ChinaCache Cloud Exchange Platform Awarded Top Prize for Innovation

ChinaCache International Holdings Ltd. (“ChinaCache” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:CCIH), the leading total solutions provider of Internet content and application delivery services in China, today announced that its Cloud Exchange Platform won the 2016 Annual Innovation Product Award at the annual China Industrial Internet Conference, held on December 6, 2016, in Beijing. The annual conference recognized ChinaCache’s innovative contributions to the Chinese Internet industry.

“We are delighted to be recognized for our innovation with this prestigious award,” said Mr. Song Wang, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ChinaCache. “China’s cloud computing industry is developing at an unprecedented pace.  We are proud that our Cloud Exchange Platform efficiently facilitates cloud services for enterprises of all sizes by being their highway between data centers and private cloud networks to cloud services providers.”

“This award is evidence of our on-going effort to transform ourselves from a pure CDN provider to a total solutions provider offering a three-layer structured network of the IDCs, Internet and cloud exchange centers and extensive CDN nodes. We believe this new generation data center network will emerge as one of the best business models in the Chinese CDN industry and further enable us to deliver superior value to our customers,” Mr. Wang concluded.

Based on software-defined networking (SDN) technology, ChinaCache’s Cloud Exchange Platform provides proprietary interconnection solutions for data centers and public clouds. The platform offers customized services for enterprise customers to connect safely and efficiently from their data centers or private clouds at multiple cities to the cloud services provider networks through virtual and private connections that are secure, convenient and low-latency.  Currently, ChinaCache’s Cloud Exchange Platform is established in the Chinese cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.

About ChinaCache International Holdings Ltd.ChinaCache International Holdings Ltd. (Nasdaq:CCIH) is the leading total solutions provider of Internet content and application delivery services in China. As a carrier-neutral service provider, ChinaCache's network in China is interconnected with networks operated by all telecom carriers, major non-carriers and local Internet service providers. With more than a decade of experience in developing solutions tailored to China's complex Internet infrastructure, ChinaCache is a partner of choice for businesses, government agencies and other enterprises to enhance the reliability and scalability of online services and applications and improve end-user experience. For more information on ChinaCache, please visit ir.chinacache.com.

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