China Cord Blood Corporation Joins Russell Global Index

HONG KONG, June 29 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Cord Blood Corporation (NYSE: CO; "the Company") today announced that it joined the Russell Global Index after the market close on Friday, June 25, 2010.

Membership in the Russell Global Index, which remains in place for one year, means automatic inclusion in the appropriate indexes as well as the applicable style, sector and country indexes. Russell determines membership for its equity indexes primarily by objective, market-capitalization rankings and style attributes.

Ms. Ting Zheng, China Cord Blood Corporation's Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "We are very pleased to have been included in the Russell Global Index. Membership in this index will increase our recognition among investors and is a direct result of our efforts to increase liquidity and shareholder value. We believe our membership in this index will help expand the potential investor base and allow us greater visibility in the investment community."

Russell indexes are widely used by investment managers and institutional investors both to construct index funds and to measure performance as benchmarks for passive and active investment strategies. An industry-leading $39 trillion in assets are benchmarked to these indexes.

The Russell Global Index, which captures 98% of investable securities globally, is reconstituted annually and all sub-indexes are recalibrated simultaneously to accurately measure current market realities for each market segment. 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.

About Russell

Russell Investments provides strategic advice, world-class implementation, state-of-the-art performance benchmarks and a range of institutional-quality investment products. Russell has $179 billion in assets under management as of March 31, 2010, and serves individual, institutional and advisor clients in more than 40 countries. Founded in 1936, Russell is a subsidiary of The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company.

About China Cord Blood Corporation

China Cord Blood Corporation is the first and the largest cord blood banking operator in China in terms of geographical coverage and is the only cord blood bank operator with multiple licenses (i.e., Beijing, Guangdong and Shandong). Under the current PRC government regulations, only one licensed cord blood bank operator is permitted to operate in each licensed region and only six licenses have been issued as of today. China Cord Blood Corporation provides cord blood collection, laboratory testing, hematopoietic stem cell processing, and stem cell storage services. For more information, please visit our website at http://www.chinacordbloodcorp.com .

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release contains forward-looking statements as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events, performance and results of operations, and underlying assumptions and other statements that are other than statements of historical facts. These statements are subject to uncertainties and risks including, but not limited to, product and service demand and acceptance, changes in technology, economic conditions, the impact of competition and pricing, government regulation, and other risks contained in statements filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All such forward-looking statements, whether written or oral, and whether made by or on behalf of the company, are expressly qualified by the cautionary statements and any other cautionary statements which may accompany the forward-looking statements. In addition, the company disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof.

    For more information, please contact:

    China Cord Blood Corporation
     Ms. Joeling Law
     Tel:   +852-3605-8180
     Email: [email protected]

    Integrated Corporate Relations, Inc.

     In New York:
     Ashley M. Ammon or Christine Duan
     Phone: +1-646-277-1227

     In Beijing:
     Wei-Jung Yang
     Phone: +86-10-6599-7968

SOURCE China Cord Blood Corporation

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