China Investment Daily Report

China relaxes constraints on the Yuan



China 100 Stock Index closes 874.83, up up +4.82 (0.55%).

 
 

China relax constraints on the Yuan China's central bank announced late on Saturday it was ready to make the yuan more flexible. The yuan climbed as high as 6.8015 against the dollar, or up 0.38 percent, its strongest level since July 2005. On Sunday, Beijing ruled out a one-off move, saying there was no basis for any big appreciation and that it will keep the exchange rate at a basically stable level.

The Chinese move on the yuan will help to cool off its economy’s growth and it will boost the US, European manufacturers and exporters as they could be more competitive selling their products in China. The appreciation in the yuan will also have a negative effect on retailers as the China's imports would become more expensive. That could cut into earnings, especially since weak consumer spending limits' stores ability to pass higher prices on to their customers.

The global stock markets rallied early on today’s trading session on the appreciation of the yuan, but as investors went into details the excitement soon faded. Investors realized that the gain in the yuan would boost the global economy gradually rather than in a short term, as a result major US stock indices dropped in a late-day again.

The China 100 stock index won 0.55% to 874.83. The Panda China Large Cap Stock Index gained 24.87 points or 2.51% to 1015.09. The Tiger China Small & Mid Cap Stock Index won 0.39% to close at 867.20 and the Dragon China Undervalued Stock Index lost 1.86% to close at 738.02.

Netease.com Inc. (NTES) shares closed at 33.33 with a gain of 2.98 points or 9.82% to be today’s top gainer. Netease.com operates an interactive online community in China, and provides Chinese language content and services through online games, Internet portal, and wireless value-added services [WVAS] businesses. Ctrip.com International Ltd. (CTRP) [45.80, 3.25, +7.64%] gapped up and gained almost 8% in more than double its average volume. Approximately 4.6 million shares have traded hands today vs. average 30-day volume of 2.2 million shares.

The9 Limited (NCTY) [4.07, 0.26, +6.82%] an online game developer and operator in China recently announced that Diego Armando Maradona, Argentine super soccer star, endorses The9's proprietary online game entitled "Winning Goal". Winning Goal is a competitive soccer game. The9 has launched the game in both web version and the SNS version for gamers around the world.

China Unicom [Hong Kong] Limited (CHU) [13.36, 0.80, +6.37%] a leading Chinese mobile carrier, swelled 1.023 million to 6.528 million in May 2010. From November 2009 to January 2010, the 3G-user growth of the company was faster compared to its 2G users, reaching 801,000; 920,000 and 853,000 respectively in the three months. Analysts believe that the 3G-user growth of China Unicom in May resulted from the company's adjustment of its operating strategy, namely, service packages, monthly subscription fees of wireless network access cards and charges for iPhone.

China Armco Metals, Inc. (CNAM) [3.88, 0.23, +6.30%] announced last Thursday that it entered into a Guaranty Cooperation Agreement with Henan Chaoyang Steel Co., Ltd., a related party, in order to provide additional liquidity to meet its anticipated capital requirements to fuel the expected growth of its recently launched scrap metal recycling facility and the expansion of its metal ore trading business in the coming years. Under the terms of this guaranty, Henan Chaoyang agreed to provide unlimited joint guarantees to its subsidiary, Armet (Lianyungang) Renewable Resources Co., Ltd., for up to five (5) years.

Yayi International (YYIN) [1.65, 0.25, -13.16%] last Thursday announced that it will report financial results for the transition period from November 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010 on June 29, 2010. The five-month transition report follows a change in the Company’s fiscal year end earlier. On March 26, 2010, Yayi International changed its fiscal year end from October 31 to March 31 to devote time and resources to operations during the peak season for sales in the fourth quarter of the calendar year and to focus on annual budgeting and audit preparations during the first quarter of the calendar year.

China Organic Agriculture (CNOA) [0.58, 0.04, -6.45%] announced a week ago that Counsel for the Company and counsel for the Plaintiff Class had entered into a Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement which has been submitted for approval by the Court. Under the terms of the settlement, eligible class members would receive a total of $300,000 in cash together with shares of its common stock having a value of $300,000 in exchange for a release of claims which class members have or may have against the Company, its directors, officers, affiliates, shareholders and agents, except claims arising out of or related to the settlement.

CDC Corp. (CHINA) [2.19, 0.12, -5.19%] recently announced that based on preliminary financial projections and estimates, the company expects second quarter 2010 application sales to be in the range of about $10.2 million to $10.9 million, an increase of approximately 33% to 42% compared to $7.7 million in the second quarter of 2009, primarily due to increased new logo sales for its on-premise solutions, and expanded cloud sales as a result of acquisitions, investments and organic growth.

TOP GAINERS
Netease.com Inc. (NTES) 33.33 2.98 Stock Price Increase 2.98 / + 9.82%
Ctrip.com International Ltd. (CTRP) 45.80 3.25 Stock Price Increase 3.25 / + 7.64%
The9 Limited (NCTY) 4.07 0.26 Stock Price Increase 0.26 / + 6.82%
China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited (CHU) 13.36 0.80 Stock Price Increase 0.80 / + 6.37%
China Armco Metals, Inc. (CNAM) 3.88 0.23 Stock Price Increase 0.23 / + 6.30%
TOP LOSERS
Yayi International (YYIN) 1.65 -0.25 Stock Price Decrease 0.25 / - 13.16%
China Organic Agricultr (CNOA) 0.58 -0.04 Stock Price Decrease 0.04 / - 6.45%
China INSOnline Corp. (CHIO) 0.36 -0.02 Stock Price Decrease 0.02 / - 5.26%
CDC Corp. (CHINA) 6.57 -0.36 Stock Price Decrease 0.36 / - 5.19%
3SBio (SSRX) 12.60 -0.64 Stock Price Decrease 0.64 / - 4.83%

SEC Filings

Monday, June 21, 2010


 

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (SVA) files 6-K - Report of foreign issuer [Rules 13a-16 and 15d-16]. Beijing — June 18, 2010 — Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (Nasdaq: SVA), a leading developer and provider of vaccines in China, announced today that it will hold its 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. Beijing Time. The meeting will be held concurrently at No. 39 Shangdi Xi Road, Haidian District, Beijing, PRC and at No. 6 Temple Street, St. John’s, Antigua. All shareholders of record as of May 26, 2010 will be eligible to vote and are invited to attend.

 

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSM) files 6-K - Report of foreign issuer [Rules 13a-16 and 15d-16]. Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. – June 21, 2010 — TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced that the ex-dividend date for TSMC common shares shall be July 6th, 2010. The cash dividend is NT$2.99973242 for each common share. The above-mentioned dividend is calculated based on the dividend distribution, as approved by the Company’s shareholder meeting on June 15th, 2010, and the actual number of common shares outstanding on the record date for the distribution. As a result of the employee stock options exercised between the day the Company’s board proposed said dividend distribution, and the record date of the distribution, the total number of outstanding common shares has increased slightly, resulting in a miniscule difference in the per-share dividends from the per-share numbers proposed by the Company’s board on February 9th, 2010.

 

Yayi International (YYIN) files S-8 - Securities to be offered to employees in employee benefit plans. We are acting as counsel for Yayi International Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") relating to the registration of 2,359,974 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Shares"), issuable pursuant to the Yayi International Inc. 2010 Employee Stock Option and Stock Award Plan (the "Plan"). We have examined the Plan and the relevant corporate proceedings of the Company and are familiar with other matters as we have deemed necessary for this opinion. Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and sold in accordance with the Plan, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. This opinion is limited to matters governed by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder.

 

US China Mining Group Inc. (SGZH) files 10-K/A [Amend] - Annual report [Section 13 and 15(d), not S-K Item 405]. Songzai International Holding Group Inc. (the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”) is filing this Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 15, 2010 (the “Original Form 10-K”), to make certain corrections as to (i) Item 1 Business regarding the results of the report (dated March 24, 2010) of John T. Boyd Company, an independent mining and geological consulting firm (“JTB”), assessing our Tong Gong, Hong Yuan and Sheng Yu coal mines in accordance with SEC Industry Guide 7 as of December 31, 2009, (ii) Item 1 Business regarding the official names of certain government agencies in China, (iii) Item 10 Directors, Executive Officers And Corporate Governance and Item 12 Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters to remove Huan Liu as Secretary of the Company since Mr. Liu ceased serving as a member of management prior to December 31, 2009 and (iv) Item 12 Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters to correct the beneficial ownership table to reflect a subsequently filed Form 3 that relates to the time period covered by the table. Except as described above, this Amendment No. 1 does not amend any other information set forth in the Original Form 10-K and the Company has not updated disclosures included therein to reflect any events that may have occurred subsequent to April 15, 2010.

 

Featured News and Commentary

Monday, June 21, 2010


 

China Marine Hosts Conference Call with Investors on June 23, 9:00 a.m. ET. SHISHI, China, June 21 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Marine Food Group Limited (NYSE Amex: CMFO) ("China Marine" or the "Company"), a manufacturer of Mingxiang(R) seafood-based snack foods, "Hi-Power" marine algae-based beverages and a distributor of frozen marine catch, today announced the Company's management team will host a conference call with investors on June 23 at 9:00 am ET. The Company's Chairman, Pengfei Liu, and Chief Financial Officer, Marco Ku, will provide an overview of China Marine's business segments, address trends in the market place and detail growth strategies for the years ahead. Following management's prepared remarks, Chairman Liu and Mr. Ku will host a 45-minute Q&A session for investors.

 

China TransInfo Sells Taxi Advertising Rights in Two Cities in Northern China. BEIJING, June 21 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China TransInfo Technology Corp., (Nasdaq:CTFO - News), ("China TransInfo" or the "Company"), a leading provider of intelligent transportation systems for highway and urban transportation management in China, today announced that the Company outsourced its taxi media advertising business in Hohhot, the capital city of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and Urumqi, the capital city of Xinjiang Urgur Autonomous Region, to a local advertising agency in exchange for negotiated commission payments. China TransInfo has the exclusive rights to operate the in-taxi GPS media platform in these two cities until the end of 2023.

 

Longtop Wins First Contract With Rural Commercial Bank Customer in Eastern China. HONG KONG, June 21 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Longtop Financial Technologies Limited ("Longtop") (NYSE: LFT), a leading software developer and solutions provider targeting the financial services industry in China, today announced that the Company has won its first contract with a Rural Commercial Bank Customer in eastern China to provide an Operational Customer Relationship Management (OCRM) solution.

 

Yongye International Announces Acquisition of Customer List from Major Regional Distributor of Shengmingsu. BEIJING, June 21 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Yongye International, Inc. (Nasdaq: YONG), ("Yongye" or the "Company") a leading manufacturer, developer and distributor of "Shengmingsu" brand plant and animal nutrient products in China, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Shengmingsu distribution network from its provincial level distributor in Hebei Province which is solely comprised of a customer list. The Company will pay $3.0 million in cash and issue 3.6 million shares of common stock to the seller to fund the transaction. The acquisition is expected to close on July 1, 2010. The customer list is comprised of all of the county-level distributors who sell the Company's Shengmingsu plant and animal nutrient products to over 2,700 independently-owned Yongye branded stores located in Hebei Province, which is Yongye's largest regional market in China, representing approximately 30% of the Company's revenues in 2009. Previously, in Hebei Province, Yongye sold its products to its provincial-level distributor who then resold those products to lower level distributors and on to the independently-owned Yongye branded stores. After the acquisition of the customer list, Yongye will sell directly to its county-level distributors in Hebei Province and these distributors will sell directly to the retail network. The Company expects to sell at least 350,000 cases of Shengmingsu product in Hebei Province in 2010. Over the next 12 months, the Company expects to generate approximately $6.7 million of additional revenue (after eliminating inter-company transactions) and $5 million of additional net income from the acquired customer list. In addition, the Company expects its gross margin in Hebei Province to increase to approximately 60% compared with approximately 53% in 2009 as a result of the acquisition.

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China 100 Stock Index
The China 100 Stock Index closed Monday, June 21, 2010:
875.84 5.71 Stock Price Increase5.71 (0.66 %)
Netease.com Inc. (NTES) led the Gainers closing 6/21/2010:
33.33 2.98 Stock Price Increase2.98 (9.82 %)

Yayi International (YYIN) was the Index biggest loser closing 6/21/2010:
1.65 0.25 Stock Price Decrease0.25 (13.16 %)

 

China Large Cap Stock Index
The China Vesting Large Cap Stock Index (Panda) closed Monday, June 21, 2010:
1,015.11 24.86 Stock Price Increase24.86 (2.51 %)
Netease.com Inc. (NTES) led the Index closing 6/21/2010:
33.33 2.98 Stock Price Increase2.98 (9.82 %)

Suntech Power Holdings (STP) was the Index biggest loser closing 6/21/2010:
10.02 0.11 Stock Price Decrease0.11 (1.09 %)

 

China Mid and Small Cap Stock Index
The China Vesting Small and Mid Cap Stock Index (Tiger) closed Monday, June 21, 2010:
867.20 3.33 Stock Price Increase3.33 (0.39 %)
The9 Limited (NCTY) led the Index closing 6/21/2010:
4.07 0.26 Stock Price Increase0.26 (6.82 %)

CDC Corp. (CHINA) was the Index biggest loser closing 6/21/2010:
6.57 0.36 Stock Price Decrease0.36 (5.19 %)

 

China Undervalued Stock Index
The China Vesting Undervalued Stock Index (Dragon) closed Monday, June 21, 2010:
742.02 10.42 Stock Price Decrease10.42 (1.39 %)
China America Holdings, Inc. (CAAH) led the Index closing 6/21/2010:
0.01 0.00 Stock Price Increase0.00 (4.48 %)

Yayi International (YYIN) was the Index biggest loser closing 6/21/2010:
1.65 0.25 Stock Price Decrease0.25 (13.16 %)