By the early 2000s, DMG developed into a major marketing and advertising company in China, and it had offices in five cities.

[2] When Mintz arrived in China, he was a "...freelance commercial director with no contacts, no advertising experience, and no Mandarin".

Initially, he flew between New York City and Beijing, but in 1993, he moved to China full time.

[3] As few Chinese directors had his US experience, Mintz was able to win commercial shooting contracts for Budweiser, Unilever, Sony, Nabisco, Audi, and Kraft, with a big success being winning the Volkswagen brand campaign for 2004 in China.

[3] Through DMG Mintz has acquired several intellectual properties such as Valiant Comics (founded in 1989 by Jim Shooter) and The Stormlight Archive (a series of novels written by Brandon Sanderson).