Visual China Group - Company Profile

Visual China Group, an online marketplace for stock photos, footages, and music, is one of the largest image licensing companies in the world. VCG owns and manages China’s largest premium digital visual content platform, and is the first destination of choice for creative and media professionals to purchase and manage such content in China. Through its online licensing and copyright distribution platform the Group offers products including still imagery, videos, music, multimedia and other digital content to approximately 15,000 advertisers, media outlets, businesses and other organizations in China. It also operates China’s largest and most popular branded online communities for designers and photographers. The Group further connects consumers and businesses with its capabilities in licensing and advertising across multiple sectors. Visual China Group managed to go public on Chinese stock market via backdoor listing, as Chinese regulators suspended IPO application since the second half of 2012. Unity Glory International an affiliate of VCG owned by VCG’s major shareholders, has acquired the assets and brands of Corbis’ Images division, one of the world’s leading image archives and content licensing businesses.