December

On December 22, 2017, Harbin Wanda Theme Park held an opening ceremony for its Ice Lantern World. Ice Lantern World will be in operation through March, becoming a new landmark for the city’s winter tourist season. On top of the traditional ice lanterns and engravings, the park also features other entertaining activities

September

From October 19 to October 24, 2017 GREE-Tour of Guangxi kicked off at Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. GREE "UCI World Tour ·Tour of Guangxi" is the world's top class cycling race. Eighteen top cycling teams worldwide ushered in their last battle of UCI World Tour. After all the races, the 2017 UCI Cycling Gala and Closing Ceremony of 2017 GREE “UCI World Tour • Tour of Guangxi”, was held in Guilin.

July

Wanda Hotel Development Co. (0169.HK), the Hong Kong-listed arm of Dalian Wanda Group, announced acquisitions of Wanda Culture Travel Innovation Group and Wanda Hotel Management Co. in a major restructuring. After the above transactions, Wanda Hotel Development will become a strategic platform as Wanda Group’s Hong Kong-listed company focusing on theme park and hotel operation and management.

December

On December 5, a documentary movie celebrating Wanda’s 30^th anniversary started shooting. Directed by internationally celebrated documentary director Malcolm Clarke, a two-time Oscar winner and 16-time Emmy winner, the documentary will be released globally in 2018.

November

On November 16, Shaanxi provincial government and Wanda Group signed a strategic agreement on comprehensive cooperation. According to the agreement, Wanda will add RMB 103 billion to its existing investments in Shaanxi. The most prominent part is the investment of RMB 50 billion in a new Wanda City in Xi’an. Wanda Group will carry out comprehensive cooperation with Shaanxi province through its four major business groups, including commercial property, culture, network and finance groups, in coordination with China’s “Belt and Road Initiative”, to inject new impetus into Shaanxi’s economic transformation and modern service development.

October

On October 13, Wanda Network Technology Group was officially established in Shanghai in a new major reorganization of Wanda Group. Wanda Group has reorganized its business empire from the three business areas of commercial property, culture and finance into four industry groups dedicated to commercial property, culture, network and finance, in furtherance of its comprehensive transformation into a modern service group.

October

On October 17 U.S. local time, Wanda Group Chairman Wang Jianlin made a keynote speech on “China Opportunity for World Movie” at the China Film Summit in Los Angeles. In his speech, Mr. Wang predicts that China’s box office will see a 15% growth rate per year for the next ten years. Hollywood can strengthen cooperation with Chinese companies to share in the pie of China growth and the Qingdao Oriental Movie Metropolis project, in particular, will create a lot of opportunities for Hollywood, he said.

September

On September 25, the Inaugural Meeting of Wanda Owned Media Union & Owned Media Summit took place in Hefei Wanda City, attended by Wanda representatives, and the representatives of 100 owned media based on six major owned media platforms including WeChat and QQ, and representatives of companies including Legend Holdings. At the event, Wanda Group together with 100 social owned media announced the establishment of Wanda Owned Media Union.

August

On August 26, Wanda Group signed an agreement with Jinan municipal government to invest RMB 63 billion to develop Jinan Wanda Cultural, Sports and Tourism City, becoming Wanda’s 13^th super-size cultural and tourism project in China. In addition to cultural, tourism and commercial functions, Jinan Wanda City will feature a sports theme for the first time, marking the widest-ranging Wanda City project to date.

July

On July 13, Wanda Group announced at a signing ceremony in Beijing that the China Cup International Football Championship approved by Chinese Football Association (CFA), Asian Football Confederation, and FIFA, sponsored by CFA and Wanda Sports, and organized by the Sports Bureau of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Nanning municipal government, will take place in Nanning, Guangxi, from January 9 to 16, 2017.

July

On July 27, Wanda Cinema Line Co., Ltd. released an announcement of its plan to wholly acquire Mtime.com, China’s leading movie media and e-ticketing portal, unlocking the online platform domain of Wanda's film ecosphere.

May

On May 27, Wanda Group and Jiangxi provincial people’s government signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement at a signing ceremony in Nanchang. According to the agreement, the two sides will carry out cooperation in urban development across Jiangxi province and strengthen exchanges and cooperation in culture, sports and tourism. On the basis of its existing RMB 50 billion of investments in Jiangxi, Wanda Group will add RMB 80 billion of investments in the province. 

April

Wanda Group Chairman got into the 2016 list of “China’s 50 Most Influential Business Leaders” released by FORTUNEChina on April 14.

March

On March 3, Wanda Group’s subsidiary AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. signed an agreement with Carmike Cinemas Inc. to acquire the latter for USD 1.1 billion. The acquisition has made AMC the world’s largest movie theater chain, with 663 movie theaters and 8,380 screens in 45 states across the U.S. It has also made Wanda the largest cinema operator in the world’s top two movie market.

March

On March 25, Wanda Group Chairman Wang Jianlin was presented the “You Bring Charm to the World Award” during an award ceremony held in Tsinghua University of the award event co-organized by dozens of well-known domestic and overseas Chinese media including Phoenix Television and ifeng.com. Also conferred with the award at the ceremony were Nobel laureate Tu Youyou, poet and scholar Ye Jiaying, IMF deputy managing director Zhu Min, and famous sci-fiction author Liu Cixin.

February

On February 26 local time, Wanda Group signed an agreement with France’s Auchan Group to co-invest in a large leisure and retail project in Paris. French president François Hollande met with Wanda Group Chairman Wang Jianlin and offered congratulations on the project. 

January

On January 12, Wanda Group and Legendary Entertainment held a signing ceremony in Beijing, where Wanda Group announced its acquisition of the latter for not more than USD 3.5 billion (roughly equivalent to RMB 23 billion), marking the largest cross-border entertainment acquisition by a Chinese company to date.

December

On December 14, Wanda Group and Shandong provincial government signed a strategic cooperation agreement. According to the agreement, Wanda Group will add RMB 130 billion of investments to develop 38 Wanda Plazas and one cultural tourism project in Shandong, bringing its total investment in Shandong to RMB 230 billion, and making Shandong the largest province for Wanda investments. 

December

Wanda Group won the 2015 China Best Employer Award jointly conferred by the PKU Research Center for CSR and Employer Brand Communications and Zhaopin.com, marking the fourth consecutive year it has won the award since 2012. 

October

Wanda Group Chairman Wang Jianlin was named among 2015 Bloomberg Markets 50 Most Influential, ranking 37^th, according to the list released on October 5. 

September

On September 11, Wanda Group and Henan provincial government signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Zhengzhou. According to the agreement, Wanda Group will invest RMB 120 billion to develop more than 16 Wanda Plaza and cultural tourism projects in Henan province in the coming five years.

September

On September 26, Wanda Group and Yunnan provincial government signed a cooperation agreement. According to the agreement, Wanda Group will invest RMB 95 billion to develop 19 Wanda Plazas and one cultural tourism project in Yunnan province in the coming four years.

July

On July 3, Wanda Cultural Industry Group led an investment in LY.com with a contribution of RMB 3.58 billion. 

May

On May 21, Wanda Group signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Chongqing municipal government to invest a total of RMB 150 billion to develop one super-size Wanda Cultural Tourism City and 28 Wanda Plazas in Chongqing. 

April

On April 3, Wanda Group and Chengdu municipal government signed a project investment framework agreement. According to the agreement, Wanda Group will invest RMB 53 billion to develop Wanda Cultural Tourism City in Dujiangyan, Chengdu. 

March

On March 2, Forbes released its 2015 list of “500 Richest People in the World”. Wanda Group Chairman ranked 29^th with a fortune of USD 24.2 billion, becoming the richest man in the Chinese mainland and holding the highest spot ever attained by a Chinese mainland billionaire in the list. 

March

On March 31, Wanda E-commerce launched its “FFAN O2O Open Platform”. The supporting “FFAN Card” and “FFAN Points Union” were also launched at the same time.

January

On January 5, Wanda Group announced that beginning 2015, all Wanda Project projects will be managed under the turnkey model.

January

On January 21, Wanda Group Chairman’s first management monograph The Wanda Way officially went on sale and quickly became a bestseller on major e-commerce sites and physical stores. 

January

On January 22, Wanda Cinema Line (002739) officially went public on Shenzhen Stock Exchange. Highly sought after by investors as the “No. 1 cinema line stock” in the A-share market, Wanda Cinema Line opened limit-up at 43.98% higher than its issue price. 

December

On December 9, Wanda Group and Atletico Madrid signed an agreement in Beijing to name Atletico Madrid's new stadium “Wanda Metropolitano” for 15 years, marking the first time a top international football club is named after a Chinese company. The new stadium will be opened next year.

December

After 5 years in the making, Wanda Group launched its 2 most groundbreaking cultural projects to date, the Han Show Theatre and Wanda Movie Park in Wuhan on December 20.Distinguished guests including personalities from the world of entertainment, ambassadors to numerous countries, renowned business leaders and over 300 domestic and foreign media attended the opening ceremony. Wanda Group Chairman Wang Jianlin commented, "The Han Show and Wanda Movie Park are first of a kind, unique projects which will undoubtedly become new symbols of Chinese culture as well as leading new global entertainment brands.

October

Wanda Group celebrated the opening of its 100th Wanda Plaza, in Xishan, Kunming, on October 31. Built to international standards, the fountain will add a dash of magnificence to Kunming's cityscape.

October

Wanda Group officially launched its Plan to Support College Student Entrepreneurship for the year of 2015 in Peking University on October 16. In 2015 Wanda will invest 50 million yuan and supply 50 Wanda mall outlets to support 100 college graduates' businesses.

August

Nanning Wanda Mall broke ground in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on August 22. As an updated version of Wanda Plaza, which focuses on commerce, a Wanda Mall is a large indoor complex that combines entertainment, tourism and commerce under one roof.

July

Wanda Group hereby announces it has purchased the famous Jewel project in Australia's Gold Coast. As Jewel's absolute controlling shareholder, Wanda will jointly develop the project with its original owners. The company plans to invest USD900 million to build a luxury five-star Wanda Vista hotel and serviced apartments. The Jewel is Wanda's fifth overseas hotel project announcement.

March

Wanda Hotels & Resorts proudly announced the grand opening of the Wanda Reign Wuhan on 29 March 2014. As Wanda Hotels & Resorts' premier luxury hotel brand, the Wanda Reign Wuhan is the first Wanda Reign hotel ever to open, which marks the successful launch of all 3 of Wanda Hotels & Resorts' luxury hotel brands.

February

The Wuxi Wanda Cultural Tourism City, funded by a total investment of more than 40 billion yuan form the Wanda Group, broke ground in Wuxi on February 28. It is Wanda's fifth large-scale cultural tourism project to begin construction. "Wanda is confident that the Wuxi Wanda City will become a world-class Chinese cultural brand and compete closely with Shanghai Disneylnd on a number of levels such as number of visitors and revenue scale,"said Wanda Group Chairman Wang Jianlin.

December

December

October

Hefei City in East China's Anhui Province celebrated the groundbreaking of the Wanda Cultural Tourism City on October 27. The project is the largest cultural tourism investment in eastern China. Out of the 35 billion yuan ($5.75 billion) investment from Wanda Group, 19 billion yuan will be allocated towards cultural tourism space. 

September

Wanda Group officially launched the Qingdao Oriental Movie Metropolis project in Qingdao on September 22. The project is the largest investment of its kind in the film industry and expects to transform the film industry in Asia.

June

Wanda announced the acquisition of a majority stake in UK luxury yacht manufacturer Sunseeker for £ 320 million as well as plans to develop a real estate project in Central London, which will include a five-star luxury hotel, with a total investment value of £ 700 million.

January

Wanda Group’s Nanchang Wanda Cultural Tourism City project broke ground on June 18.

December

Wanda Culture Industry Group is China’s largest with registered capital totaling 5 billion yuan ($800 million), 44 billion yuan ($7 billion) in total assets and annual revenue of 25.5 billion yuan ($4 billion) for 2013. The group operates in 10 arenas, including cinemas, film production, film industry parks, performing arts, film technology entertainment, theme parks, entertainment franchises, print media, art investment and travel.

July

Construction was launched on the 15 billion yuan Xishuangbanna International Resort project.

February

Wanda become first Chinese company to form a luxury hotel management company.

November

Wanda Group invests 10 billion yuan to establish a performing arts joint venture company with the Franco Dragone Entertainment Group, with the aim of creating 5 world leading theatrical shows and in turn developing the company into a global force in the world of performing arts.

January

Phase I of the Wuhan Central Cultural District, a 50 billion yuan investment project by Wanda Group, opens alongside the Chu River & Han Street in Wuhan. Situated in central Wuhan, the project combines tourism, business, commerce and residential functions into one urban complex. Covering 18 square kilometers and a Gross Floor Area of 3.4 million square meters, it is a world-class cultural tourism project.

January

The Baiyun Wanda Plaza becomes Wanda’s first project in Guangzhou, China’s third largest city as well as its first project in Guangzhou, one of China’s most developed provinces.

January

Wanda shifts its new business focus towards the cultural tourism industry, expecting it to be Wanda’s primary growth engine for the future. Wanda invested 20 billion yuan to construct the Changbaishan International Resort, the world’s largest ski resort project.

January

The Wanda Group headquarters was moved from Dalian to Beijing CBD Wanda Plaza, a milestone event in the company’s history.

January

Wanda Group entered the department store arena by establishing the Wanda Department Store brand.

January

Wanda Group became China’s leading commercial property developer after opening 3 major Wanda Plaza projects in Shanghai Wujiaochang, Ningbo Yinzhou and Beijing CBD.

August

Wanda developed its first third-generation Wanda Plaza, the Ningbo Zhengzhou Wanda Plaza, which is Wanda's first HOPSCA project. HOPSCA is in integrated urban complex, which is often referred to as a "city within a city".

July

Wanda started building Changchun Chongqing Road Wanda Plaza, its first commercial property project. The plaza also formed a strategic partnership with the Wal-Mart.

March

Wanda developed project in several Chinese cities such as Chengdu and Changchun, striving to expand its footprint in the country.