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Mitsubishi Corporation Leads New Round of Fundraising of RoadWay

Shanghai, China - December 27th , 2006 - Shanghai based direct marketing leader, RoadWay Interactive Marketing Services Co., Ltd ("RoadWay") announces the closing of a US$1M new round of fundraising. The investment was led by Mitsubishi Corporation. RoadWay completed a first round of fundraising, led by CSV Capital Partners, in March 2006.

"This transaction indicates the strong confidence and interest of Mitsubishi Corporation in the quickly-growing direct marketing businesses in China," said Dixon (Jiang) Yuan, the CEO of RoadWay. After this round of fundraising, RoadWay will accelerate its national expansion; the company will be able to put more resources in product and services innovation; and will leverage the excellent platform of Mitsubishi Corporation to enhance its efforts in developing Japanese clients in China and in Japan. Facing increasing competition from international rivals, Mr. Yuan's strategy for the company is: "expanding aggressively, building up brand name and establishing higher entry barrier". "RoadWay has over 5 years experience in China market and owns obvious advantages in understanding the local market and reacting and adjusting swiftly," Mr. Yuan said.

"We are very pleased to see such a high-quality international strategic investor as Mitsubishi Corporation taking an equity interest in RoadWay," said Mr. Earl Yen, managing director of CSV Capital Partners. "We look forward to Mitsubishi Corporation's help and guidance as RoadWay embarks on its next phase of growth and market leadership."

About RoadWay

RoandWay Interactive Marketing Services Co., Ltd (www.roadway.com.cn) is a leading provider of integrated services of direct marketing in China. Based on its powerful database and experienced project execution team, RoadWay is designing and executing integrated direct marketing solutions for hundreds of marketers through multiple ways, such as direct mail, email, Fax, telephone, etc.. The company also released a beta version of its Internet-based database search and marketing tool, DMSys (www.dmsys.com.cn) in Sept 2006.

About Mitsubishi Corporation

Mitsubishi Corporation (http://www.mitsubishicorp.com) is Japan's largest general trading company (sogo shosha) with over 200 bases of operations in approximately 80 countries worldwide. Together with its over 500 group companies, MC employs a multinational workforce of approximately 54,000 people. MC has long been engaged in business with customers around the world in virtually every industry, including energy, metals, machinery, chemicals, food and general merchandise.

About CSV Capital Partners

CSV Capital Partners (CSV) is a private equity firm targeting early-stage growth capital investments in emerging companies with significant operations in Greater China.CSV's partners combine extensive private equity, operating and China market experiences to assist entrepreneurs in creating industry-leading companies.Headquartered in Shanghai, CSV offers access to high quality partners in Asia and the United States and an extensive network of resources to support its portfolio companies.


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