Nenking Group

Nenking Group (simplified Chinese: 能兴集团; traditional Chinese: 能興集團; pinyin: Néngxīng Jítuán), or Nanhai Nenking (simplified Chinese: 南海能兴; traditional Chinese: 南海能興; pinyin: Nánhǎi Néngxīng), is a Chinese conglomerate founded on 28 March 1998 and based in Foshan, Guangdong, providing Real Estate, Property Management, Financial, Sports Culture, Pharmaceuticals, Investment Abroad, Trade Purchases services over the Pearl River Delta Metropolitan Region of China.[1][2]

Nenking Group
能兴集团
TypePrivate
IndustryConglomerate
Founded1998 (1998) in Foshan, Guangdong, China
FounderZhong Naixiong
Headquarters
Foshan, Guangdong
Area served
China
Key people
Zhong Naixiong (chairman)
Xiao Yang (vice-president)
ServicesReal estate, property management, Financial, Sport culture, Pharmaceuticals, overseas investment, Trade purchases
SubsidiariesGuangzhou Loong Lions
FC Sochaux
Websitewww.nenking.cn
Nenking Group
Simplified Chinese能兴集团
Traditional Chinese能興集團
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese南海能兴
Traditional Chinese南海能興

Nenking is the owner of a CBA team called the "Guangzhou Loong Lions", and it is also the title sponsor of Hong Kong "Eastern Sports Club", including "Eastern Football Team" and "Eastern Basketball Team". In 2018, Nenking started stepping in eSports, organizing an OWL team for Guangzhou named the "Guangzhou Charge".

History
  • In 1993, Guangdong Nenking Real Estate Development Co., Ltd founded. It was the predecessor of Nenking Group.
  • On 28 March 1998, Nenking Holdings Group Co., Ltd founded.
  • In 2010, Nenking acquired Shaanxi men's basketball club and named it the "Long-Lions".[3][4]
  • On 12 August 2016, Hong Kong "Eastern Sports Club" announced that Nenking got the title sponsorship of "Eastern Sports Club", including "Eastern Football Team" and "Eastern Basketball Team".[5] "Eastern" was facing a financial crisis before this and Nenking, acting as the white knight, poured around 30 million HK$ into "Eastern".[6]
  • On 7 March 2017, "Rupert Hoogewerf's Global Rich List 2017" released. Nenking's founder and chairman Zhong Naixiong was on the list for the first time for 1.5 billion US$ (≈ 10.5 billion CN¥) wealth, ranking 1479.[7][8]
  • On 2 August 2018, Nenking started stepping in eSports. It got the Guangzhou franchise of the Overwatch League and organized an OWL team for Guangzhou.[9] The team is lately named as the "Guangzhou Charge".[10]
  • On 17 December 2020, Nenking acquire eStar, a Chinese League of Legends team that play in League of Legends Pro League, the top-level professional league for League of Legends in China.[11]

Major subsidiaries

References
  1. 集团概况 [General Situation] (in Chinese). Nenking Group. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  2. 业务板块 [Business Segments] (in Chinese). Nenking Group. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  3. 陕西男篮主场正式搬至佛山 与艾弗森接触力邀加盟 [Shaanxi men's basketball team moved to Foshan, inviting Allen Iverson to join] (in Chinese). Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  4. 陕西男篮南迁佛山 主场定在禅城区岭南明珠体育馆 [Shaanxi men's basketball team moved southward to Foshan, basing in Lingnan Pearl Gymnasium, Chancheng District]. Southern Metropolis Daily (in Chinese). Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  5. 【港超】內地企業南海能興入主　東方易名東方龍獅 [Nanhai Nenking took the main sponsorship, changing Eastern's name to "Eastern Long-Lions"]. Hong Kong 01 (in Chinese). 2018-08-03. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  6. 白武士鍾乃雄HK足球有價值 [White knight Zhong Naixiong: HK football has its value]. Oriental Daily News (in Chinese). 2016-11-22. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
  7. "Rupert Hoogewerf's Global Rich List 2017". www.hurun.net. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
  8. 曾群善. 富豪榜新人能兴钟乃雄 [Rupert Hoogewerf's Global Rich List's New Comer: Zhong Naixiong of Nenking]. Southern Metropolis Daily. Retrieved 2018-08-10 – via oeeee.com.
  9. "Atlanta and Guangzhou take the stage". overwatchleague.com (Press release). Blizzard Entertainment. 2018-08-03. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  10. "Feel The Charge! Nenking Group Unveils Its Guangzhou Overwatch League Team Branding" (Press release). Business Wire. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  11. "Sina Visitor System". passport.weibo.com. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
  12. 能者兴之，光辉二十载 [From Ability to Prosperity, 20 Years of Brightness - Nenking Group] (in Chinese). Nenking Group. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
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