It was recently reported by London Financial Times that Netease.com, China's second largest website, with approval from the China Securities Regulatory Commission, had planned to list in Nasdaq, USA, next month and was expected to raise US$0.1 billion, but Ding Lei with Netease.com, who was just back from the United States, indicated that the news was not confirmed by his company before it was released.

The news about Sohu.com, China's third largest website, who filed an application to Nasdaq for listing, has been confirmed, and the Nasdaq Securities Market formally accepted the application on February 4.