COL Digital Publishing Group Co., Ltd.

Company Profile

Founded in 2000, COL Group is one of the pioneers of digital publishing in China. On January 21, 2015, the company was listed on the ChiNext board of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (stock code: 300364). As a leading group in China's digital cultural industry, COL’s core businesses include digital content production, copyright distribution, IP derivatives, and intellectual property protection. Guided by the mission of 'Better Content, Better Life' and driven by the strategy of 'Strengthen Content, Win with IP, Prioritize International Business, Empower with AI,' COL is committed to integrating technology with the digital cultural industry. COL Group sources legal digital content from its original platforms, renowned authors, and copyright organizations. It operates multiple original content platforms, including 17K.com and 4YT.NET, as well as labels focused on sci-fi and mystery content. The company has accumulated over 5.6 million digital works, signed more than 2,000 renowned authors, engaged over 4.5 million online authors, and formed partnerships with over 600 copyright organizations. In 2013, COL Group launched 'WangDa MOOC,' which has trained over 80,000 writers, emphasizing online literature. After aggregating and managing digital content, COL Group distributes digital reading products across various terminals, platforms, and media channels. Prioritizing literary IP, the company aims to establish a production model of 'online literature serialization + simultaneous monetization of IP derivatives.' It enhances IP development and incubation through comprehensive cultivation of high-quality online literary IP. The company transforms text-based content into audio, comics, animated comics, animation, short dramas, streaming series, TV episodes, games, and cultural derivatives, achieving a transition from online literature production to full life-cycle literary IP production. The company consistently adheres to the principle of 'authorization first, dissemination later,' strictly complying with authorized permissions and using digital copyrights responsibly. Through technical, administrative, judicial, and social protection measures, it has established a comprehensive, multi-dimensional copyright protection system that further standardizes copyright trading practices. COL Group actively engages in copyright protection efforts, promotes public awareness against copyright infringement, and has been involved in nearly 10,000 copyrights protection lawsuits covering over 100,000 works, making it a vital channel for copyrights holders to safeguard their interests and positively impacting the industry. COL Group is expanding its international business and establishing a global presence. It has set up subsidiaries in the U.S. (COL MEDIA), Singapore (COL WEB), and Japan (COL JAPAN), while also holding a stake in Crazy Maple Studio. The company leverages its extensive content and high-quality IPs, strategically positioning itself worldwide. It produces high-quality content rooted in local cultures while enhancing information and resource synergy among international operations, laying a solid foundation for global growth and the promotion of Chinese culture abroad. The company has actively invested in AI LLMs (Large Language Models) and multimodal generative AI, both technically and commercially. In 2023, COL Group launched 'Xiaoyao,' the world’s first 10,000-word creative LLM, capable of generating a 10,000-word novel with one click, writing a novel from a single image, and comprehending a million-word novel in one read. Leveraging multimodal generative AI, COL has produced comics and animated comics, supported by its strong technical foundation and extensive content resources. The company plans to continue investing in AI multimodality to accelerate IP monetization.