As the number of Chinese speaking institutional and retail investors in the United States and Canada continues to increase, PR Newswire is making it easier to find news and information from listed companies in North America through a new distribution channel to ChineseWorldNet.com, a leading financial information portal dedicated to providing diverse financial content in Chinese to investors in North America.

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Through ticker driven searches as well as via a dedicated web page on ChineseWorldNet.com, users will have direct access to Chinese-language news releases once they are distributed by PR Newswire. News releases on the dedicated page will be arranged in descending chronological order. Users who search for company news through a ticker search will be provided all available Chinese-language news releases sent via PR Newswire and associated with the ticker, along with the quotes and charts.

"There are more than 1.4 million Chinese Americans in the United States who are potential or active investors in U.S. stock markets," said Gina Amaro Rudan, director of International Services for PR Newswire. "As one of the world's leading Chinese-language investment platforms, ChineseWorldNet.com gets more than 40,000 unique visitors monthly who are interested in receiving financial information in Chinese. Adding PR Newswire's Chinese-language news feed will further strengthen the site's robust content, while providing investors with the advantage of having access to news issued by the companies they are considering investing in the moment it crosses the wire."

Distribution to ChineseWorldNet.com is part of PR Newswire's North American Chinese-language circuit. The key factor distinguishing the news releases distributed via this circuit is that they are written or translated into Chinese and disseminated to the over 260 Chinese-language newspapers, magazines, TV stations, radio stations, satellite broadcasters, online news outlets, portals and websites across the United States and Canada -- from major newspapers including World Journal, Ming Pao Daily, Sing Tao Daily, International Daily and the China Press to local and regional newspapers and radio stations in every city and region with a Chinese community across North America.

"The need for mainland Chinese companies to reach North American Chinese investment audiences is growing almost hourly as the interest in these firms heightens at record rates. The avenue provided by this new outlet will prove valuable to many People's Republic of China companies and I look forward to introducing them to it," said John Williams, president of Xinhua PR Newswire.

Cities and metropolitan areas covered in the circuit include Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Honolulu, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami Beach/Fort Lauderdale, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland (Ore.), St. Louis, San Francisco/Silicon Valley, Seattle, Tucson and Washington in the USA; and Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver and Winnipeg in Canada. Distribution to AFX Asia, Bloomberg, Charles Schwab, Dow Jones Chinese Language Service, Reuters (Chinese Domestic and Chinese News Services), Yahoo! Chinese, and Factiva among others, is also included. Members can choose to distribute to the circuit on its own or in combination with PR Newswire's premium national newsline, US1, or any of the company's in-region newslines in China.

The addition of ChineseWorldNet.com to the North American Chinese-language circuit will vastly expand the distribution of PR Newswire members' news releases into the North American Chinese-language community.

About PR Newswire

Now in its 50th year, PR Newswire Association LLC (http://www.prnewswire.com/ ) provides electronic distribution, targeting, measurement, translation and broadcast services on behalf of some 40,000 corporate, government, association, labor, non-profit, and other customers worldwide who seek to reach a variety of critical audiences including the news media, the investment community, government decision-makers, and the general public with their up-to-the-minute, full-text news developments. Established in 1954, PR Newswire has offices in 14 countries and routinely sends its customers' news to outlets in 135 countries and in 30 languages. Utilizing the latest in communications technology, PR Newswire content is considered a mainstay among news reporters, investors and individuals who seek breaking news from the source. PR Newswire's leading brands include ProfNet(SM), eWatch™, Online MEDIAtlas™ and MultiVu™. PR Newswire is a subsidiary of United Business Media plc of London.

Through its International Services division, PR Newswire offers companies around the world the ability to disseminate news in their language of choice, and also have releases translated into several languages, including Simplified and Traditional Chinese.

About ChineseWorldNet.com Inc.

ChineseWorldNet.com Inc. (CWN), founded in 2000, is a leading provider of diverse financial content in Chinese to individual and institutional investors in North America. Headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, and with expanding operations in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and China, CWN strives to become the world's leading Chinese language investment platform providing seamless investment services to Chinese investors globally.

CWN operates three main businesses: a financial information portal (http://www.chineseworldnet.com/ ) based on an in-house developed cutting-edge platform serving individual and institutional investors; an investor relations/public relations firm (provided by its subsidiary NAI Interactive Ltd) servicing listed companies in North American markets; and a financial events business called Global Chinese Financial Forum which is a series of financial conferences, investment seminars, and road shows.

   Contact:
   Rachel Asche, Director, Public Relations, PR Newswire at 212.282.1929 or
   rachel.asche@prnewswire.com

   Karen Kwok, VP Business Development, ChineseWorldNet.com Inc. at
   604.488.8878 or karen@chineseworldnet.com

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SOURCE: PR Newswire; ChineseWorldNet.com Inc.