Kingsoft Corporation () is a Chinese software company based in

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. Kingsoft operates four subsidiaries: Seasun for

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, Cheetah Mobile for mobile internet apps, Kingsoft Cloud for

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platforms, and Kingsoft Office Software for office software, including

WPS Office WPS Office (an acronym for Writer, Presentation and Spreadsheets, previously known as Kingsoft Office) is an office suite for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Fire OS and HarmonyOS developed by the Chinese company Kingsoft Offic ...

. It also produced security software known as Kingsoft Security. The most popular game developed by Kingsoft is

JX Online 3 JX Online 3 (剑侠情缘经典版) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) having 3.3 million daily active users in East Asia in April 2020. It is developed by Kingsoft and operated by its subsidiary Seasun Games. It combin ...

, launched in 2009. Kingsoft owns data centers in mainland China, Hong Kong, Russia, Southeast Asia, and

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. The company is listed on the

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History

The company was founded in 1988 by Qiu Bojun. In 2011, Bojun sold his 15.68% stake in Kingsoft to

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