Kingsoft

{{short description|Chinese software company}}

{{About|the Chinese software company|the defunct German video game company|Kingsoft GmbH}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2019}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Kingsoft Corporation

| logo = Kingsoft headquarters.png

| image = Kingsoft headquarters (20191213140717).jpg

| image_caption = Headquarters

| native_name = 金山软件

| native_name_lang = zh

| romanized_name = Jīnshān Ruǎnjiàn

| type = Public

| traded_as = {{HKEX|3888}}

| ISIN = {{ISIN|sl=n|pl=y|KYG5264Y1089}}

| industry = Software industry

| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1988}}

| founder = Qiu Bojun

| hq_location_city = Beijing

| hq_location_country = China

| num_locations = 6 offices

| num_locations_year = 2018

| key_people = {{Unbulleted list|Lei Jun (chairman)|Zou Tao (CEO)|Ng Yuk Keung (CFO)}}

| num_employees = ~7,000

| num_employees_year = 2018

| subsid = {{Hlist|Seasun|Cheetah Mobile|Kingsoft Cloud|Kingsoft Office Software{{Cite web|url=http://ir.kingsoft.com/business-overview|title = Business Overview | Kingsoft Corporation}}}}

| website = {{URL|http://www.kingsoft.com/|kingsoft.com}}

}}

Kingsoft Corporation ({{zh|c=金山软件|p=Jīnshān Ruǎnjiàn}}) is a Chinese software company based in Beijing. Kingsoft operates four subsidiaries: Seasun for video game development, Cheetah Mobile for mobile internet apps,{{cite book |title=The Xiaomi Way Customer Engagement Strategies That Built One of the Largest Smartphone Companies in the World |author=Li Wanqiang |year=2016 |pages=2–5 |isbn=9781259584534 |publisher=McGraw-Hill}} Kingsoft Cloud for cloud storage platforms, and Kingsoft Office Software for office software, including WPS Office.{{cite book |title=Standardization Research in Information Technology: New Perspectives |editor=Kai Jakobs |chapter=XIV: A case study of Microsoft and Linux in China |author=Xiaobai Shen |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-inF2Gv9w68C&pg=PT251 |isbn=9781599045610 |year=2007 |publisher=IGI Global |page=236}} It also produced security software known as Kingsoft Security.{{cite press release|title=Kingsoft Sets Up Internet Security Subsidiary; 'Kingsoft Internet Security 2011' Launched, Leading Cloud Anti-virus Software in China|url=https://www.acnnewswire.com/press-release/English/3531/Kingsoft-Sets-Up-Internet-Secu|agency=ACN Newswire|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210125185139/https://www.acnnewswire.com/press-release/English/3531/Kingsoft-Sets-Up-Internet-Secu|archive-date=2021-01-25|date=2010-04-15|access-date=2021-01-25|language=en}} The most popular game developed by Kingsoft is JX Online 3, launched in 2009.https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2019-11-13/kingsoft-announces-2019-third-quarter-results {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}

Kingsoft owns data centers in mainland China, Hong Kong, Russia, Southeast Asia, and North America.{{Cite web |date=14 June 2018 |title=Kingsoft Cloud's blockchain 'Project-X' attracts attention at E3 |url=https://venturebeat.com/2018/06/14/kingsoft-clouds-blockchain-project-x-attracts-attention-at-e3/}} The company is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.{{cite book |author=Yu, Qianqian |title=New Media and China's Social Development |year=2017 |publisher=Springer |isbn=9789811039942 |editor=Yungeng Xie |section=7.2.1.1 Zhou Hongyi Condemned Kingsoft: "China's First Case of Microblog Marketing" in "Reform and Expansion of Marketing in New Media Environment"}}