one of the most respected Chinese enterprises of 2016-2017. In 2018, the company won the title of Enterprise Model of China’s Social Responsibility for Games. In 2019, Perfect World won the award of Excellent Enterprise of Achieving Employee Happiness 2019 and was ranked among the fourth batch of "National Culture and Technology Integration Demonstration Bases" in 2021. In 2024, it has been listed as a cultural industry demonstration base at national level.

Perfect World Pictures

The business segment of Perfect World Pictures (PWPIC) was established in 2008, dedicated to providing users with high-quality content experiences. PWPIC has launched many excellently produced films and television works and has participated in the creation, production, and distribution of more than 200 outstanding film and television works, receiving over 300 professional awards. PWPIC currently owns core film-making studios and teams such as Wanmei Pengrui, Flying Youth, Liuning Studio, and Lizheng Studio.

PWPIC is deeply rooted in the lives of ordinary Chinese citizens, producing numerous popular film and television works that reflect the societal aspect of ordinary citizens striving, facing challenges head-on, and ultimately achieving a happy and fulfilling life. These productions provide high-quality cultural products for the entire society. PWPIC has invested and produced popular films such as Sophie’s Revenge, The Piano in a Factory, Love is Not Blind, Up in the Wind, One Step Away, Let’s Get Married, Extraordinary Mission, Angels Wear White and Shadow, as well as popular TV dramas including Beijing Youth, Let’s Get Married, To Elderly with Love, the Hero Dog series, The Ferry Man: Manjusaka series, Deepwater Forces, Suddenly This Summer, Ashes of Love, Perfect Youth, The Legendary Tavern, Homeland, Skate into Love, Trident, Storm Eye, Going Rural, Glory and Dream, Ark Peace, Memory of Encaustic Tile, The Heart of Genius, Rock it Mom, The Starry Love, Hello Beautiful Life, The Ingenious One, Warm and Sweet, Back From The Brink, Ray of Light, Spy Game, Welcome to Milele, Daddy‘s Home, Love Trap, Invincible Stepmother, and Chinese New Year. Meanwhile, it also invested in several popular variety shows like Go Fighting, King Cross, The King of Comedy, Back to Field, Unlimited Song Season, Amazing Dinner, Our First Job, and The Harder He Works, the Luckier He Gets.

Moreover, PWPIC forged a strategic relationship with the famous Hollywood studio Universal Pictures in 2016. The co-financing slate includes popular films such as Jason Bourne, The Mummy, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Jurassic World: Dominion, and so on. Darkest Hour, Phantom Thread, and Victoria and Abdul, three films that Perfect World co-produced with Universal Pictures, were nominated at the 90th Academy Awards fourteen times for a total of nine awards including Best Film, Best Director, and Best Actor. Darkest Hour won awards for Best Actor and Best Makeup and Hairstyling, while Phantom Thread won Best Costume Design. All three films were part of PWPIC’s investment cooperation with Universal Pictures. Besides, BlacKkKlansman and First Man both invested and produced by PWPIC won the 91st Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Visual Effects respectively.

Popular TV series of PWPIC account for over 10% of prime-time shows in China. Its films and TV series have won many important awards in China and overseas markets, including the Flying Apsaras Award, the Magnolia Award, the Best Works Award, the Huading Award, the Huabiao Film Award, the Hundred Flowers Award, the Golden Horse Award, and the Academy Award, etc. In July 2014, the film and television productions Beijing Youth, To Elderly with Love, and Love is Not Blind, which were produced by PWPIC, were presented as national gifts to heads of state and dignitaries from countries such as Brazil and Argentina.

Perfect World Games

Perfect World Games is the first Chinese gaming company to pioneer the independent development of 3D game engines. As a global game developer, distributor and operator, its products cover PC games, mobile games, console games, VR games and cloud games. Perfect World Games products have been distributed to more than 100 countries and regions, introducing global users to excellent Internet culture and contributing to the global popularity of Chinese culture.

With its strong technical strengths, innovative design capabilities, profound understanding of different cultures and rich marketing experiences, Perfect World Games has launched client-based online PC games such as Perfect World, My Own Swordsman, Perfect World II, Zhu Xian, Return of the Condor Heroes, Swordsman Online, and Forsaken World, a number of mobile games such as Return of the Condor Heroes, Legend of the Dragonslayer Sword Mobile, Zhu Xian Mobile, The Legend of the Condor Heroes Mobile, Dream Scape, Fire Like The Song, My Own Swordsman Mobile, Perfect World Mobile, Legend of Fox Spirit, Return of the Condor Heroes II, ReEvolve, New Swordsman, Albireo, Chronicle of Infinity, Forsaken World Mobile, Jade Dynasty: New Fantasy, Shadow of Nyog, Perfect World: Gods War, Tower of Fantasy, Black Cat, and Persona 5: The Phantom X, buyout-based side-scrolling action mobile game Unruly Heroes, console game Unruly Heroes, and VR games including Subnautica. In addition, Perfect World also distributes the game product Tianlong Babu 2: Flying Dragon in the Sky. On August 8, 2023, Tower of Fantasy was launched on the PlayStation platform.

Perfect World E-sports

Perfect World has always strived to provide players with a great entertainment experience in the arena of e-sports. As the exclusive carrier of well-known e-sports products such as Defense of the Ancients 2 (DOTA 2) and Counterstrike: Global Offensive (CS) in the Chinese mainland, since 2015, Perfect World has successfully hosted large international e-sports events, including the CS Asia Championships (three times), the DOTA 2 Asia Championships (three times) and the DOTA 2 SuperMajor. Perfect World also assisted VALVE in hosting the 2019 International DOTA 2 Championships, the world's most-watched e-sports event. In November 2021, DOTA 2 was included in the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou as an official event. In the Hangzhou Asian Games 2023 DOTA 2 finals, the Chinese national team concluded the event by winning the gold medal for the Chinese e-sports delegation. In 2024, Perfect World will host the Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024, promoting the development of the esports industry and enhancing the position of the Chinese e-sports industry globally.

Perfect World has launched new leagues for DOTA 2 and CS since 2020. Through stable and professional leagues, the company has created a better gaming environment for professional teams and players of the two games. The DOTA Pro Circuit (DPC) is the only official DOTA 2 league authorized by VALVE in the world, and the DPC points of the teams will directly affect their chances of securing a direct invite to the subsequent event of The Internationals (TIs). Perfect World hosts and operates the China DPC League, and the professional CS leagues like PAL and PPL held by Perfect World offer direct invites to the world’s top CS MAJOR championships.

Hosted by Perfect World, College League and City Challenge are prominent for domestic college students and gamers of DOTA 2 and CS. Since 2018, the College League and City Challenge have been held in more than 20 major cities in China every year during spring and autumn. Meanwhile, campus commentary incubation and the recruitment platform for e-sports college leagues also help build a more complete ecosystem for college e-sports events.

Since June 2018, Perfect World and Valve have been working on Steam China, which was launched in 2021, aiming at providing Chinese players and game developers with more high-quality content and superior experience and services, so as to spur Chinese gaming enterprises, especially medium and small-sized to go overseas.