The latest China Audio-Video and Digital Publishing Association report shows the value of domestically developed cyber-game software in 2015 reached 140.7 billion yuan ($21.38 billion), 22.9 percent more than in 2014. And the overseas sales of cyber-game software increased 72.4 percent year-on-year to reach $5.3 billion.

There can be no doubt that China's cyber-game industry is on the rise. A large population with wide access to computers and the Internet grants China incomparable advantage in developing the cyber-game industry: reports show China had 534 million cyber-game players in 2015, making it a top choice for many global cyber-game events.

The 2012 and 2013 World Cyber Games, the cyber world's Olympics, were held in Kunshan, East China's Jiangsu province. Before that, Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan province, had played host to the 2009 games.