According to All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, Suning Holdings Group was ranked as the second largest civilian-run enterprise in the Mainland China in 2018.
[16][17] In March 2021, a 23% stake of Suning.com was sold to state-owned investors to improve equity structure and long-term strategy due to financial problems.
[19] Suning Holdings, via a subsidiary, Suning Rundong (Chinese: 苏宁润东股权投资管理有限公司; pinyin: Sūníng rùndōng gǔquán tóuzī guǎnlǐ yǒuxiàn gōngsī), subscribed the capital increase of Nubia Technology, a subsidiary of Chinese tech company ZTE for CN¥1.930 billion in December 2015.
[27] On 31 October 2015, Suning Culture Investment acquired 68.08% stake in a video hosting and streaming website: PPTV (the parent company was incorporated as PPLive Corporation, the local unit was incorporated as Shanghai SynaCast Media Tech)[29][30] from Caymans-incorporated Great Universe Limited, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of sister company Suning.com for CN¥2.5879931 billion.
On February 28, 2021, Suning Group immediately halted operations at their Chinese football clubs - including champions Jiangsu - due to financial woes.
[43] On 6 June 2016 Suning Holdings, via Great Horizon S.à r.l., signed a contract to acquire a majority stake (about 70% shares) in Inter Milan by the subscription of a capital increase and from the consortium of Erick Thohir (International Sports Capital) and the consortium of Massimo Moratti (Internazionale Holding).
[47] In February 2021, according to the Financial Times, Inter Milan is working with Goldman Sachs and rushing to raise at least $200m in emergency cash or sell the club, after the Italian football club's finances deteriorated due to the pandemic and heavy spending on top players.
[51] The fund granted the loan to Great Horizon Sarl – the Luxembourg-based holdings company via which Suning controls Inter.
[52] In the first five years of Suning's management, the company value touched + 120% (second best performance in Europe);[53] more than 500 million euros was spent on the market, 500 million fans are reached in worldwide and the highest growth in all of Europe of followers on social media (+ 232%) and new infrastructure was also created, such as the club house in the sports center, the Inter media house, the center for the youth sector and the new headquarters in Viale della Liberazione, Milan.
Additionally, Suning Appliance annually sponsors tree planting activities in various regions of China.
In August 2016, Suning, which recently became the majority shareholder of Inter, donated € 200,000 to help the people affected by the earthquake in Central Italy.
[59] President Zhang Kangyang, the Inter club and Suning have donated 300,000 Personal protective equipment and Surgical mask to Wuhan and to the Hubei hospital, to support the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
[60] On February 25, 2021, Suning Group received the "China Charity Awards" for the sixth time, the highest recognition in this field, for continuing its efforts in the fight against poverty.
Suning has donated funds and equipment to 388 impoverished counties in over 20 provinces, including Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Xinjiang and Shaanxi.
It has opened over 7,000 E-commerce stores and created channels to help farmers sell their products on digital pavilions.