－－Tennis Long Card (Tennis Masters Cup) has been issued

November 12, 2006---The annual Tennis Masters Cup was held again in Shanghai. On the first day of this event, China Construction Bank (CCB) and China UnionPay had a grand ceremony of card issuance in the press briefing hall of Shanghai Qizhong Tennis Center, and declared the official launch of the first domestic fashionable and sports credit card—Tennis Long Card (Tennis Masters Cup). Vice President of CCB Mr. Fan Yifei, President of China UnionPay’s Mr. Wan Jianhua, Chief Executive Officer of the ATP International Group Mr. Brad Drewett, and other related personnel attended this issuance ceremony.

Tennis Long Card (Tennis Masters Cup) is a fashionable and sports credit card designed elaborately for tennis fans, with the background of tennis ball and racket on the surface. It has gold card and standard card. The design of the card pictures tennis fans sporting spirit of health and progress.

As one of standard credit cards with logo of UnionPay, Tennis Long Card (Tennis Masters Cup) has all functions of Long credit card as follows: in addition to traditional functions such as payment after using the card, emergency service, online banking, no risk for reporting loss, cardholders also can receive the right of permanent consumption points. That means cardholders can exchange one point by RMB 1 Yuan when they use their cards, and can get VIP treatment and discount at certain merchants that CCB cooperate with.

As one of the principal sponsors of the Master Cup, CCB, on the first day of the contest, launched the domestic first fashionable and sports credit card-- Tennis Long Card (Tennis Masters Cup), which not only is the breakthrough of unifying card payment with one brand at the global game event, but also provides specific rights for cardholders such as shopping discount during the Master Cup.

Tennis Masters Cup is the highest level of top international tennis competitions. Over years, this race has already attracted the attention of sports enthusiasts. The fierce race between top tennis players excites audience. And it also brings infinite opportunities to businesses. This time, CCB fully meets tennis fans needs and makes use of this contest benefits to strengthen CCB’s image and brand awareness. This will be a successful breakthrough in the cooperation between finance industry and sports sector.