At the beginning of the Year of the Ox, many anticipated the introduction of the Growth Enterprise Market of the small and medium enterprises and venture capital institutions once again saw a ray of hope. January 6 Shenzhen chairman Chen Dongzheng published a speech at the New Year, in 2009 Shenzhen will effectively guard against risks to ensure the safe operation on the basis of continuously improve the competitiveness of listed companies to accelerate the development of small and medium-sized panels, to achieve a smooth GEM start, and vigorously promoted the transfer pricing system, speed up the improvement of the organic links the multi-level capital market system.

The report recently knew from News Office of Fujian Provincial Government that Hong Kong has been the largest source of Fujian utilizing foreign investment.

It was reported by French website (www. challenges.fr) on August 6 that Eric Legros, the president of Carrefour China, said on the same day that presently the operation of the group in Chinese market was in a good condition, and they planed to open 20 new Supermarkets in China each year.

Statistics By Securities   2008-12-25

Members of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) and qualified investors will be allowed to handle block trading and agreement transactions of special assets management through the comprehensive agreement transactions platform, starting from January 12, 2009, the SZSE said today.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange Market Overview   2008-12-25

Indicator	Today	Pre-day	Change±	High of Year	Date of High
SSE Component Index	6,785.04	6,845.6	-60.56	19,141.13	2008-01-14
SSE Composite Index	573	575.07	-2.07	1,576.5	2008-01-15
SSE SME Price Index	2,841.12	2,819.65	21.47	6,613.56	2008-01-15
No. of Listed Companies	740	740	0
No. of Listed Securities	964	964	0
Market Trading value(RMB Mil.)	24,636.69	28,150.65	-3,513.95	103,189.63	2008-01-08
Stock Issued Capital(Mil.)	344,063.47	344,063.47	0	344,063.47	2008-12-25
Stock Negotiable Capital(Mil.)	199,469.16	199,458.8	10.36	199,469.16	2008-12-25
Stock Market Value(RMB Mil.)	2,495,190.62	2,504,221.56	-9,030.93	6,255,935.77	2008-01-15
Stock Negotiable Market Value(RMB Mil.)	1,296,946.68	1,303,119.98	-6,173.3	3,141,337.86	2008-01-15
Stock Trading Value(RMB Mil.)	22,731.23	25,920.34	-3,189.11	92,163.77	2008-01-08
Average Stock Price	7.25	7.28	-0.03	22.4	2008-01-15
Average P/E Ratio	17.19	17.25	-0.06	76.13	2008-01-15
Average Turnover Rate	1.82	2.1	-0.28	4.56	2008-12-04
No. of Investors	75,024,666	75,007,287	17,379	75,024,666	2008-12-25

The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) hereby announces holiday schedule for 2009 according to the "Notice of Arrangements concerning Market Closing and Public Holidays in 2009" of the China Securities Regulatory Commission  

The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) and China Securities Index Co., Ltd. (CSI) have recently announced that the SSE 180 Corporate Governance Index, a new investment target index for investors, would be launched on September 10, 2008 to indicate trend of the stocks with good corporate governance in the SSE 180 Index. The base day of the index, the same as that of the SSE Corporate Governance Index, is June 29, 2007. Its short description is "SSE 180 Governance", with the base point of 1,000 and the code of "000021".

By 30 August 2008, 488 companies listed at the main board of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange disclosed interim report for the first half of 2008. Statistics from the exchange showed that those companies maintained an upward tendency in performance despite negative elements from both domestic and international economy.

Companies listed at the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Board of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange have finished disclosure of their interim reports of 2008 by 31 August 2008. 10 out of the 268 companies have included their financial information in listing-related documents.

GEM Top 20 stocks by turnover value - July 2008

GEM 50 Leading companies in market capitalisation - July 2008

GEM Stock market highlights--July 2008

GEM operates on the philosophy of "buyers beware" and "let the market decide" based on a strong disclosure regime. Its rules and requirements are designed to foster a culture of self compliance by listed issuers and sponsors in the discharge of their respective responsibilities.

'GEM' stands for Growth Enterprise Market - an alternative stock market operated by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited.