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Xinhua Finance Launches Japanese Financial News Radio Show on RADIO NIKKEI Network

    TOKYO, March 31 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Xinhua Finance
(TSE Mothers: 9399), China's premier financial services and media company,
today announced that it will launch a weekly financial news radio show in
Japanese on the prestigious Nikkei Radio Broadcasting Corporation
(RADIO NIKKEI) network on April 3.
    The 30-minute program, to be called "Xinhua Finance Information" and
broadcast Sunday mornings at 9am with re-broadcast each Monday at 6:30am, will
feature the latest financial news and commentary on China business as well as
interviews with top China and Japanese business people on the situation in the
China markets.
    The news and commentary to be included in the show will be provided by
Xinhua Finance's Finance News, Credit Ratings and Index Divisions.  Xinhua
Finance News has more than 150 financial journalists and analysts in China and
across the world.
    The show will be hosted by Professor You Senei of Tokai University, a
respected commentator and journalist.
    RADIO NIKKEI is a popular radio station in Japan, operated by the Nihon
Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei) Group, with very high listener ratings amongst
Japanese retail investors.  The Xinhua Finance show will be broadcast over
four media: 1st Channel of RADIO NIKKEI (Shortwave service), the RADIO NIKKEI
channel by BS broadcasting service, on-demand basis through the RADIO NIKKEI
website and the mobile satellite network, "MobaHO!"
    Xinhua Finance CEO Fredy Bush said she is delighted to expand Xinhua
Finance's cooperation with the Nikkei Group through the medium of radio.
    "This program provides us with an opportunity to explain developments in
China's fast-moving financial markets more fully to Japanese investors," Ms
Bush said.  "The program is also in line with Xinhua Finance's plans to move
into the financial media space over the next year."
    "It makes sense for Xinhua Finance to move into the media space, in order
to leverage our products and services onto new platforms," Ms Bush added.

    About Xinhua Finance Limited
    Xinhua Finance Limited is China's premier financial services and media
company, listed on the Mothers Board of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (symbol:
9399).  The Company provides financial news and information, as well as a
broad array of financial products and services unique to the China markets.
Xinhua Finance provides real time coverage of Chinese and Asian equity markets,
delivering an integrated platform of China-specific indices, financial news
feeds, credit ratings, and investor relations services to global financial
institutions and re-distributors via leased line, Internet, and satellite
technology.
    Founded in 1999, the Company is headquartered in Hong Kong and has 21
offices and 19 news bureaus across Asia, Australia, North America and Europe.
For more information, see http://www.xinhuafinance.com .

    For further information,

    JAPAN:
     Mr Sun Jiong
     Tel:   +81-3-3500-5328
     Email: jsun@xinhuafinance.com

    HK:
     Ms Joy Tsang
     Tel:   +852-3196-3983 or +852-9486-4364
     Email: joy.tsang@xinhuafinance.com

    US:
    The Ruth Group (PR Contact in the US)
     Mr Gregory Tiberend
     Tel:   +1-646-536-7005
     Email: gtiberend@theruthgroup.com

     Mr Jason Rando
     Tel:   +1-646-536-7025
     Email: jrando@theruthgroup.com


SOURCE Xinhua Finance




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    CONTACT:
    Ms Hu Ying of Xinhua PR Newswire,
    +86-10-6515-9449, or, cncs@xprn.com; in Japan, Mr Sun Jiong,
    +81-3-3500-5328, or jsun@xinhuafinance.com, in HK, Ms Joy Tsang,
    +852-3196-3983, or, +852-9486 4364 or
    joy.tsang@xinhuafinance.com, all of Xinhua Finance; in US, Mr
    Gregory Tiberend, +1-646-536-7005, or,
    gtiberend@theruthgroup.com, or Mr Jason Rando, +1-646 536-7025 or
    jrando@theruthgroup.com , both of the Ruth Group for Xinhua
    Finance