China Automotive Systems To Announce 2009 First Quarter Financial Results on May 12

Teleconference to be held at 8:00 A.M. EDT

WUHAN, China, May 4 China Automotive Systems, Inc. , a leading power steering components and systems supplier in China, today announced that it will issue financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2009 on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 before the stock market opens. Management will conduct a conference call on Tuesday, May 12 at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time to discuss these results. A question and answer session will follow management's presentation. To participate, please call the following numbers 10 minutes before the call start time and ask to be connected to the "China Automotive Systems" conference call:

Phone Number: +1-877-407-9205 (North America)
Phone Number: +1-201-689-8054 (International)

In addition, the conference call will be broadcast live over the Internet at: http://www.caasauto.com/

Please go to the web site at least 15 minutes early to register, download and install any necessary software.

A telephone replay of the call will be available after the conclusion of the conference call through 11:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time on Tuesday, May 26, 2009. The dial-in details for the replay are: U.S. Toll Free Number +1-877-660-6853, International dial-in number +1-201-612-7415; using Account "286" and Conference ID "322107" to access the replay. The internet audio stream will also be available until 11:59 pm Eastern Daylight Time on Tuesday, May 26.