ADVISORY, Sept. 7, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) --
What: Mr. Zhou Wenzhong, China's ambassador to the United States of America, will preside over the opening bell. 48 Chinese companies are listed on NASDAQ with a combined market capitalization of $39 billion. Where: NASDAQ MarketSite - 4 Times Square - 43rd and Broadway - Broadcast Studio When: Monday, September 10, 2007 at 9:30 a.m. ET Contacts: Maoming Zhang (202) 745-6570 zhang_maoming@mfa.gov.cn NASDAQ MarketSite: Jolene Libretto; 646.441.5220; mobile - 347.219.9539 Jolene.Libretto@NASDAQ.com
Feed Information:
The opening bell is available from 9:20 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. Galaxy 26, downlink frequency 4180 horizontal. The feed can also be found on Waterfront fiber 1623. If you have any questions, please contact Jolene Libretto at (646) 441-5220.
Radio Feed:
An audio transmission of the opening bell is also available from 9:20 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. on uplink IA6 C band / transponder 24, downlink frequency 4180 horizontal. The feed can be found on Waterfront fiber 1623 as well.
Webcast:
A live webcast of the NASDAQ Opening Bell will be available at: http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_about.stm.
Photos:
To obtain a hi-resolution photograph of the Market Open, please go to http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_events.stm and click on the market open of your choice.
About Ambassador Zhou Wenzhong:
Zhou, born in east China's Jiangsu Province in August 1945, began his diplomatic career as a staff member of the Beijing Diplomatic Service Bureau from 1970 to 1973. From 1973 to 1975, Zhou studied at Bath University and London School of Economics in the UK.
After his return from Britain, he worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was posted abroad on several missions, including as attache and then third Secretary of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the United States from 1978 to 1983, consul general (Ambassadorial-level) of the PRC in Los Angeles from 1994 to 1995 and minister of the Embassy of the PRC in the United States from 1995 to 1998.
He was deputy director general of the Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 1994.
Zhou became vice foreign minister in 2003 and then Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the United States in 2005.