SHANGHAI, Nov. 17, 2014 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- E-House (China) Holdings Limited ("E-House" or the "Company") (NYSE: EJ), a leading real estate services company in China, today announced that it will, together with other shareholders, provide additional capital for Shanghai Weidian Information and Technology, Ltd. ("Weidian"), which provides mobile community value-added services through the mobile app Shi Hui. As a result, registered capital of Weidian will increase from approximately US$40 million to US$100 million. Weidian was jointly founded by E-House, SINA Corporation (NASDAQ: SINA), Focus Media Holding Limited, and Shentong Express Co., Ltd. E-House has and will retain a controlling stake of 55% in Weidian.  

In July of 2014, E-House started its community value-added services platform with the launch of Shi Hui, a local community-based mobile app, in Beijing and Shanghai. Users download Shi Hui and select their residential compounds, office buildings and/or schools and can win promotional products and free services on a daily basis, find nearby restaurants, stores and other service providers, obtain discount coupons, join discounted group purchases, and participate in chat groups with people in the same communities.  

In its first four months, the Shi Hui app has gained more than 1.25 million registered users in Beijing and Shanghai, 20% to 30% of which are daily active users. The Shi Hui app currently aggregates more than 400,000 service providers in Beijing and Shanghai, out of which over 100,000 are verified service providers. In addition, during the same period more than 3,700 service providers have signed up to offer Shi Hui users free products and services worth a total value of more than US$160 million.

Xin Zhou, E-House's co-chairman and CEO, said, "The remarkable success of Shi Hui since its launch in Beijing and Shanghai gives us strong confidence in its national expansion. With the additional capital injection into Weidian, we plan to launch the Shi Hui app for an additional eight cities, namely Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Hangzhou, Wuhan, Xi'an, Chongqing and Suzhou, by the end of this year."

About E-House

E-House (China) Holdings Limited ("E-House") (NYSE: EJ) is China's leading real estate services company with a nationwide network covering more than 250 cities. E-House offers a wide range of services to the real estate industry, including online advertising, primary sales agency, secondary brokerage, information and consulting, offline advertising and promotion and real estate investment management services. E-House has received numerous awards for its innovative and high-quality services, including "China's Best Company" from the National Association of Real Estate Brokerage and Appraisal Companies and "China Enterprises with the Best Potential" from Forbes. For more information about E-House, please visit http://www.ehousechina.com.

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For investor and media inquiries please contact:

In China:

Ms. Michelle Yuan
Director of Investor Relations
E-House (China) Holdings Limited
Phone: +86 (21) 6133-0754
E-mail: michelleyuan@ehousechina.com

Mr. Derek Mitchell
Ogilvy Financial, Beijing
Phone: +86 (10) 8520-6139
E-mail: ej@ogilvy.com

In the United States:

Mr. Justin Knapp
Ogilvy Financial, U.S.
Phone: +1 (616) 551-9714
E-mail: ej@ogilvy.com

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