Like Facebook, RenRen started out a social network that encouraged people to use their real identities, then added social games and e-commerce features for outside businesses.

像Facebook一样，人人网最初也是一个鼓励人们实名登录的社交网站，后来为了外部业务而增加了社交游戏和电子商务功能。

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Today, the renamed Renren runs four major sites with social networking as the centerpiece: Renren social network, Renren Games, and business social network Jingwei, which launched in 2011.

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There are now domestic Chinese equivalents of all these sites Baidu for Google, Taobao for eBay, Renren for Facebook, QQ for instant messaging, games and social networking and they are doing well (see chart).

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In China, social games are the most used applications on social networking sites such as Qzone, Pengyou, and RenRen.com.

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