China-Biotics, Inc. (CHBT)

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SHANGHAI, China, Sept. 9 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- China-Biotics, Inc. (OTC:CHBT) (BULLETIN BOARD: CHBT) ('China-Biotics," "the Company"), a leading Chinese firm specializing in the manufacture, research, development, marketing and distribution of probiotics products, today announced it has begun to install equipment for its new manufacturing facility.

The new facility, occupying approximately 789,000 square feet, is located in Qing Pu Industrial Park (the 'Park') in Shanghai. Phase 1 of the project will comprise three main buildings and will have a production capacity of 150 metric tons of probiotics per year.

'We are delighted that construction of our new plant is on schedule,' said Mr. Jinan Song, China-Biotics' Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. 'We are now installing major manufacturing equipment, and we look forward to commencing production by December 2008.'