On Nov. 28th, the Jing'an Sports Center saw the commencement of the 2019 
E-sports Shanghai Masters, according to Shanghai Jing'an District Commerce 
Committee. The tournament is the world's first of such kind that is named after 
a city, supported by the government and evaluated by the e-sports industry 
association. As the main organizer, Jing'an District offered all-round support 
to the event.

The tournament lasted for four days, over 100 players from China, Korea, Japan, 
Europe and North America competed in four games: DNF, LOL, Warcraft and OW. The 
aggregate offline viewer number reached 5,000. The tournament was broadcasted 
on three platforms: bilibili, Huya and Douyu. Viewer number averaged 1.25 
million per platform per day. 

The 2019 E-sports Shanghai Masters Industry Forum, which themed "e-sports 
empower cities", was held alongside the tournament. The forum gathered 
cross-field experts and industry leaders, who scanned industry data, analyzed 
how development in technology interacts with e-sports and debated future 
directions of e-sports.

As the main organizer, Jing'an has always been uncovering industry potentials 
and adding to the impetus of the economy. The famed e-sports industry gained 
its reputation because of the gathering of head enterprises and impeccable 
industry ecology. The Lingshi Road area is filled with e-game manufacturers, 
tournament-planners and clubs, therefore goes the saying: In the field of 
e-sports, Shanghai tops China, Lingshi tops Shanghai.

Source: Shanghai Jing'an District Commerce Committee�