Media & Entertainment Landscape of China
3,774 Media & Entertainment companies in China, in one picture: who is hiring, who is raising money, who founded them, where they are based and what the news is about. Updated August 2026.
Who leads Media & Entertainment in China
Shows the top‑ranked Media & Entertainment firms in China by size, funding, hiring activity and media coverage, highlighting which companies are currently hiring and how many have reported financing rounds.
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WebComics4last posted May 2026
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Hoyoverse4last posted Jul 2026
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aha entertainment3last posted Jun 2026
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365Scores2last posted May 2026
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first.fun2last posted Sep 2025
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SCMP2last posted Oct 2025
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Little Steps Asia1last posted Mar 2026
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ChapterX1last posted Dec 2025
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China Radio and Television$14.6BSeries D · Aug 2020
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Kuaishou Technology$4.8BSeries F · Dec 2019
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IQiyi$4.4BPost IPO · Aug 2022
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Toutiao$3.1BSeries E · Jun 2018
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Bilibili$2.8BPost IPO · May 2025
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Bestv$1.6BPE · Dec 2014
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Weibo$1.5BGrant (prize money) · Aug 2021
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Netease Music$1.4BSeries C · Sep 2019
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Wanda Film10,804tracked employees
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Zhihu2,515tracked employees
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huya.com1,521tracked employees
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Lizhi699tracked employees
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Shanghai Film Company672tracked employees
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International Entertainment Corporation240tracked employees
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Scienjoy12.8%35 tracked events
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New Company Name4.0%11 tracked events
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Global Murphy (Beijing) Technology3.3%9 tracked events
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Kuke2.6%7 tracked events
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Xinhua News Agency6,057articles in the window
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China Daily3,037articles in the window
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Global Times1,517articles in the window
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DXY888articles in the window
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Sina156articles in the window
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Douban80articles in the window
See all 3,774 Media & Entertainment companies in China
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How the Media & Entertainment ecosystem in China grew, 2016–2025
Displays the annual count of new Media & Entertainment companies founded in China, noting the highest year of formation and the most recent yearly total.
Where Media & Entertainment companies in China are based
Lists the Chinese cities with the most Media & Entertainment firms, indicating where the sector’s companies are concentrated.
The Media & Entertainment market map of China: what these companies actually do
Breaks down the types of products these firms develop and the primary ways they generate revenue, such as subscriptions, advertising and transaction commissions.
The biggest kinds of Media & Entertainment company, by how many we track.
- Consumer Digital2,019 companies · $35.2B raised · 4 hiring
- Enterprise Tech649 companies · $4.9B raised
- SaaS319 companies · $608.7M raised
- B2C E-Commerce288 companies · $16.5B raised
- Loneliness Economy247 companies · $1.3B raised · 1 hiring
- Enterprise Software148 companies · $1.2B raised
- Media & Entertainment SaaS126 companies · $519.9M raised
- Real Money Gaming122 companies · $77.3M raised
- Marketplaces116 companies · $1.6B raised
- Video Sharing Platforms116 companies · $10.2B raised
- Internet First News Publishers108 companies · $178.6M raised
- Passion Economy92 companies · $9.2B raised · 1 hiring
Monetization
How Media & Entertainment companies make money
How many companies earn revenue each way. Plenty use more than one model, so the counts add up to more than the sector.
Funding, M&A and the deals moving Media & Entertainment in China
Counts corporate actions over the past two years, including earnings releases, announcements, product launches, mergers and regulatory filings.
- FundingWe will invest a total of P12 billion to purchase the convertible notes from IEC—the owner and operator of New Coast Hotel and Lobby Casinos, DigiPlus president Andy Tsui said.2026-03-30
- IPOshort‑video platform Kuaishou Technology, raised US$7.6 billion in Hong Kong2026-02-01
- IPOKayou Inc. and 52Toys, have also filed for Hong Kong IPOs, both boasting big-name underwriters.2025-10-09
- IPOincluding the mobile assets acquisition of China Telecom, the IPOs of Sinopec, Chalco, China Telecom, China Netcom, China Life Insurance, PICC, Air China, China Shenhua Energy, China Construction Bank, Dongfeng Automobile, China Merchants Bank, ICBC, China Citic Bank, China Coal Energy, COSCO, CPIC, CSCEC, ABC, Everbright Bank, PSBC, CGN, CHAMC, China Re, Legend Holdings, CZ Bank, CEEC, CNR, CR Pharma, HR Bank, CICC, HZ Bank, HEC, Xinhua Net, SFC, as well as a number of restructuring and M&A deals for major industries.2025-09-13
- Fundingnine $500 million-plus deals including Chinese ride-sharing company Didi Chuxing's $5.5 billion round and Chinese content recommendation company Toutiao's $1 billion round.2025-08-10
- M&AScripps will get Gray’s Colorado Springs, Colorado CBS affiliate KKTV (DMA 86), where Scripps owns KOAA (NBC); KKCO (NBC) and low power station KJCT-LP (ABC) in Grand Junction, Colorado (DMA 187); and KMVT (CBS) and low power station KSVT-LD (Fox) in Twin Falls, Idaho (DMA 189), where Scripps owns low power station KSAW-LD (ABC).2025-07-07
- M&ATencent Music Entertainment Group agreed to buy Chinese podcasting startup Ximalaya for $1.3 billion in cash, plus a stock issue, an agreement that boosts your ambition to become the Chinese response to Spotify.2025-06-10
- M&AAmsterdam-based Skytree, a climate tech company specialising in carbon utilisation and removal solutions, has acquired ReCarbn, a Dutch startup specialising in direct air capture (DAC) technology.2024-12-19
- IPOMost Kwai Chung, which launched its HK$95.3 million IPO (US$12.3 million) in 2018, holds the oversubscription record in Hong Kong at 6,288 times.2024-12-19
- FundingGlobal Mofy AI Limited (the "Company" or "Global Mofy") (NASDAQ:GMM) ... today announced the successful closing of its previously announced private placement financing (the "Offering") on October 31, 2024.2024-11-06
Mergers and acquisitions
Deals from the last 24 months where a Media & Entertainment company in China was the buyer or the one bought, newest first. “Undisclosed” means the price was never published — not that the deal was worth nothing.
| Acquirer | Target | Deal value | Status | Date |
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| Alibaba’s Ant | undisclosed | Announced | 2026-05-03 | |
| undisclosed | Announced | 2025-11-18 | ||
| $2.4B | Announced | 2025-08-23 | ||
| undisclosed | Announced | 2025-07-07 | ||
| undisclosed | Announced | 2025-01-21 | ||
| undisclosed | Announced | 2024-12-19 |
Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work
Provides details on specific corporate events like IPO filings, leadership changes, product introductions and contract awards.
52TOYSIPO · Hong Kong Stock Exchange · 1 reportOct 2025
TVMostIPO · 1 reportDec 2024
SimplyliveLuc Doneux · Resignation — was Chief Executive OfficerOct 2025
XimalayaMr. Haijian He · Appointment → Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairperson of Audit CommitteeAug 2025
BEYOND ExpoVisual Identity (VI) system (Branding)Apr 2026
PANewsPANews Skills toolsetMar 2026
One ChannelAcumatica One Build (Construction cloud business management system)Feb 2026
- Dissenting shareholders v sina corporationshare valuation under section 238 dissent rights · VerdictDec 2025
- sellers of Sina Corporation (formerly NASDAQ: SINA) v sina corporationsecurities laws violations · OngoingNov 2025
Half of these companies grew revenue faster than +11.8%, half slower.
Who is building Media & Entertainment in China
Profiles the founders and CEOs of the sector’s companies, noting their educational backgrounds and prior employers.
Ex-Hewlett-Packard, Deke Software · Dalian University of Technology BS
Ex-Zhongkai Enterprise Group, Shanghai Zendai Group
Founder Shenzhen Zhangmenren Network Technology. Shandong Youth University of Political Science 2007
New York University
Peking Union Medical College 2006, Harbin Institute of Technology Phd 2006
Co-Founder meituan & fanfou. University of Delaware 2004, Tsinghua University 2001
Venture Partner - ZhenFund · ex-Meituan Dianping, Baidu · Beijing Forestry University MSc 2008
Enlight Media, ex-Pearson, ex-Pearson Education, Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College at Baton Rouge, 1995
Tsinghua University BS 2001, Northwestern University PhD 2007
- flagged as repeat founders5
- no repeat-founder flag450
Look up the people behind Media & Entertainment companies in China
Search founders, executives and operators by company, role and location.
Who funds Media & Entertainment in China
Summarizes the investors involved in Media & Entertainment financing since 2016, the number of rounds and the typical investment size.
| Investor · most active investors since 2016 | Rounds | Led | Latest |
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| Tencent | 44 | 18 | Jul 2023 |
| IDG Capital | 12 | 6 | Nov 2020 |
| Shunwei Capital | 12 | 5 | Oct 2025 |
| GGV Capital | 12 | 4 | Apr 2023 |
| 5Y Capital | 11 | 4 | Dec 2021 |
| Zhen Fund | 10 | 5 | Sep 2018 |
| DCM Ventures | 9 | 4 | Oct 2022 |
| Qiming Venture Partners | 9 | 3 | Mar 2019 |
| Sequoia Capital China | 8 | 5 | Jul 2020 |
| Plum Ventures | 8 | 3 | Jan 2019 |
The typical round is $11.6M — half were bigger, half smaller.
The biggest Media & Entertainment funding rounds in China
Highlights the biggest disclosed financing deals, including the largest round and recent notable investments.
| Company | Round | Size | When | Backers |
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| Series Dmega-round | $14.6B | Aug 2020 | Alibaba | |
| Series Fmega-round | $3B | Dec 2019 | Tencent, Boyu Capital, Yunfeng Capital +2 more | |
| Series Emega-round | $2B | Aug 2017 | General Atlantic | |
| Series Dmega-round | $1.5B | Feb 2017 | Hillhouse, Boyu Capital, Xiang He Capital +2 more | |
| Series Emega-round | $1B | Jan 2018 | Tencent, Sequoia Capital China | |
| Series Dmega-round | $1B | Dec 2016 | Sequoia Capital, China Construction Bank | |
| Series Cmega-round | $700M | Sep 2019 | Alibaba Group, Yunfeng Capital | |
| Series Emega-round | $632.5M | Mar 2018 | Tencent | |
| Series Bmega-round | $600M | Oct 2018 | Baidu, Boyu Capital, General Atlantic +1 more | |
| Series Cmega-round | $584.1M | Aug 2018 | Tencent, Goldman Sachs, General Atlantic |
12 venture rounds with a disclosed amount in the window.
Series CundisclosedApr 2026
- Series AundisclosedApr 2026
Series A$50MMar 2026
Series C$21.7MMar 2026
Seed$10MMar 2026
Seed$1.5MFeb 2026
SeedundisclosedFeb 2026
What the news says about Media & Entertainment in China
Counts news coverage of the sector in the past year and identifies the most frequently reported topics.
What the coverage is about
The subjects that dominate Media & Entertainment news in China. The arrow shows whether each one is being written about more or less than a year ago.
- Geopolitical disputes and contested areas300,533▲+33%
- International and transnational geographic entities300,527▲+33%
- Administrative and political subdivisions300,421▲+33%
- International political relations138,114→+6%
- Security and defense policies88,285▲+20%
- Trade policies and agreements87,449→-8%
- International relations and diplomacy84,193→-0%
- Government international agreements coordination60,147→-10%
- Trade wars and geopolitical impacts32,300▼-21%
- Nationalism and sovereignty debates31,123→-5%
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61 Media & Entertainment companies here were named in the news over this period.
Watch Media & Entertainment coverage in China as it happens
Prism follows these subjects story by story — which companies are named, what is said about them and how the tone moves.
Momentum
The words getting louder — and quieter
Which terms are showing up in more stories than a year ago, and which are fading. The percentage is the change in how many articles mention them.
The pressures the press keeps returning to
Three recurring angles in China Media & Entertainment coverage, and whether each is getting more attention year on year (through 2025).
Media & Entertainment jobs in China: who is hiring and what they ask for
Reports on job postings from these firms, showing the number of openings, common skill requirements and typical roles.
Demand
The Skills Employers Ask For
What Media & Entertainment employers in China put in their job ads. The bar is how many postings ask for it; the arrow shows whether demand grew or shrank against the year before.
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