Lihua International (LIWA) Chief Executive Officer to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell

ADVISORY, Oct 9, 2009 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX News Network) --

 What:
 Lihua International (Nasdaq:LIWA) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
 Jianhua Zhu, and Chief Financial Officer Roy Yu will visit the NASDAQ
 MarketSite in New York City's Times Square to celebrate the company's
 initial public offering on The NASDAQ Stock Market. In honor of the
 occasion, Messrs. Zhu and Yu will preside over the NASDAQ Opening Bell
 Ceremony.

 Lihua is currently ranked the No. 1 performing IPO in 2009. As of
 Monday, October 5, 2009, Lihua's stock price had increased 152% since
 its $4.00 pricing on September 4, 2009.

 Where:
 NASDAQ MarketSite - 4 Times Square - 43rd & Broadway - Broadcast Studio

 When:
 Monday, October 12th, 2009 at 9:15 - 9:30 a.m. ET

 Contacts:
 Kristen McNally / Brandi Floberg
 Investor Relations
 The Piacente Group, Inc.
 (212) 481-2050 (office)
 (646) 286-9761 (mobile)
 bfloberg@thepiacentegroup.com
 lihua@tpg-ir.com

 NASDAQ MarketSite:
 Robert Madden
 (646) 441-5045
 Robert.Madden@NASDAQOMX.com

Feed Information:

The Opening Bell is available from 9:20 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. on Galaxy 19 C/15, downlink frequency 4000 vertical. The feed can also be found on Ascent fiber 1623. If you have any questions, please contact Robert Madden at (646) 441-5045.

Radio Feed:

An audio transmission of the Opening Bell is also available from 9:20 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. on uplink IA6 C band / transponder 24, downlink frequency 4180 horizontal. The feed can be found on Ascent fiber 1623 as well.

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Webcast:

A live webcast of the NASDAQ Opening Bell will be available at: http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_about.stm.

Photos:

To obtain a hi-resolution photograph of the Market Open, please go to http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_events.stm and click on the market open of your choice.

About Lihua International (LIWA):

Lihua International, through its two wholly-owned subsidiaries, Lihua Electron and Lihua Copper, is a leading value-added manufacturer of copper replacement products for China's rapidly growing magnet and fine wire market. Lihua is one of the first vertically integrated companies in China to develop, design, manufacture, market and distribute lower cost, high quality, alternatives to pure copper magnet wire. Lihua's products include copper-clad aluminum wire ("CCA") and recycled scrap copper wire and are sold in China either directly to manufacturers or through distributors in the wire and cable industries and manufacturers in the consumer electronics, white goods, automotive, utility, telecommunications and specialty cable industries. Lihua's corporate and manufacturing headquarters are located in the heart of China's copper industry in Danyang, Jiangsu Province. For more information, please visit http://www.lihuaintl.com.

About NASDAQ OMX:

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SOURCE: The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.

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