Yasheng Group Announces Corresponding Symbol Change to HERB

  Yasheng Group (OTCQB: HERB), a diversified China-based agricultural conglomerate with US headquarters in California, today announced that their symbol YHGG changed to HERB effective 02/13/2013.

Yasheng Group Yasheng Group, founded over 30 years ago, is a US holding company that conducts primarily agricultural operations in the Northwest of China. Today it is one of China's leading producers and marketers with six major product segments including field crops, vegetables, fruit, specialty crops, hops, hemp, seeds, beef and poultry. Yasheng is a supplier of high-quality agricultural products to world-famous conglomerates such as McDonald's, KFC, Tsingtao Beer, and Pepsi. The company is led by a highly qualified management team and has total assets of approximately $2.0 billion, over 15,000 employees, and a history of strong sales and earnings growth. Please visit our website www.yashenggroup.com and register to receive future press releases directly.

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