The World Cyber Games (WCG) series, known as the Olympics of e-sports,, comes back to the stage in Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi province, on July 20. [Photo/IC]

At the long anticipated 2019 WCG finals, seven e-sports clubs from Taicang, Jiangsu province brought home two championships and two runner-up finishes, local media reported on July 23.

SV Gaming and AG E-sports Club, both from Taicang Tianjinghu E-sports Town, met against each other in the final of CrossFire, a popular first-person shooter game released by Tencent.

The game's PC version has attracted 560 million registered users and its e-sports broadcasts have been viewed 10 billion times over the past decade.

Participants from abroad compete in the e-sports games during the WCG 2019 finals in Xi'an on July 20. [Photo/IC]

As of the end of June, Taicang Tianjinghu E-Sports Town has registered 68 gaming companies. Their business scope covers competition organizing, show production, club management, and game development.

The town is home to four e-sports clubs, 15 teams, and over 2,000 e-sports professionals, including Li Xiaofeng, better known as "Sky," a Warcraft III legend and the first Chinese player to win a WCG title.

A bird's eye view of the e-sports town in Taicang, East China's Jiangsu province [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]