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DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLANS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLANS
NOTE 19 - DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLANS

As stipulated by the regulations of the PRC government, companies operating in the PRC have defined contribution retirement plans for their employees. The PRC government is responsible for the pension liability to these retired employees. Commencing January 1, 2002, the Company is required to make specified contributions to the state-sponsored retirement plan at 20% of the basic salary cost of their staff. Each of the employees of the PRC subsidiaries is required to contribute 6% of his/her basic salary.