The2ndDota2AsiaChampi⁃onshipswasconcludedatOrientalSportsCenter.TeamIGdefeatedTramOGwithasweeping3:0andwascrownedchampionship.

　　Inrecentyears,e-sportshasbeenontherighttrack.OnNovem⁃ber18,2003,e-sportswaslistedasthe99thsportsbytheGeneralAd⁃ministrationofSportsofChina;in2013,theAdministrationsetupa17-membere-sportsnationalteam;in2016,theMinistryofEducationissuedadocumenttoset"e-sportsandmanagement"asasupplementmajor.ItisreportedthattheShang⁃haiUniversityofSportsispreparingfortheestablishmentofthee-sportsmajor.

　　InadditiontoSeattle,Frank⁃furtandotherfamousgamingcen⁃ters,Shanghai,witharapiddevel⁃opmentofthegamingindustryandgamerengagement,isseekingtochallenge the currentstatus ofSeoul,whichhasbeenrunningthee-sportsindustryforyears,andcompetingwithMoscowamongthetop3gamingcentersinallemerg⁃ingmarkets.PerfectWorld,agentofDOTA2inChina,islocatedinYangpuandisworkingwiththedistrict to buildaworld-classe-sportscenter.

　　Yangpuishometo10collegesanduniversities,andundergraduateandgraduatestudentsaccountfor20%and30%ofthatinShanghaire⁃spectively.Therefore,FromR&Dandoperations,tocontentproduc⁃tion,andtocontentdissemination,Yangpuistheidealplaceforthee-sportsindustry.

　　Inthefuture,Yangpuwillcon⁃tinueto introduce bigger-scale,moreinfluentiale-sportsgames,soastoattractmoreattentionandmoreresourcestoYangpu,anden⁃hancethestatusofShanghaiasaglobalgamingcenter.Atthesametime,YangPuwillalsostrivetopromotemoresecondaryevents,andactivelyarrangetheindustrialchainofe-sports,formingafavorableen⁃vironment.