Timeline
2022
COL’s manga Chaotic Sword God, adapted from 500M+ hit COL web novel of the same name, launches on Japan’s online manga platform Piccoma.
Chaotic Sword God ranks in top 10 for Fantasy and #1 in New Series on Piccoma.
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2022
COL co-presentation short series Curling Girls premieres on Mango TV promoting the Winter Olympics and is greatly received.
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2022
COL establishes the Metaverse Laboratory at Tsinghua University, the first Metaverse Lab to exist at a university in China, and the first nationwide to be culturally focused.
COL establishes its second Metaverse technology company, Hainan COL Universe Technology Co., Ltd., in Hainan China.
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2021
COL established COL Media in Los Angeles, California.
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2021
COL and Tencent Penguin Pictures’ co-produced anime Martial God Asura, adapted from hit COL web novel with the same name, is announced for exclusive release on Tencent Video.
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2021
The Rise of Phoenixes is nominated at the 24th Asian Television Awards for Best Series.
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2021
COL establishes Hangzhou COL Universe Technology Co., Ltd. in Hangzhou China, to focus on Metaverse and Web 3.0 technology.
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2021
COL short series Just Want to Fall in Love with You amasses 150 million views and the highest number of user subscriptions when compared to other short series released in the same time frame.
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2021
COL’s legal division completes 3935 IP protection cases in 2021, marking nearly 10,000 rights cases and 100,000+ IP works protected over 10 years.
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2020
COL and IQIYI establish joint-company Chinese Miracle to co-produce Film/TV projects.
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2020
COL wins Best Short Series Partner Award at top social video platform Kuaishou’s Golden Drama Awards Ceremony.
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2020
COL’s short series Son-In-Law Rises gets 2 million views in just 24 hours.
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2019
COL co-presentation of dramatic series The Legend of the White Snake premieres on iQiyi, then streams across major Asian platforms and globally on Rakuten Viki and Netflix.
The Legend of the White Snake receives multiple nominations at the Golden Bud Festival and wins at The Actors of China, China Television Drama Production Industry Association Awards, and IqiyiTV and Movie Awards, including the Favorite Screenplay award.
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2019
The Rise of Phoenixes wins Best Cinematography at the 25th Shanghai Television Festival and additional category nominations also at the Asian Academy Creative Awards and Asian Television Awards
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2018
COL co-presentation of dramatic series, The Rise of Phoenixes, premieres on Hunan Television and streams on Mango TV, iQiyi, and Netflix.
The Rise of Phoenixes wins multiple awards like Best Cinematography at the Shanghai International TV Festival and Outstanding TV Series at the China Television Drama Production Industry Association Awards, while also receiving multiple nominations at additional festivals including the 24th Huading Awards.
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2018
COL co-presentation of epic CGI animation production adapted from COL original novel by the same name, The Godsfall Chronicles, begins production by Tencent Penguin Pictures.
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2017
COL co-presentation of rom-com series adapted from COL original novel by the same name, Happy Valentine’s Day, premieres on Youku.
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2017
COL co-production of animation series adapted from COL original novel by the same name, The Ancient Welkin, premieres on iQiyi.
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2017
COL opens its first North American office in Silicon Valley launching its international interactive reading service platform.
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2015
COL goes public on the ChiNext board of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange on January 21, becoming the first digital publishing stock in China.
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2013
COL establishes China’s first Internet Literature University. Nobel Prize Winner in Literature, Mo Yan, serves as Honorary President.
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2009
COL establishes Fragrance of Pages China, a public education and library platform.
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2006
COL launches 17K.com, an integrated reading platform for digital literature publication.
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2005
COL initiates the establishment of Chinese Online Alliance of Anti-Piracy under the guidance of the National Copyright Administration and The Publishers Association of China, with members made up of major publishing houses, well-known writers, and law firms.
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2002
COL launches Digital Library in Primary and Secondary Schools project, which pioneers the digitalization of public educational resources in China.
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2000
COL is founded in Tsinghua University with enthusiastic support from literary giants such as Ba Jin and Yu Qiuyu.
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2000
COL Business Plan wins Gold Medal - First Prize at the historical First Annual National Challenge Cup Entrepreneurship Competition.
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