Gushan Files Annual Report On Form 20-F

NEW YORK, April 7/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gushan Environmental Energy Limited ("Gushan" or the "Company"; NYSE: GU), a leading producer of biodiesel in China, today announced that its Annual Report on Form 20-F, as amended by Form 20-F/A, which includes audited financial statements for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 ("Form 20-F"), has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Form 20-F has been posted on the Company's website at http://www.chinagushan.com/en/, under the "Investor Relations" section and is also available online at http://www.sec.gov.

Shareholders may receive a hard copy of the Company's complete audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009, free of charge upon request by contacting +852-2587 7212 by telephone or [email protected] by e-mail.

About Gushan Environmental Energy Limited

Gushan is a leader in the PRC biodiesel industry, in terms of annual production capacity, and one of the leading biodiesel producers in Asia, in terms of nominal capacity. The Company produces biodiesel, a renewable, clean-burning and biodegradable fuel and a raw material used to produce chemical products, primarily from vegetable oil offal and used cooking oil, and by-products from biodiesel production, including glycerine, plant asphalt, erucic acid and erucic amide. Gushan sells biodiesel directly to users, such as marine vessel operators and chemical factories, as well as to petroleum wholesalers and individual retail gas stations. The Company has seven production facilities, located in the Sichuan, Hebei, Fujian and Hunan provinces and in Beijing, Shanghai and Chongqing, with a combined annual production capacity of 450,000 tons. The Company's Sichuan, Hebei, Beijing and Shanghai production facilities are currently in operation.

Safe Harbor Statement

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For further information, please contact:

    
     
    US
    Elizabeth Cheek 
    Hill & Knowlton (New York) 
    Tel: (1) 212 885 0682
    Email: [email protected]   
    
    Asia
    Rico Ngai
    Hill & Knowlton (Hong Kong)
    Tel: (852) 2894 6204
    Email: [email protected]

SOURCE Gushan Environmental Energy Limited