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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-21-013333
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20210208
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210208
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210208

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			The9 LTD
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001296774
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC [7389]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			E9
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34238
		FILM NUMBER:		21598610

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		17 FLOOR, NO. 130 WU SONG ROAD,
		STREET 2:		HONG KOU DISTRICT
		CITY:			SHANGHAI
		STATE:			F4
		ZIP:			200080
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(86) 21 - 5172 9999

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		17 FLOOR, NO. 130 WU SONG ROAD,
		STREET 2:		HONG KOU DISTRICT
		CITY:			SHANGHAI
		STATE:			F4
		ZIP:			200080
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM 6-K</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">For the month of February 2021</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>THE9 LIMITED</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>17 Floor, No. 130 Wu Song Road</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Hong Kou District, Shanghai 200080</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>People&rsquo;s Republic of China</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Address of principal executive offices)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will
file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.</P>

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</FONT>Form 40-F <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></P>

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6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):________________</P>

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6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):________________</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 21%; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Exhibit No.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 77%; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Description</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">99.1</FONT></TD>
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    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Press Release &ndash; The9 Signed Legally Binding Memorandums
        of Understanding on the Additional Purchase of Bitcoin Mining Machines</P>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized.</P>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3"><B>THE9 LIMITED</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 6%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">:</FONT></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">/s/ George Lai</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Name:</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">:</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">George Lai</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Title:</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">:</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director and Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Date: February 8, 2021</P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: right; margin: 0"><B>Exhibit 99.1</B></P>

<P STYLE="margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>The9 Signed Legally Binding Memorandums
of Understanding on the Additional Purchase of Bitcoin Mining Machines</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Shanghai, China, February 8, 2021</B><BR>
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The9 Limited (Nasdaq: NCTY) (&ldquo;The9&rdquo;), an established Internet company, today announced that it signed six legally binding
Memorandums of Understanding (collectively the &ldquo;MOUs&rdquo;) with six unrelated Bitcoin mining machine owners to purchase
Bitcoin mining machines by the issuance of Class A ordinary shares. This batch of Bitcoin mining machines includes different brands
such as WhatsMiner, AntMiner and AvalonMiner, with a total number of 10,489 units and a total hash rate of approximately 251PH/S.
These Bitcoin mining machines have already been deployed in Qinghai, Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia in China. According to the MOUs,
The9 will issue approximately 7,178,160 Class A ordinary shares (equivalent to 239,272 ADSs) to the sellers based on The9 share
price of US$23.35 prior to the MOUs, with a lock up period of 6 months. The9 will designate an independent valuation firm to conduct
examination and assessment of the Bitcoin mining machine fair market value, and will make adjustment to the number of Class A ordinary
shares to be issued if needed. The9 expects to complete the signing of the definitive agreements within one month after the signing
of the MOUs.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The9 also announced that it completed the
signing of the definitive agreements for the last batch of 26,007 Bitcoin mining machines with reference to the fair market value
on the valuation report issued by an independent valuation firm and The9 share price of US$11.18 prior to the respective Memorandums
of Understanding signing date. The9 will issue a total number of 26,838,360 Class A ordinary shares (equivalent to 894,612 ADSs)
to the sellers, with a lock up period of 6 months.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">After the completion of these two purchases,
The9 is expected to own 36,496 Bitcoin mining machines, and the total hash rate will be upgraded to approximately 800PH/S.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">In Addition, in early February 2021, NBTC
Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of The9, had signed a strategic cooperation framework purchase agreement with Shenzhen MicroBT
Electronics Technology Co., Ltd., the manufacturer of WhatsMiner bitcoin mining machines for the purchase of 5,000 WhatsMiner bitcoin
mining machines within one year. This will also be expected to increase the hash rate owned by The9 upon the continuous execution
of the framework agreement. NBTC Limited will continue to purchase different types of cryptocurrencies mining machines with the
plan to establish cryptocurrencies mining machine facilities worldwide.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>About The9 Limited</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The9 Limited (The9) is an Internet company
based in China listed on Nasdaq in 2004. The9 aims to become a diversified high-tech Internet company.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">For further information, please contact:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Ms. Connie Sun</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Investor Relations Specialist</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The9 Limited</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Tel: +86-21-6108-6080</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Email: IR@corp.the9.com</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Website: https://www.the9.com/en</P>

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