July 14, 2025
VIA EDGAR
Ms. Kathleen Collins
Ms. Chen Chen
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Technology
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
RE: NetEase, Inc. (the “Company”)
Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2024
| File No. 000-30666 |
Dear Ms. Collins and Ms. Chen,
The Company is in receipt of the letter from the staff (the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission dated July 2, 2025 (the “Comment Letter”), pursuant to which the Staff provided comments regarding the Company’s Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. The Company respectfully requests an extension to the deadline for responding to the Comment Letter due to the additional time needed to gather sufficient information and prepare a thorough response. The Company will provide its response to the Comment Letter via EDGAR as soon as possible, and in any event no later than July 31, 2025.
Should you have any questions regarding the request made herein, please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned at +65 6980 0628 or paulboltz@oc.netease.com or the Company’s U.S. counsel, Haiping Li of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP at +852 3740 4835 or haiping.li@skadden.com.
| Very truly yours, |
| /s/ Paul W. Boltz, Jr. | |
| Paul W. Boltz, Jr. | |
| General Counsel |
| cc: | Sarah Ying Li, Head of Financial Reporting, NetEase, Inc. |
Haiping Li, Esq., Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Lanny Lu, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP