"The Ninth City" is one of the largest online game developers and operators in China. It aims to create a new online entertainment lifestyle for urban people through the world's "ninth art" - game art. In this "city": passion, vitality and romance are always accompanied; Equality, respect and care are overflowing. In 1999, the "Ninth City" put forward the concept of "virtual community" for the first time in China, and created a large online digital life platform - www.gamenow.net, which was officially renamed as www.the9.com the next year. In 2000, the website won the first place in entertainment websites in the selection organized by CNNIC, a Chinese Internet organization. In July 2002, the "Ninth City" began to operate the classic online game "Miracle" (MU) developed by the Korean WEBZEN company. In the same year, the game ranked first in all seven rankings in the 17173 China online game market survey, the largest online game portal in China, and became one of the most popular online games in mainland China. In April 2004, "The Ninth City" further deepened its investment in online entertainment concepts, and officially announced its cooperation with Blizzard Entertainment, a subsidiary of Vivendi Universal ®） Sign a contract to introduce the world's top online game World of Warcraft into China. In September 2004, "The Ninth City" represented Granado Espada. This is an online game masterpiece developed by IMC Games, led by Jin Xuegui, the father of RO and invested 4.5 billion yuan by Han Guang Software. In December 2004, the "Ninth City" was officially listed on NASDAQ with the stock code of "NCTY". In July 2005, the "Ninth City" launched the first home-made horizontal format online game independently developed -- Happy Westward Journey. In December 2005, the "Ninth City" once again joined hands with Webzen Inc of South Korea to become the only operator of Sun of the Ultimate Nation in China. In April 2006, "The Ninth City" became the only operator in mainland China who wrote "Guild Wars" by NCsoft. In May 2006, the Ninth City and South Korea's HanbitSoft jointly announced that the high-profile large-scale 3D multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) masterpiece Hellgate: London was finally determined to be the only operator in mainland China under the controlling subsidiary of the Ninth City. In January 2007, the Ninth City announced that it had obtained the sole operation right of the 3D online game "Fairyland Legend 2" (tentative name) developed by the Korean Gravity Company in China. At the same time, the Ninth City will also operate another 2.5D online game "EC OL" of GRAVITY In January 2007, the Ninth City announced that it had reached an agreement with Vivendi Game Company and Blizzard Entertainment on the supplementary terms of the original licensing agreement for World of Warcraft, and would launch a new expansion film Burning Expedition in mainland China

In February 2007, the Ninth City announced that it had reached an agreement with Webzen Inc., a South Korean online game development and publishing company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, and obtained the exclusive operation right of Huxley, a large-scale multiplayer online first person shooter game (MMOFPS) in China. In May 2007, the Ninth City officially announced that EA would invest US $167 million in the company. After the investment, the American game player EA would hold about 15% of the common shares of the Ninth City. At the same time, the Ninth City also announced that it has signed a cooperation agreement with EA to exclusively operate EA Sports FIFA Online in mainland China. In May 2007, the Ninth City announced the signing of the leisure dance online game "AU2" (temporarily called "Jinwu Group 2") developed by G10 Entertainment Co., Ltd., a South Korean online game developer, and won the exclusive operation right in mainland China.