China Literature Limited, an investment holding company, operates an online literature platform in the People's Republic of China. It operates through Online business, and Intellectual Property Operations and Others segments. The company is involved in the business of online text, online advertising, and game publishing, as well as comics and audio books reading via self-owned platforms under the QQ Reading, Qidian, New Classics Media, and Tencent Animation & Comics brands. It also produces, licenses, and distributes film, television, web, and animated series; copyrights licensing; sales of adaptation rights and scripts; distribution of short-form dramas; sales of physical books and intellectual property merchandise products; in-house online games operations; and distributions of online audio books and online comic content provided via Tencent and third-party platforms. In addition, the company provides reading, copyright commercialization, writer cultivation, and brokerage services; and operates text work reading and related open platform through technology methods and digital media, including personal computers, internet, and mobile network. Further, it engages in sales of adaptation rights and scripts; and online reading business. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China. China Literature Limited is a subsidiary of Tencent Holdings Limited.