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ChinaSprout's Founder Wins "Fast Track Signature Award"

Xiaoning Wang Honored at National Association of Women Business Owners – NYC Chapter

For Immediate Release
March 10, 2003

New York - March 10, 2003 - Xiaoning Wang, president of ChinaSprout Inc., is the proud winner of the 2003 Fast Track Signature Award from the National Association of Women Business Owners – NYC Chapter. The Signature Award recognizes the individuality of a woman who has left her own unique mark – her “signature” on the New York business community.

The New York City chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners has more women-owned businesses than any U.S. metro area and is the premier membership organization serving these diverse women entrepreneurs. Through its dynamic programs, the organization helps women business owners to grow, economically, professionally, socially and politically. The Signature Award Gala is an event where women inspire the audience to create success for themselves.

“I am thrilled and honored to be a recipient of this prestigious award,” said Wang. “When I first started Chinasprout, I never dreamed that it would grow as fast as it did and develop such an enormous following.”

ChinaSprout.com offers Chinese educational and cultural products as well as community services. In fact, Wang and her partners personally select each and every item, looking specifically for high-quality items from China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong that are not available locally in New York's Chinatown. Her most popular products include Chinese language videos and books, traditional clothings, as well as arts & crafts products.

The concept of Chinasprout first emerged after Wang gave birth to her son Simon in 1997. During outings with her son, Wang was approached by many people who had adopted children from China and wished to know more about Chinese culture. It seemed that all these families had two things in common: the need for easily accessible, high-quality products to teach their children about Chinese heritage and the language of their ancestors and a forum in which to discuss the issues of what it means to be Chinese living in a Western culture. Impressed and moved by their enthusiasm, Wang took the plunge and started her own e-business. Thus, ChinaSprout was born in June of 1999.

Today Chinasprout.com is thriving in its online environment, and Wang is busy making plans to expand the business to the educational market in 2003.

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ChinaSprout was created to satisfy the increasing demand among families who had adopted children from China, for educational and cultural materials. It provides resources to both teach and learn about Chinese culture. Upon celebrating its first anniversary, it became clear that ChinaSprout was needed to fulfill the needs of a much broader virtual community, which included not only adoptive families, but also newly immigrated Chinese, Chinese American, and anyone who is interested in Chinese culture. For more information, please visit www.chinasprout.com.

The New York City chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners has been helping women entrepreneurs thrive since 1983. New York City has more women-owned businesses than any U.S. metro area, and NAWBO-NYC is the premier membership organization serving these diverse women entrepreneurs. Through its dynamic programs, NAWBO-NYC helps women business owners to grow, economically, professionally, socially and politically. Its mission is to strengthen the wealth-creating capacity of its members and promote economic development; create innovative and effective changes in the business culture; build strategic alliances, coalitions and affiliations; and transform public policy and influence opinion leaders. For more information, please visit www.nawbonyc.org.