WEEKLY REPORT

LI PIN
11.29-12.5.2002

This week, I mainly did:

One develops our IQ product in Chinese version, and this week we will finish.

Second is daily NEWs studing.

Third is some study about Chinese market VAS and also make a page of Korea Internet market.

About IQ product.

This week, I put more time on translation, check and discuss IQ test with Suzanne, and as we said, this weekend we will finish Chinese version IQ test, and I also made a strategy of launch it next week, now I will not mention more about it.

NEWS.

Sina sign an agreement with NIKE to cooperate. They will develop SINA sport channel, give better services to users, and also they changed the channel name to NIKE-SINA sports.

http://tech.sina.com.cn/i/c/2002-12-04/1655153978.shtml

Chinese vision.

And we can find recently already three news about SINA. They sign the agreement with NIKE,

SINA and NCsoft Enter Definitive Agreement to Form Online Game Joint Venture in China.

http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/021121/210306_1.html

And also sign an agreement about on-line Bank deal with CITIC

China Unicom sign an agreement to established a together company with QUALCOMM, QUALCOMM is a US company , and it is the leader of CDMA,

http://tech.sina.com.cn/it/t/2002-12-05/1425154167.shtml

There is a research that now there are 1,322,000 family have computers in Hong Kong, and it is 62% of all families. And 1,118,100 are Internet computers, it is 85 % of all computer families.

http://tech.sina.com.cn/i/c/2002-12-05/1702154202.shtml

Beijing Court Rules in Favor of Sina in Lawsuit Against Sohu

BEIJING -- A Beijing court ruled Monday that the Chinese-language Internet portal Sohu.com Inc. had plagiarized content from the Web site of its rival Sina.com , the two companies said.

http://biz.yahoo.com/djus/021202/2207000829_2.html

Korea SK Telecom Offers Cell Phone Financial Settlement Service

SEOUL -(Dow Jones)- SK Telecom Co. , South Korea's largest mobile phone operator, will launch Friday a service that allows financial settlement via mobile phones.

http://biz.yahoo.com/djus/021128/0459000247_1.html

3. VAS studys

About Chinese market VAS.

I searched the top three portal website. I just find the job searching. Now I put here:

For SOHU:

If you are a company wants to have a ads to find new staff. They can:

RMB 600: 1 month, basic service.

RMB 2400: 1 month, basic service+list your company in the hot jobs in the first page of job hunting.

RMB 3000: 1 week, basic service+list your company in the hot jobs in the first page of job hunting+give the red URL of company in the first page of job hunting.

RMB 3500: 1 day, just add URL link in the home page of SOHU.

RMB 30000: 1 month, basic service, company logo will show in the first page of job hunting.

RMB 3600: 6 months, basic service.

RMB 7200: 12 months, basic service.

For netease:

If you are a company, and you look for new employees, you should become a member first and register.

RMB 700: 1 week.

RMB 1000: 1 month.

RMB 1500: 3 months.

RMB 2200: 6 months.

RMB 3000: 12 months.

Another is about the ALUMNUS.

Actually, this basic service is free. You can create your class there, and ask your classmates join your class, you can upload pictures, leave messages to BBS, but if you want more services. You should pay.

For SOHU:

If you want to your Class become a VIP, you class should pay 300 RMB for one year.

For Netease.

If you want become a VIP, you just pay 6 RMB per month, you need care about your classmates.

I also find a tool in Netease named Netease bubble. It is tool very similar as yahoo messenger. You can chat, you can send SMS, you go to your Email box directly, you can join dating or gaming pages directly. I download one, and tried it, it is nice. Also it is similar as OICQ.