The secret of success is constancy of purpose. If a thing is worth doing it is worth doing well. 2005 Mar Hichina's web hosting and email hosting products were awarded "Overall Superior Prize" and "Outstanding Performance Prize" by "China Information World". Jan ranked first among CNNIC excellent registrars for 6 years successively and kept the number one hold in the total CN domain names and new registration. 2004 Jan HiChina was elected among “ten most popular IT companies in China in 2003”, others include HP, TCL, and Ericsson. Jan HiChina exclusively launched. name registration in China, in cooperation with Global Name Registry. 2003 Mar HiChina establishes its Guangzhou branch company. May HiChina moves its head office to the newly renovated HiChina Mansion, and starts to execute the ISO 9000 system. Jun CNNIC announces HiChina as in the leading position among the five “star” registrars. HiChina’s domain registration volume is the largest according to CNNIC’s announcement. Aug HiChina publishes the first “Virtual Hosting Industry Standard” in China. Oct HiChina goes through ISO 9000 certification. 2002 Apr HiChina puts online the newly developed e-commerce management system-BIZCENTER, which provides online transaction of domain name registration, web hosting and other products. Jul HiChina celebrates its 6th anniversary with more than 400 celebrities. Sep Mr. Stan X.D. Zhang, CEO and President of HiChina, is awarded "Excellent Young Entrepreneur" a second time. Oct HiChina attends ICANN Global Meeting held in Shanghai as Golden Sponsor, together with China Mobile. Dec CNNIC officially accredits HiChina as domain name registrar. 2001 Feb HiChina provides the new VDS Web Hosting System to the market. Mar HiChina is credited the best Internet Service Platform Web Site in 2000-2001 by “Computer Weekly”. Aug HiChina becomes accredited registrar of The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) . Oct HiChina establishes its Shanghai branch company. 2000 Jan Supported by Sina, Netease, Sohu, Computer World and many other influential organizations, “Alliance to promote Chinese companies to utilize Internet” sponsored by HiChina is established in Beijing. May HiChina attracts capital investment from Newbridge Capital. Sep HiChina formally announces the launch of “E-commerce Project for Chinese Companies”. Oct HiChina successfully acquires Beijing Magic Network Co. Ltd., a top five company of the industry. Dec Mr. Stan X.D. Zhang takes office as CEO and President. 1999 Feb HiChina receives investment injection from IDG venture capital. Apr Since this month, HiChina has been the best reseller of CNNIC. Aug HiChina obtains financial backup from NSI for promoting domain name product. Aug HiChina forms strategic alliance with Soim. Oct HiChina forms strategic alliance with Netease. Nov HiChina forms strategic alliance with 263 search engine. Dec HiChina becomes the first and only “Gold Premier Partner” of InterNIC in Asia. 1998 Jul InterNIC and NSI select eight prominent Internet companies in Asia as its Premier Partners, HiChina and China Telecom are among them. Jul Statistics provided by InterNIC show HiChina is at the top in terms of CNO domain registration in China. HiChina becomes the largest domain name registration and web hosting provider in China. Nov HiChina announce its well-known “ Ten Thousand Web Sites Plan”, which is to help 10,000 Chinese companies to have their own web site by the end of 2000. Nov HiChina puts online www.net.cn e-commerce platform. 1997 Jan HiChina sponsors “China Internet Situation and Domain Name Protection Workshop”, with the most influential companies in China and government agencies actively attending. Mar HiChina puts out the first Virtual Hosting Service in China. Apr With the support of HiChina, about 200 most wanted domains are assigned back to the hands of their legal registrants (owners) such as Haier, Tongrentang, Hisense and so on. The Domain Name Protection Campaign initiated and executed by HiChina is recognized as a significant milestone in the development history of Internet in China. 1996 Apr 27 HiChina Corporation is established and entitled “ High-tech Company”. May HiChina sets up its own Internet server in Hong Kong, launches “Hi!China” web site called www.hichina.com. Jul - Aug Cooperating with “China Sports Daily” and “People’s daily”, HiChina live broadcast the Atlanta Olympics Game through “Hi!China” web site in Chinese, which is the first of this kind of live broadcast in China. Dec HiChina launches domain name protection campaign, aroused the awareness of major companies in China to protect their well-known trademarks in the Internet. Dec HiChina starts to provide the first domain name registration service in China.