[Mar.13 2004 from Shenzhen]

On March 13 2004 Tencent QQ's simultaneous online user accounts broke 6 million which was 1 million sharp increase from 5 million on February 14 the Valentine's Day.

Since the introduction of the first QQ beta edition in 1999 the number of QQ users has been increasing rapidly. In February 2001 the simultaneous online user accounts exceeded 1 million for the first time. With the release of the QQ2003III official edition this month the simultaneous online user accounts hit the all-time high in less than one month.

Milestones of Tencent QQ's simultaneous online user accounts:

The maximum number of simultaneous online users exceeded 100000 on May 11 2000;

The simultaneous online user accounts broke 1 million on February 10 2001;

The simultaneous online user accounts broke 2 million on March 10 2002;

The simultaneous online user accounts broke 3 million on September 12 2003;

The simultaneous online user accounts broke 4 million on October 11 2003;

The simultaneous online user accounts broke 5 million on February 14 2004;

The simultaneous online user accounts broke 6 million on March 13 2004!