The event's name was changed to Wuxi Classic in 2010,[3][4] and the round-robin stage was abandoned.

[5][6][7] In 2012 the tournament became a ranking event, and the Chinese organisers signed a five-year contract with prize money starting at £400,000 and increasing to £450,000 by 2014.

The first was compiled by Mark Selby against Joe Perry in the group stage of the 2009 event.

[3] In 2012 Stuart Bingham became the third player to compile a 147 break in a ranking final.

[10] In the qualifying stage of the 2013 event Neil Robertson made the third maximum break against Mohamed Khairy.