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Luis Scola signed an endorsement agreement with ANTA Sports

(Hong Kong, 9 November 2007) ANTA Sports Products Limited ("ANTA Sports" or "the Company", stock code: 2020) is pleased to announce that ANTA Sports has officially entered into an endorsement agreement with Luis Scola, a Houston Rockets star player. Luis Scola became the second NBA star player who signed an endorsement agreement with ANTA Sports after Steve Francis.

Aged 27, Luis Scola was born in Argentina. When he was 15, he participated in the Argentina Basketball League and started to take part in the leagues of Europe from the age of 18. In the basketball season of 2000 to 2001, he joined the majestic European team TAU Cerámica and soon rose as the key player of the team. He won the champion of Spanish Basketball League in 2002, and the MVP of Spanish Basketball League and ACB League in both 2005 and 2007. Besides, he is a power forward of the Argentina national basketball men team. Under his leadership, Argentina won the Olympic Game in 2004. In July this year, Luis Scola joined Houston Rockets. This prominent forward will team up with Yao Ming and form the ever strongest inside force in NBA.

Luis Scola was excited with the collaboration with ANTA Sports, "I am indeed honored to work with the best brand in China. Having been yearning for going to China, I thank ANTA Sports for giving me such a chance. I know people in China love basketball as well. I look forward to contributing more to the basketball fans there."

About ANTA Sports Products Limited
As one of the leading branded sportswear enterprises in the PRC, ANTA Sports primarily designs, develops, manufactures and markets sportswear, including sports footwear, apparel and accessory products for professionals and the general public under ANTA brand. It has one of the best sales records in China, and its footwear leading in composed index on market shares for six consecutive years in China. Revenue of ANTA Sports for the first half of 2007 was RMB1,497 million, representing a 203.1% period-on-period increase over the corresponding period. Profit attributable to shareholders grew by 284.3% to RMB203 million. Basic earnings per share was RMB11.3 cents.

ANTA Sports vitally stresses the brand equity and publicity of ANTA Sports’ products, and is committed to build the brand awareness through newspapers, magazines, TV advertisements, sponsorship for China sports league tournaments (such as CBA league,China Table Tennis Super League and Volleyball League) and endorsement of elite athletes, and other various promoting activities. ANTA Sports’ trademark for its sports footwear has even been named as "China’s Well-Known Trademark" by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce of the PRC. It has also been acclaimed as "China Brand Name Product" and China High-Quality Inspection Exempt Product" etc.

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This press release is distributed by Wonderful Sky Public Relations & Financial Consultant Co., Ltd. for ANTA Sports Products Limited.

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ANTA Sports Products Limited
Paul Ling
Tel: (852) 2116-1660
Fax: (852) 2116-1590
E-mail: ir@anta.com

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Chow Tsz Lung / Bruce Chik
Tel: (852) 2851-1038
Fax: (852) 2815-1352
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