Donews

What Donews does

DoNews (DoNews - 创新无边界) is a Chinese digital news media platform founded in 2000 and headquartered in Beijing's Chaoyang district. It publishes technology, business, automotive, consumer electronics (3C), home appliances, gaming, entertainment, and sports content across 15+ categories, delivered through a dedicated website (donews.com), iOS and Android mobile apps, a WeChat mini-program, an official Weibo account (@donewsoffice), and an RSS feed. Editorial products include a real-time news flash feed (快讯), curated author columns (专栏), live streaming of industry events (直播), and in-depth special topic reports (专题) covering major industry events such as CES, AWE, Beijing Auto Show, 618, and 315.

The underlying platform is a content management and publishing system that aggregates multi-vertical news articles, tag-based article organization, category landing pages, and a columnist author program (external contributors such as 音乐先声 and 伯虎财经). The company has a documented data content partnership with Tianyancha (天眼查) for business and financial intelligence data supporting its commercial coverage. Leadership is founder-led, with Ren Liu as founder and CEO. The company has no disclosed parent, no PE backing, and only one funding round on record (a 2014 round of approximately $1.6M led by Shenzhen Capital Group).

DoNews operates a free-to-access, advertising-supported business model. Revenue is generated primarily through digital advertising (banner ads, sponsored content, promotional articles) and content platform services for columnists and media partners. The customer base is segmented horizontally into tech industry professionals, general readers, and tech companies/PR-marketing teams purchasing coverage. The company has 11-50 employees, is privately held, and is actively publishing content as of the latest available data.

Name

Donews

Legal name

DoNews

Website

https://donews.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

DoNews is a Beijing-based Chinese digital tech and business news portal founded in 2000 that publishes multi-vertical coverage across technology, automotive, consumer electronics, gaming, and entertainment via its website, mobile app, WeChat mini-program, and Weibo, monetizing through digital advertising and sponsored content for tech brands and PR teams.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital News Media

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (513110), Periodical Publishers (513120)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711)

akta.pro primary industry

Business, Financial & Trade News Publishers (MPAJADAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Data Journalism & News Intelligence Publishers (Indexes, Election/Market Data) (MPAJADAK), News Agencies & Wire Services (General & Specialized) (MPAJADAE)

Keywords

• Technology news media
• Digital content publishing
• News aggregation platform
• Tech advertising services
• Online media services

Headquarters

HQ city

Beijing

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Digital Advertising: Advertising services on the platform including banner ads, sponsored content, and promotional articles for tech companies and products
2. Content Platform Services: Publishing platform for columnists (专栏) and content creators including 大局财经, 巨潮WAVE and other media partners

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Donews operates a digital technology and business news portal that publishes articles, real-time news flashes, author columns, live event coverage, and in-depth special topic reports across verticals including consumer tech, gaming, 3C/digital products, automotive, home appliances, entertainment, sports, and business. The platform aggregates editorial content from staff writers and external columnists, and monetizes through digital advertising, sponsored content, and integrated marketing services for tech companies and brands operating in the Chinese market.

Product overview

Donews (DoNews - 创新无边界) is a Chinese technology and business news media platform that provides comprehensive coverage across multiple content categories including business, consumer, gaming, 3C technology, home appliances, automotive, entertainment, sports, columns, live streaming, and special topics. The platform features news flashes (快讯), in-depth articles, author columns, and a mobile application. The site serves as a hub for technology industry news, corporate updates, e-commerce coverage (including 618 festival reporting), and various专题 (special topics/reports). The platform aggregates content from various authors and news sources, presenting tech and business news to Chinese audiences.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Donews News Portal A technology and business news portal providing comprehensive coverage across multiple content categories including tech, automotive, consumer goods, gaming, and entertainment with news flashes, articles, author columns, live streaming, and special topic reports. The platform serves Chinese readers and advertisers with 15+ content verticals.
• Donews Mobile App

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• 天眼查 (Tianyancha)minorOthersDoNews partners with Tianyancha for data support on financial and business intelligence content, with articles noting data content is fully supported by Tianyancha

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• TechWeb: TechWeb is a long-running Chinese technology news portal covering internet, mobile, and consumer electronics. It is a direct peer to DoNews with comparable audience, format mix (news, columns, special reports), and Chinese tech advertiser base.
• Huxiu: Huxiu is a major Chinese tech and business news site covering internet, tech, and finance verticals. It is a direct peer to DoNews, competing for the same Chinese tech-industry audience and ad budgets with comparable multi-vertical coverage and digital-first distribution.
• Lieyunwang (Pitcher): Lieyunwang is a Chinese tech media platform covering startups, internet companies, and the broader technology industry. It is a direct peer to DoNews, with overlapping audience of Chinese tech professionals and a similar ad-supported, content-driven business model.
• TMTPost: TMTPost is a Chinese tech/business media outlet focused on technology, media, and telecommunications. It is a direct peer to DoNews, sharing a Chinese-language, advertising-supported business model and coverage of internet, auto, and consumer electronics companies.
• 36Kr: 36Kr is a leading Chinese tech and business media platform covering startups, internet companies, and emerging industries. It is a direct peer to DoNews given identical focus on Chinese tech/business news, advertising-supported digital distribution, and multi-vertical coverage (tech, auto, consumer, gaming).

Regional players

• Caixin: Caixin is a major Chinese business and financial news outlet with deep coverage of corporate, finance, and tech sectors. It is comparable to DoNews as a Chinese-language business/tech news publisher, but it skews more toward financial journalism and has a substantially larger paid-subscriber and institutional audience.

Broad incumbents

• NetEase Tech: NetEase Tech is the technology vertical of NetEase, one of China's largest internet portals. It is a broad incumbent peer to DoNews, covering Chinese tech and business news as part of a broader portal/media portfolio with significantly larger reach.
• Tencent News (Tencent Tech): Tencent News is the news platform of Tencent, integrating tech, business, and entertainment content with deep WeChat/QQ distribution. It is a broad incumbent peer to DoNews, offering overlapping Chinese tech news but with vastly greater traffic from Tencent's ecosystem.
• Sina Tech: Sina Tech is the technology vertical of Sina Corporation, one of China's largest portal operators. It is a broad incumbent peer to DoNews — covering overlapping Chinese tech, auto, and internet news — but operating as part of a much larger, publicly listed media conglomerate.
• Sohu Tech: Sohu Tech is the technology channel of Sohu, one of China's legacy internet portals. It is a broad incumbent peer to DoNews, covering overlapping Chinese tech, business, and auto news as part of Sohu's wider media platform.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/hidonews

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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