CNR Clarifies Market Confusion

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - May 12, 2011) - China Metro-Rural Holdings Limited (NYSE Amex: CNR) clarifies market confusion on results announcement.

"It is our goal to ensure our accountability to all stakeholders by keeping up-to-date with our business and understand our business to their fullest potential. To alleviate any confusion, we wanted to ensure our shareholders understand that we are a foreign private issuer and as such, our filing requirements are different as compared to domestic company. Instead of 10Q and 10-K, we are only required by the SEC to file Form 20-F to publish our annual results and semi-annual results in accordance with NYSE Amex Rules. As such, we are not obligated to publish quarterly results. We have always complied with each and every SEC rules and regulations," states Sam Sio, CEO of CNR.

"For your reference and to maintain a higher corporate governance standards, all of our past SEC filings and our 'Code of Business Conduct and Ethics' could be found on our official website at http://www.chinametrorural.com to help alleviate any confusion surrounding the market."

ABOUT CHINA METRO-RURAL HOLDINGS LIMITED

China Metro-Rural Holdings Limited is one of the leading developers and operators of large scale, integrated agricultural logistics and trade centers in Northeast China that facilitate a relationship between sellers and buyers of agricultural commodities and small appliances, provide relevant physical platform and timely marketing information and intelligence, provide a transparent and competitive market price discovery mechanism and provide infrastructure to enhance the living standards of those from the rural area.

Forward-Looking Statements

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