To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (7863 ) 3/9/2004 12:03:03 PM From: epicure Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 20773 USX China Index Up 9% in February 2004 Monday March 1, 11:14 am ET DALLAS, March 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- For the month of February, the USX China Index ("^USXC") increased 8.96% to close the month at 3092.93. During the same period, the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 0.91%, Nasdaq was down 1.76% and the Shanghai index was up 5.30%. The biggest gainer within the USX China Index during February was Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Ltd. (NYSE: YZC - News), which increased 29.99% while the biggest decline was 25.87% for Chindex International Inc (NASD: CHDX - News). ^USXC can be quoted on Reuters and Bloomberg as well as secondary information providers such as Yahoo Finance. To be included in the USX China Index, companies must meet the following criteria: * The majority of their business is conducted in China * Their common stock is traded on a major U.S. exchange * Each company's market capitalization is more than $50 million * The company is approved by the USX China Index Selection Committee, which considers additional factors such as float, liquidity and business fundamentals of all existing and potential constituents The following 35 public companies now comprise the USX China Index: Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd. (NYSE: ACH - News) ASAT Holdings Ltd. (Nasdaq: ASTT - News) AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASIA - News) Beijing Yanhua Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (NYSE: BYH - News) Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: CBA - News) China Eastern Airlines Corporation Ltd. (NYSE: CEA - News) China Mobile Hong Kong Ltd. (NYSE: CHL - News) China National Offshore Oil Corp. (NYSE: CEO - News) China Petroleum and Chemical Corp (Sinopec) (NYSE: SNP - News) China Southern Airlines Company Ltd. (NYSE: ZNH - News) China Telecom Corporation Ltd (NYSE: CHA - News) China Unicom Ltd (NYSE: CHU - News) Ctrip.com (Nasdaq: CTRP - News) China Yuchai International Ltd. (NYSE: CYD - News) Chinadotcom Corporation (Nasdaq: CHINA - News) Chindex International, Inc. (Nasdaq: CHDX - News) Deswell Industries Inc (Nasdaq: DSWL - News) Guangshen Railway Co Ltd (NYSE: GSH - News) HuaNeng Power International, Inc. (NYSE: HNP - News) INTAC International (Nasdaq: INTN - News) Jilin Chemical Industrial Co. Ltd. (NYSE: JCC - News) China Life Insurance Co Ltd (NYSE: LFC - News) Nam Tai Electronics Inc (NYSE: NTE - News) Netease.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTES - News) Peak Intl Ltd (Nasdaq: PEAK - News) PetroChina Co. Ltd. (NYSE: PTR - News) Qiao Xing Universal Telephone, Inc. (Nasdaq: XING - News) Radica Games Ltd (Nasdaq: RADA - News) Sina Corporation (Nasdaq: SINA - News) Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemcial Co. Ltd. (NYSE: SHI - News) Sohu.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: SOHU - News) UTStarcom Inc (Nasdaq: UTSI - News) Webzen Inc (Nasdaq: WZEN - News) Yanzhou Coal Mining Co. Ltd. (NYSE: YZC - News) Zindart Ltd (Nasdaq: ZNDT - News) The USX China Index is the only index in the world devoted exclusively to Chinese-focused public companies traded on U.S. stock exchanges. For more information on the USX China Index, go to www.USXChinaIndex.com.