The Renren Network (Chinese: 人人网; pinyin: Rénrénwǎng; "Everyone's Website"), formerly known as the Xiaonei Network (Chinese: 校内网; "on-campus network"), is a Chinese social networking service that is often said as the Chinese copy of Facebook.
Renren was founded by Wang Xing, Wang Huiwen and Lai Binqiang. In August 2009, Xiaonei officially changed its name and domain to "Renren". The logo also has changed from the Chinese word "xiaonei" to the Chinese word "renren" which means "everyone". This name change reflected the expansion aspirations held by Oak Pacific.
At the beginning of creating Renren, users were only able to use specific IP address from specified colleges. This action was to encourage all the users to use their true names to post blogs and pictures.
Renren has been called the "Facebook of China" and is popular amongst college students. Renren Inc. is headquarters in Chaoyang District, Beijing. Renren also has offices in Shanghai and Guangzhou.