Below is our China Channel ultimate list of Official WeChat resources, websites and services surrounding the WeChat platform. We’ve divided them into 5 sections:
- WeChat resources for normal users in China (Weixin 微信) – Chinese Language
- WeChat resources for Official Accounts in China (Weixin 微信) – Chinese Language
- WeChat resources for normal users of WeChat International (Outside China) – English Language
- WeChat resources for WeChat International Official Accounts (Outside China) – English Language
- Other Related Official WeChat Resources
If you don’t know the important differences between WeChat and Weixin read our previous article for the full explanation.
WeChat resources for normal users in China (Weixin 微信)
Weixin Safety Center: Password recovery, account freezing and other various safety related services
Weixin Version Histories: Summaries of all the major Weixin release versions for Android, iOS, Mac, PC, Windows Phone, Symbian, Series and Blackberry
Tencent Official Service Center: Tons of information and FAQ’s about WeChat
Official Weixin Search Engine: The Sogou search engine for WeChat articles. Read our related article here.
Tencent University WeChat Section: Collection of educational and informative video presentations about WeChat in Chinese
Weixin Stickers Platform: A platform enabling artists to summit their designs to the WeChat sticker store
Weixin Webpage Version: Access WeChat through a desktop webpage (link wont’ work on mobile devices)
Wechat Phone Book: A separate WeChat app for VOIP calling
WeChat Enterprise App: A separate WeChat app for work communication, similar to Slack
WeChat resources for Official Accounts in China (Weixin 微信)
Weixin Official Accounts Admin Platform: Login or Register for a Weixin Official account
Weixin Official Developer Documentation (English): Mostly up to date
Weixin Official Developer Documentation (Chinese): Always up to date
Weixin Shake Feature Official Site
Tenpay Official Site: Tenpay is Tencent’s official online payment platform
Tencent Video Official Site: WeChat official accounts use this platform to stream videos
Weixin Pay Official Site: Sign into your WeChat pay account for businesses
Weixin Open Platform Official Site: Integrate WeChat login, sharing or payments into your app or website
Official Weixin City Services Site: City services are WeChat’s way of providing localized information and services often in conjunction with Chinese city governments
Official WeChat Internet of Things Information: Link hardware together with WeChat official accounts
Weixin Adverts Platform: Services related to advertising on WeChat
Guang Dian Tong: Tencent official advertising platform
Weixin Enterprise Accounts Official Site: Enterprise accounts are usually used for secure internal company communication on WeChat
Weixin Wifi Official Site: Information on setting up WeChat Wifi
WeChat UI Pack: A user interface library by WeChat official design team, includes the most useful widgets/modules in mobile web applications
Tencent NLP: Tencent’s Natural language processing platform
WeChat resources for normal users of WeChat International (Outside China)
WeChat Version Histories: Summaries of all the major WeChat release versions for Android, iOS, Mac, PC, Windows Phone, Symbian, Series and Blackberry
WeChat Help Center: Some basic help services for normal WeChat users (e.g. FAQ’s and account recovery)
WeChat Official English Language Blog: Blog providing regular WeChat news
WeChat South Africa Official Website
WeChat Resources for International Official Accounts (Outside China)
WeChat Official Accounts Admin Platform: Login or Register for a WeChat Official account
WeChat Official Accounts Online Application Form: Apply for your WeChat Official account online
WeChat Official Developer Documentation: English language documentation for WeChat developers
Tenpay Global Official Site: Tencent’s online payment platform official English language site
WeChat Pay Official Site: WeChat pay for overseas (outside mainland China) vendors
Other Related Official WeChat Resources
Tencent Official Website: Tencent is the parent company of WeChat
Penguin Intelligence: A Tencent backed research organization providing regular reports and data about the Chinese internet
Tencent Cloud Distribution Network Service: Provides CDN services for Weixin developers
If you have any suggestions for additions to this list, please don’t hesitate to contact us: info@chinachannel.co