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Defined contribution retirement plans
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
Defined contribution retirement plans
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Defined contribution retirement plans

As stipulated by the regulations of the PRC government, companies operating in the PRC have defined contribution retirement plans for their employees. The PRC government is responsible for the pension liability to these retired employees. The Group was required to make specified contributions to the state-sponsored retirement plan based on the basic salary cost of their staff. Each of the employees of the PRC subsidiary and VIE is also required to contribute certain percentage of his/her basic salary.

Contributions to defined contribution retirement plan for the three months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 were $214,781 and $148,493, respectively, while for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 amounted to $418,064 and $296,593, respectively.  These contributions are recorded with the associated compensation as components of cost of revenue, selling and distribution expenses, and general and administrative expenses based upon the responsibilities of the related employee.