Kaixin001

Kaixin001 (开心网) is a Chinese social networking website launched in March 2008 by founder Cheng Bingao, a former senior executive at Sina. It rose to mass popularity in 2009-2010 on the back of viral social games such as "Friends for Sale" and "Parking Wars" before losing ground to Renren, Sina Weibo, and WeChat. After the parent company was acquired by a listed company in 2016, the founder departed and the business pivoted toward enterprise services and internet finance, marginalizing the original social network. Kaixin001 discontinued its Flash-based social gaming on November 18, 2023, and now persists mainly as a low-activity nostalgia platform. It surfaced in the API Evangelist network as a portfolio-lead stub of Qiming and exposes no current public developer program, API, or documentation surface.

Kaixin001 is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Social, Social Networking, Social-Media, and China.

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
0 APIs
CompanySocialSocial NetworkingSocial-MediaChinaSocial GamingWeb 2.0Consumer Internet

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Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: kaixin001
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - none
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/kaixin001.png
name: Kaixin001
description: Kaixin001 (开心网) is a Chinese social networking website launched in March 2008 by founder Cheng Bingao, a former
  senior executive at Sina. It rose to mass popularity in 2009-2010 on the back of viral social games such as "Friends for
  Sale" and "Parking Wars" before losing ground to Renren, Sina Weibo, and WeChat. After the parent company was acquired by
  a listed company in 2016, the founder departed and the business pivoted toward enterprise services and internet finance,
  marginalizing the original social network. Kaixin001 discontinued its Flash-based social gaming on November 18, 2023, and
  now persists mainly as a low-activity nostalgia platform. It surfaced in the API Evangelist network as a portfolio-lead
  stub of Qiming and exposes no current public developer program, API, or documentation surface.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kaixin001/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- qiming
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: defunct-social-network
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Social
- Social Networking
- Social-Media
- China
- Social Gaming
- Web 2.0
- Consumer Internet
tags_raw:
- Company
- Social
- Social Networking
- Social Media
- China
- Social Gaming
- Web 2.0
- Consumer Internet
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.kaixin001.com
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence

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