09:40     QINGLING MOTORS<01122> - Suspension of Trading                      

    At the request of Qingling Motors Company Limited (the "Company"),        
    trading in its H shares will be suspended with effect from 9:30 a.m. today
    (17/5/2005) pending the issue of an announcement to update the status of  
    the announcement made by the Company on 27 April 2005.