BEIJING, Aug. 23 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Fuwei Films (Holdings) Co., Limited (Nasdaq: FFHL) ("Fuwei Films" or the "Company"), a manufacturer and distributor of high-quality BOPET plastic film located in China, today announced that its Board of Directors has elected Mr. Shan Jiang to serve as an Independent director of Fuwei Films' Board effective in August, 2010.

"We are pleased to welcome Mr. Shan Jiang as a member of our Board of Directors," said Xiaoan He, Chairman and CEO of Fuwei Films. "We believe that Mr. Jiang's experience as an attorney will develop the Company's legal understanding and his professional experience in litigating business affairs cases will assist us in developing our business practices."

Mr. Shan Jiang has been a Partner at C&I Partners Legal Firm in Beijing since June 1995. From March 1982 to December 1986, he worked at the Maritime Court Office of the Ministry of Communications. From December 1986 to May 1995, he worked in the Legal Affairs Center of China. He has many years of experience in as a litigator and is experienced in dealing with complicated legal affairs. He graduated from Renmin University of China and received his L.L.B. in Economic Law in 1985.

About Fuwei Films

Fuwei Films conducts its business through its wholly owned subsidiary Shandong Fuwei Films Co., Ltd. ("Shandong Fuwei"). Shandong Fuwei develops, manufactures and distributes high-quality plastic films using the biaxial oriented stretch technique, otherwise known as BOPET film (biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate). Fuwei's BOPET film is widely used to package food, medicine, cosmetics, tobacco and alcohol, as well as in the imaging, electronics, and magnetic products industries.

For more information about the Company, please visit the Company's website at [ http://www.fuweiholdings.com ] .

Safe Harbor

This press release contains information that constitutes forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any such forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from any future results described by the forward-looking statements. Risk factors that could contribute to such differences include those matters more fully disclosed in the Company's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking information provided herein represents the Company's estimates as of the date of the press release, and subsequent events and developments may cause the Company's estimates to change. The Company specifically disclaims any obligation to update the forward-looking information in the future. Therefore, this forward-looking information should not be relied upon as representing the Company's estimates of its future financial performance as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release.

The forward-looking statements included in this press release are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions about our businesses and business environments. These statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are not a guarantee of future performance. Actual results of our operations may differ materially from information contained in the forward-looking statements as a result of risk factors some of which are include, among other things, competition in the BOPET film industry; growth of, and risks inherent in, the BOPET film industry in China; uncertainty as to future profitability and our ability to obtain adequate financing for our planned capital expenditure requirements; uncertainty as to our ability to continuously develop new BOPET film products and keep up with changes in BOPET film technology; risks associated with possible defects and errors in our products; uncertainty as to our ability to protect and enforce our intellectual property rights; uncertainty as to our ability to attract and retain qualified executives and personnel; and uncertainty in acquiring raw materials on time and on acceptable terms, particularly in view of the volatility in the prices of petroleum products in recent years.

 For more information, please contact: In China: Christina He Investor Relations Phone: +86-10-6852-2612 Email: [ fuweiIR@fuweifilms.com ] In the U.S.: Leslie Wolf-Creutzfeldt Investor Relations The Global Consulting Group Tel: +1-646-284-9472 Email: [ lwolf-creutzfeldt@hfgcg.com ]

SOURCE Fuwei Films (Holdings) Co., Limited

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