The next day, February 21st, Lashou Network was officially renamed Qian Du Group Buy. Together with Qian Du Delivery, it formed the protective moat for the Qian Du LBS Department.
iResearch Data followed shortly after, releasing its 2012 list of the top 100 internet companies, which were comprehensively evaluated based on active user count, revenue, and industry influence.
Penguin ranked first!
Qian Du second!
Ah Li third!
Pinbei fourth!
NetEase fifth!
Shanda sixth!
What came as a surprise was Orange Pay breaking into ninth place, with Today Technology ranking tenth.
Among the top ten on the list, three were holding subsidiaries under Senlian Capital.
Some netizens even commented that if you included Orange Technology, Senlian Capital would account for 40% of the spots.
Kuai Pao and Fast Taxi were ranked seventeenth and nineteenth, respectively, while Gaode Map was thirty-first, and Byte Technology was thirty-eighth.
