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China World Trade Corporation Well Positioned to Benefit From Increased Traffic at Guangzhou's new Baiyun International Airport.


TIANHE, GUANGZHOU, China -- China World Trade Corporation (OTCBB OTCBB

See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB).
:CWTD) announced today that a correspondent of Hong Kong's South China Morning Post The South China Morning Post, together with its Sunday edition, the Sunday Morning Post, is a English-language newspaper of Hong Kong, with a circulation of 104,000. , Mr. Russell Barling, reported in an article on November 4th that "a record number of business and leisure travelers passed through the new Guangzhou's Baiyun International Airport Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport or Pai Yuen Airport was the main airport in Guangzhou, China, until August 5, 2004, when it was replaced by the identically named Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, some 17 kilometers away.  last month, putting the facility on track to handle more than 20 million passengers this year." Baiyun handled a record 1.92 million passengers in October. Several foreign carriers, including Emirates and Austrian Airlines, continue to show strong interests in starting passenger service to this new airport, which cost an estimated $2.2 Billion. Mr. Barling also interviewed Roland Schuetze, Lufthansa senior vice-president of sales who described Guangzhou's excellent geographic location and Baiyun's superb facilities and systems as a strong growing and dynamic area for business activities.

Recently, the company's majority-owned subsidiary majority-owned subsidiary

A firm in which more than 50% of outstanding voting stock is owned by the parent company.
 New Generation Group, a leading travel agency in China, entered into a co-operation agreement with the Guangzhou branch of China Southern Airlines China Southern Airlines (中国南方航空公司) (SEHK: 1055, NYSE: ZNH) is an airline based in Guangzhou in the Guangdong province of the People's Republic of China.  Company Limited (NYSE NYSE

See: New York Stock Exchange
: ZNH ZNH Zora Neale Hurston (author and anthropologist, 1891-1960) ), the largest commercial airline in China. Under the agreement, a service center managed by the New Generation Group will be established in the Guangzhou East (Train) Station to assist commuters with check-in and connections for flights of the China Southern Airline in the new Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (IATA: CAN, ICAO: ZGGG) (Simplified Chinese: 广州白云国际机场; Traditional Chinese: . Increased traffic at the airport should increase demand for services provided by New Generation Group at the Train Station.

"We are happy to see the passengers' growth on track in the new Baiyun Airport," Chairman of China World Trade Corporation, Chi Hung Tsang said, "Our headquarters is located in Guangzhou which allows us to take advantage of the growth in the southern region of China. The Baiyun Airport is currently utilizing only about 50% of its total passenger capacity. We expect further growth of the airport will definitely have direct-multiple effects to the growth of the travel businesses of the Company." Mr. Tsang continued, "We are very pleased with the positive response of the investment communities to China World Trade Corporation's recent developments The management team is committed to building the leading provider of business services in China."

About China World Trade Corporation

China World Trade Corporation ("CWTC CWTC China World Trade Corporation
CWTC Chemical Waste Transportation Council
CWTC Canadian Women's Team Championship
CWTC Carpet Weaving Training Centre
") has established its businesses into three distinct divisions, namely the club and business center; the business traveling services; and the business value-added services.

The Club and Business Center Division is devoted to the building of the World Trade brand in China. Its objective is to open and operate business clubs in the major cities of China in association with the World Trade Center Association, in order to position the company as the platform to facilitate trade between China and the world market. CWTC currently operates the Guangzhou World Trade Center Club, consisting of over 4,000 square meters, and The Beijing World Trade Center Club, which is located at 2nd Floor, Office Tower II, Landmark Towers Beijing, 8 North Dongsanhuan Road, Beijing PRC, and consisting of 730 square meters. In addition, since the acquisition of CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  Clubs China Limited ("CEO Clubs") in May 2004, CEO Clubs will complement China World Trade's offerings by targeting higher profile leadership from larger companies than those normally associated with China World Trade. CEO Clubs has thirteen chapters in the US and China. It focuses on recruiting CEO's of companies with annual sales exceeding $2 million as members. The average club member has $20 million in annual sales.

The Business Traveling Services Division will provide, through its operating arm, the New Generation Group, the necessary platform for China World Trade Corp. to focus on the high growth, travel related businesses. New Generation is the pioneer and one of the market leaders in the travel agency businesses through the operations of its 10 subsidiaries in Southern China in ticketing sales for international and domestic flights as well as inbound business travel. Being one of the leading consolidators of hotel accommodations and airline tickets in China, New Generation has already acquired the necessary licenses to operate as a ticketing and travel agent in the PRC. These licenses include 26 licenses as a ticketing agent for international and domestic flights for both cargo and passengers issued by the Civil Aviation Administration of China ("CAAC CAAC Civil Aviation Administration of China
CAAC Civilian Agency Acquisition Council
CAAC Capital Area Activities Conference (Lansing, Michigan, USA)
CAAC Clean Air Action Corporation
CAAC Citizens' Action Against Crime
") and the International Air Transport Association ("IATA IATA

International Air Transport Association, which sets the rules for air transport, including those concerning air transport of animals.
") and 3 licenses as a domestic and international travel agent issued by the Administrative Bureau of Tourism of China. In addition, New Generation is also an authorized/licensed insurance agent in China to provide, in particular, accidental and life insurances. New Generation also provides premium "red carpet" airport based services to prestigious clients and will participate in the opening of the new airport in Guangzhou, the PRC. New Generation is believed to contribute a superior revenue base to the Company.

The Business Value-Added Services Division concentrates on value-added services of credit cards and merchant related businesses as well as on consultancy services. Guangdong World Trade Link Information Services See Information Systems.  Limited ("WTC WTC World Trade Center, see there  Link"), a subsidiary of CWTC, formed a partnership with the Agricultural Bank of China The Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) (Simplified Chinese: 中国农业银行; Traditional Chinese: 中國農業銀行  to manage the Company's co-brand credit card project. WTC Link is an active provider of CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization.  solution and services in China. It helps China Telecom to develop and manage the merchants' privilege VIP member services. WTC Link also formed a partnership with China Unionpay to develop the royalty systems for bank card holders in Guangdong Province, China. In addition, this Division also provides consultancy services to CWTC's members and clients in the financial services areas including mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring and financing.

China World Trade has consolidated companies in industries of trade, travel and finance. These companies and acquisitions form a group which has the capability to provide value added Value Added

The enhancement a company gives its product or service before offering the product to customers.

Notes:
This can either increase the products price or value.
 services and strong cross-marketing opportunities for its members' utilization.

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 are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. China World Trade Corp cautions you that any forward-looking information provided by or on behalf of China World Trade Corp is not a guarantee of future performance. None of the information on this website constitutes an offer to sell securities or investment advice of any kind, and visitors should not base their investment decisions on information contained in this website. China World Trade Corp's actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, some of which are beyond China World Trade Corp's control. In addition to those discussed in China World Trade Corp's press releases, public filings, and statements by China World Trade Corp's management, including, but not limited to, China World Trade Corp's estimate of the sufficiency of its existing capital resources, China World Trade Corp's ability to raise additional capital to fund future operations, China World Trade Corp's ability to repay its existing indebtedness, the uncertainties involved in estimating market opportunities and, in identifying contracts which match China World Trade Corp's capability to be awarded contracts. All such forward-looking statements are current only as of the date on which such statements were made. China World Trade Corp does not undertake any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which any such statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
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