Microblogging in China in spreading the news quickly and discussing and evaluating government response. In 2012, there were 309 million people microblogging in China. "Wei boke" (微博客) and "weixing boke" (微型博客), commonly abbreviated as "weibo" (微博), are Chinese words for "microblog". A China-based microblogging service often names itself a weibo by putting it after the name of the service (e.g. Tencent Weibo, Sina Weibo). A similar word "围脖" () is used as Internet slang for "weibo". Fanfou () is the earliest notable weibo service. It was launched in Beijing on May 12, 2007 by the co-founder of Xiaonei (now Renren) Wang Xing ().
Sina Weibo of Weibo's fully diluted and diluted total shares. The Timeline of Sina Weibo: The First stage: Starting and breaking through (August 2009 - October 2011) The Second stage: The turning point (October 2011 - first half of 2014) The Third stage: Glow the second spring (second half of 2014 - first half of 2017) In August 2009, Sina Weibo was launched; In early 2010, launched the API open platform; In October 2010, launched China's first small talk contest; In November 2010, sina micro-group began to test; In January 2012, the new feature "quiet attention" went online; In January 2013, the