Mozilla China
Beijing Mozilla Online Ltd., also called Mozilla China was a limited company to help promote and deploy Mozilla products in mainland China.
History
Mozilla China was founded on March 4, 2005 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Mozilla Corporation.The company announced its shutdown in July 2025 as official Mozilla services, including the website and community, would stop operating on 24 September 2025.
Meanwhile, the mainland Chinese version of the Firefox browser would remain useable.
Organisation
Similar to the Mozilla Corporation, Mozilla China is a for-profit company funded and created by a non-profit organization.Mozilla China was co-chaired by Dr. Li Gong of Sun Engineering and Research Institute and Mingshu Li of Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, both of whom will sit on the steering committee with Mitchell Baker, president of the Mozilla Foundation.
Functions
Mozilla China built a Chinese version of the Mozilla web site, provides technical and architectural direction for Mozilla development in China, organises and operates discussion forums, and further develops Mozilla source code in China.Mozilla China was in charge of developing and maintaining a localised Firefox browser for mainland China.
Many modifications were made to accommodate mainland Chinese users' experience, but some of them were privacy-concerned, including limitations on installating ad blocking extensions.