FUQI International Added to Membership of Russell Indexes

SHENZHEN, China, July 1 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FUQI International, Inc. (Nasdaq: FUQI) today announced that it was added to the U.S. Small-Cap Russell 2000 Index after the equity markets closed on June 27th as Russell Investments reconstituted its comprehensive family of global indexes. Membership in the Russell 2000, which remains in place for one year, is based on membership in the broad-market Russell 3000 index. The stock also was added systematically to the appropriate growth and value indexes.

Yu Kwai Chong, Chairman of Fuqi International, stated, ''Joining the Russell indexes is a great moment in our company's history. Our addition is a reflection of the progress we have made since we listed our shares on the Nasdaq Stock Market in October 2007. We believe that our inclusion in these indexes will help increase our visibility among investors and contribute to our efforts to increase shareholder value.''

The Russell 3000 also serves as the U.S. component to the Russell Global Index, which Russell launched last year.

Russell indexes are widely used by investment managers and institutional investors for index funds and as benchmarks for both passive and active investment strategies. An industry-leading $4.4 trillion in assets currently are benchmarked to them. These investment tools originated from Russell's multi-manager investment business in the early 1980s when the company saw the need for a more objective, market-driven set of benchmarks in order to evaluate outside investment managers.

Real-time market analysis on the Russell 2000 and other Russell Indexes is available at http://www.russell.com/Indexes/performance/real_time_market_analysis.asp .

About Russell:

Russell Investments aims to improve financial security for people by providing strategic advice, world-class implementation, state-of-the-art performance benchmarks, and a range of institutional-quality investment products. With more than $213 billion in assets under management, Russell serves individual, institutional and advisor clients in more than 40 countries. Russell provides access to some of the world's best money managers. It helps investors put this access to work in corporate defined benefit and defined contribution plans, and in the life savings of individual investors. Headquartered in Tacoma, Wash., Russell has principal offices in Amsterdam, Auckland, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, London, Melbourne, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo and Toronto. For more information on Russell indexes, go to http://www.russell.com .

About FUQI International

Based in Shenzhen, China, FUQI International, Inc. is a leading designer of high quality precious metal jewelry in China, developing, promoting, and selling a broad range of products in the large and rapidly expanding Chinese luxury goods market.

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