NetEase Inc. (NasdaqGS:NTES) is reviving its plans for an initial public offering in Hong Kong after it put the listing on hold earlier this year. Cloud Village Inc. refiled a preliminary prospectus to the Hong Kong stock exchange on November 16, 2021. The unit could seek to raise about $500 million in an offering as soon as this year, according to people familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified as the information is private. Cloud Village had been pursuing an IPO of about $1 billion, Bloomberg News reported in May 2021. Cloud Village had decided in August 2021 to delay the IPO just days after it began gauging investor demand. A representative for NetEase didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment on the listing size made outside normal business hours. Bank of America Corp., China International Capital Corp. and Credit Suisse Group AG are acting as joint sponsors.