Tianji.com (Chinese: 天际网) was a Chinese professional

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website. Tianji stopped operations on December 27, 2015.

History

Tianji was founded in 2005 by CEO Derek Ling. It joined

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in 2008. In 2010-11, it started entering a period of explosive growth, attracting over 380,000 users per month.

Purpose

Tianji was a professional social networking website, in a similar fashion to

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. According to CEO Derek Ling, Tianji focused on a group of Chinese professionals who are younger than 40 but have also graduated from college, a demographic that adds value through its existing contacts and work experience. By 2013 the site was predicted to have 35 million users.

Statistics

Tianji claimed up to over 15 million users, according to its website. The website also claimed that there were over 37,000

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ers on the website, and that 90% of users report successful communication with managers and businesspeople.

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External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20130929020812/http://www.tianji.com/ Chinese social networking websites