Great Wall Broadband Network   www.gwbn.com.cn The Great Wall Broadband Network Service Co., Ltd. (GWBN) is a hi-tech network service company established in April 2000 with joint investments from the Great Wall Science & Technology Co., Ltd., China Great Wall Computer Ltd. (Shenzhen) and Shenzhen Development Science & Technology Co., Ltd. The Great Wall Science & Technology Company is a public corporation trading H shares, while the latter two partners are publicly listed with A shares. In order to accelerate the development of the Internet, GWBN is devoting its efforts to constructing the Great Wall Broadband Network using advanced next generation technology. Over the next three years the infrastructure for the Great Wall Broadband Network will be put in place in major cities throughout the country. To augment the company's rapid development strategy, GWBN has established its headquarters in Beijing representing North China and regional offices in Shanghai covering East China, Shenzhen in South China, Wuhan in Central China and Chengdu in Southwest China. Keeping in line with the current trend of high-speed broadband Internet technology and in consideration of the high concentration of inland residences which are becoming increasingly more standardized, the Broadband Network is building a fiber-optical broadband Ethernet with households as the starting point. Modern homes will now be equipped with a network interface in addition to the more traditional telephone and TV interfaces. Community networks will link into metropolitan area networks, through which, they will be connected to the backbone network for the whole country. The Broadband Network is oriented to provide Internet users with access to services with a bandwidth of over 10M. It will also offer a variety of featured information services, including WWW browsing, VOD, E-mail, E-commerce, online chat, online games, distance learning, remote medical services and culture and entertainment.