Nenking Group (), or

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Nenking (), is a Chinese conglomerate founded on 28 March 1998 and based in

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Guangdong Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...

, providing Real Estate, Property Management, Financial, Sports Culture, Pharmaceuticals, Investment Abroad, Trade Purchases services over the Pearl River Delta Metropolitan Region of

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. Nenking is the owner of a CBA team called the "

Guangzhou Loong Lions The Guangzhou Loong Lions () are a Chinese professional basketball team based in Guangzhou, Guangdong. They play in the Southern Division of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). History The team was founded in November 2000 as Shaanxi Gait ...

", and it is also the

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Eastern Sports Club Eastern Athletic Association Football Team Limited, also known as Eastern Sports Club (), is a Hong Kong professional sports club whose football section competes in the Hong Kong Premier League, the top flight of Hong Kong football. The foo ...

", including "

Eastern Football Team Eastern Athletic Association Football Team Limited, also known as Eastern Sports Club (), is a Hong Kong professional sports club whose football section competes in the Hong Kong Premier League, the top flight of Hong Kong football. The foo ...

" and " Eastern Basketball Team". In 2018, Nenking started stepping in

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, organizing an

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team for

Guangzhou Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kon ...

named the "

Guangzhou Charge Guangzhou Charge () is a Chinese professional ''Overwatch'' esports team based in Guangzhou, Guangdong. The Charge compete in the Overwatch League (OWL) as a member of the league's East region. Founded in 2018, Guangzhou Charge began play as on ...

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

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men's basketball club and named it the " Long-Lions". * On 12 August 2016, Hong Kong sports powerhouse "Eastern Sports Club" announced that Nenking got the title sponsorship of the Club", which including

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and

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. "Eastern" was facing a financial crisis before this and Nenking, acting as the white knight, poured around 30 million

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into "Eastern". * On 7 March 2017, "

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'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

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(≈ 10.5 billion

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) wealth, ranking 1479. * On 2 August 2018, Nenking started stepping in esports. It got the

franchise of the

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and organized an OWL team for

. The team is lately named as the "

". * On 28 August 2020, Nenking established a new esports brand, "Ultra Prime" for Nenking's esports business. Ultra Prime Esports manages all Nenking's esports teams, such as

of the

. * On 17 December 2020, Nenking acquired the LPL team of the Chinese esports franchise "eStar Gaming". * On 29 March 2021, Nenking Esports Center grand opened. Located in

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, Nenking Esports Center will be the base of Ultra Prime Esports and all Nenking's esports teams. Nenking also announced that "eStar Gaming"

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Branch was rebranded to "Ultra Prime"

Branch.

Major subsidiaries

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** Guangdong Nenking Real Estate Development Co., Ltd *

Property management Property management is the operation, control, maintenance, and oversight of real estate and physical property. This can include residential, commercial, and land real estate. Management indicates the need for real estate to be cared for and monit ...

** Nanhai Nenking Property Management (Foshan) Co., Ltd *

Financial Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of fina ...

** Foshan CFP Financial Co., Ltd * Sports Culture ** Basketball ***

Guangzhou Long-Lions The Guangzhou Loong Lions () are a Chinese professional basketball team based in Guangzhou, Guangdong. They play in the Southern Division of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). History The team was founded in November 2000 as Shaanxi Gait ...

(

Chinese Basketball Association The Chinese Basketball Association (), often abbreviated as the CBA, is the first-tier professional men's basketball league in China. The league is commonly known by fans as the CBA, and this acronym is even used in Chinese on a regular basis ...

) *** Hong Kong Eastern Long Lions ( Hong Kong A1 Division &

ASEAN Basketball League The ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) is a professional men's basketball league in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong/Macau, which includes six teams from Southeast Asian nations (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam), one tea ...

) ***

Macau Black Bears The Macau Black Bears () are a Macanese professional basketball team competing in the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL). History Chong Son Kung Fu was a Chinese basketball team playing in the ASEAN Basketball League. Based in Nanhai District, F ...

(

) ** Football *** Hong Kong Eastern Long Lions (

Hong Kong Premier League The Hong Kong Premier League () is a Hong Kong professional football league organised by the Hong Kong Football Association. It is currently sponsored by BOC Life and officially known as BOC Life Hong Kong Premier League (). The inaugural seaso ...

) ***

FC Sochaux-Montbéliard Football Club Sochaux-Montbéliard (; commonly referred to as FCSM or simply Sochaux) is a French association football club based in the city of Montbéliard. The club was founded in 1928 and currently plays in Ligue 2, the second tier of Frenc ...

(

Ligue de Football Professionnel The Ligue de Football Professionnel (, ''Professional Football League''), commonly known as the LFP, is a French governing body that runs the major professional football leagues in France. It was founded in 1944 and serves under the authority o ...

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by Balkrishna Industries, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions ...

) ** Esports " Ultra Prime" ***

(

) ****

Ultra Prime Academy Ultra Prime Esports, formed in 2020 by Nenking Group, is a professional esports franchise based in China. Ultra Prime Esports manages Nenking's esports teams, such as Guangzhou Charge. History Nenking established a new esports brand "Ultra Pr ...

(

Overwatch Contenders Overwatch Contenders (OWC) is an international esports league for the video game ''Overwatch'' that is organized by Blizzard Entertainment. The series acts as the development league for aspiring Overwatch League (OWL) professionals. Founded in 2 ...

) *** Ultra Prime (

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) ** Arenas ***

***

Tianhe Gymnasium The Tianhe Gymnasium of Tianhe Sports Center is a sports venue in Tianhe District, Guangzhou. It hosted badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larg ...

*** Hoop-Battle *

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** Nanhai Longtime Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd * Overseas investment ** First Capital Securities Co., Ltd ** Nanhai Rural Commercial Bank * Trade purchases ** Guangdong Nenking Import and Export Co., Ltd

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