Enterprise Building (China)

The Enterprise Building[1] (simplified Chinese: 企业号; traditional Chinese: 企業號; pinyin: Qǐyè Hào; lit. 'The Enterprise') is the headquarters of the Chinese game developer company, NetDragon Websoft.[2] It is located in the Chinese coastal city of Changle, a suburb of Fuzhou in Fujian province.[3] The building resembles Star Trek's Starship Enterprise — specifically, the Enterprise-E featured in several Star Trek films.[2]

Construction

It was sponsored by NetDragon Websoft’s founder Liu Dejian (刘德建), a Chinese millionaire and a fan of the Star Trek show.[3][4][5][6] It was constructed with permission from the show copyright holders and is described as "the only licensed Star Trek building in the world".[3][2] The construction begun in October 2010 and concluded in May 2014.[7]

Features

The building is 853 feet (260 m) long, 328 feet (100 m) wide, and cost 600 million yuan (about $97 million c. 2015) to build.[8][9] It has six floors.[10] The complex also features a football field, four tennis courts, a swimming pool, horseback riding area, VR experience center and a railway.[2] It also has Star Trek-style sliding doors, as well as parts inspirted by the Hui Style architecture.[2]

The building also hosts a life-size replica of a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton modelled after the "Stan".[7]

References
  1. "Pictures - www.netdragon.com". www.netdragon.com. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  2. "A Chinese tycoon spent US$100 million on a Star Trek-inspired office". South China Morning Post. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  3. "$100 Million HQ Looks Exactly Like the Starship Enterprise". Time. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  4. "This Chinese executive may be the biggest "Star Trek" fan on the planet". Quartz. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  5. "Chinese Star Trek fan builds company headquarters in the shape of show's spaceship". The Straits Times. 26 May 2015. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  6. Rooney, Ben (26 May 2015). "'Star Trek' fan builds company headquarters in shape of USS Enterprise". CNNMoney. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  7. Yang, Jie (25 May 2015). "Chinese Firm's Headquarters Shaped Like 'Star Trek's' Enterprise". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 1042-9840. OCLC 781541372. Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  8. "$100 Million HQ Looks Exactly Like the Starship Enterprise". Time. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  9. Beau Peregoy (31 May 2015). "Calling All Trekkies! A Life-Size Replica of the Enterprise Has Been Built in China". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  10. Bowerman, Mary. "This building in China looks like the USS Enterprise". USA TODAY. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
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