BEIJING--30 Jan--Xinhua-PRNewswire-AsiaNet/InfoQuest Beijing Perfect World Network Technology Co., Ltd. ("PW Network" or "theCompany") today announced that on January 12, 2008, the Chief Executive OfficerMr. Chi Yufeng met Mr. John Woo, the director of the movie "Red Cliff", todiscuss the ongoing and future cooperation between the movie and "Chi Bi". "I am very happy to see the results from the initial phase of thepromotional efforts on 'Red Cliff' and 'Chi Bi'," said Mr. John Woo, directorof "Red Cliff". "The cooperation between the promotions of the domesticallyproduced movie, 'Red Cliff', and the outstanding domestically developed onlinegame, 'Chi Bi', has delivered successful results thus far. During the initialphase of promoting 'Chi Bi', the game's incorporation of the movie's elementshas created a great access for online game players to gain familiarity with themovie, while expanding the reach of the game." "We are going to add more in-game features when we launch the open betatesting for 'Chi Bi'," commented Mr. Chi Yufeng, Chief Executive Officer of PWNetwork. "We will also include more movie scenes in the game to achieve aseamless cooperation with 'Red Cliff', and to provide a more interactiveexperience for online game players. Furthermore, we expect to coordinate thegame's promotion with the movie's schedule in order to maximize the effect." "As movies and online games have become important for promoting Chineseculture, we will continue to be committed to diversifying our game portfolio byutilizing our powerful online game development platform. We also hope tocontinuously work more closely with John and his future productions. Bydevoting both of our efforts on enhancing the development of the Chinesecreative industry, we can promote the Chinese culture with a more influentialentertainment model." Mr. Chi added. PW Network launched the open beta testing for "Chi Bi" on January 25,2008. "Red Cliff" which goes by the same name in Chinese, is currently in thepost production process and is expected to be released in July of 2008. For more information, please contact: Beijing Perfect world Li Meng Tel: +86-10-5885-8555 X1140 Email: [email protected] SOURCE Beijing Perfect World Network Technology Co., Ltd.