FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 424(b)(3)
                                                     REGISTRATION NO. 333-122029

                    SHANDA INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED

                           PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT NO. 5
                               DATED MAY 12 , 2006
                                       TO
                         PROSPECTUS DATED JULY 15, 2005

 $275,000,000 PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF ZERO COUPON SENIOR CONVERTIBLE NOTES DUE 2014
            AND ORDINARY SHARES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THE NOTES

      This prospectus supplement supplements and should be read in connection
with the prospectus of Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited dated July 15,
2005 and prospectus supplements no. 1 dated July 26, 2005, no. 2 dated August
29, 2005, no. 3 dated October 18, 2005 and no. 4 dated November 25, 2005. This
prospectus supplement is qualified by reference to the prospectus and such
prospectus supplements, except to the extent that the information provided
hereby supersedes the information contained in the prospectus or such prospectus
supplements. All capitalized terms used but not defined in this prospectus
supplement have the meanings given them in the prospectus.

See "Risk Factors" beginning on page 8 of the prospectus to read about risks you
                    should consider before buying the Notes.

   NEITHER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE
  SECURITIES COMMISSION OR OTHER REGULATORY BODY HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF
  THESE SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS.
            ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

      The information appearing in the table below, as of the date hereof,
supplements the information appearing under the heading "Information About the
Offering -- Selling Securityholders" in the prospectus and the previous
prospectus supplements, and where the name of a selling securityholder
identified in the table below also appears in the table in the prospectus and/or
a previous prospectus supplement, the information set forth in the table below
regarding that selling securityholder supersedes the information in the
prospectus and/or such prospectus supplement. The principal amount of Notes and
the number of our ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes
indicated may be in excess of the total amount registered under the shelf
registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, due to sales or
transfers by selling securityholders of such Notes or shares in transactions
exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act after the date
on which they provided us information regarding their holdings of Notes and our
ordinary shares.



                                                                          MAXIMUM NUMBER OF
                                                                           ORDINARY SHARES
                           PRINCIPAL AMOUNT IN                              ISSUABLE UPON
                               US$ OF NOTES                               CONVERSION OF THE
                            BENEFICIALLY OWNED       PERCENTAGE OF        NOTES THAT MAY BE      PERCENTAGE OF ORDINARY
SELLING SECURITYHOLDER         AND OFFERED         OUTSTANDING NOTES           SOLD (1)          SHARES OUTSTANDING (2)
----------------------     -------------------     -----------------      -----------------      ----------------------
                                                                                     
CNHCA Master Account,
   L.P.(3)............        $ 18,250,000                6.6%                 919,464                   *


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*  Less than 1%.

(1)   For purposes of presenting the maximum number of ordinary shares issuable
      upon conversion of the notes, we have assumed that each $1,000 in
      principal amount of the notes is convertible into 50.3816 of our ordinary
      shares. Although this is the initial conversion rate of the notes, the
      conversion consideration for each Note will actually consist of (a) cash
      in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the principal value of such Note,
      or (ii) the conversion value of such Note (as defined in this prospectus),
      and (b) a number of our ordinary shares equal to the sum of the daily
      share amounts (calculated as described in this prospectus) for each of the
      five consecutive trading days beginning on the third trading day following
      the conversion date. In addition, the conversion rate is subject to
      adjustment as described under "Description of the Notes -- Antidilution
      Adjustments" in the prospectus. As a result, the number of our ordinary
      shares issuable upon the conversion of each Note may be higher or lower
      than the figure indicated.



(2)   Based on 139,960,328 number of ordinary shares outstanding as of the close
      of business on December 31, 2004.

(3)   The securityholder has informed us that Robert Krail, Mark Mitchell and
      Todd Pulvino have voting and dispositive power over the securities
      beneficially owned by such securityholder.

             The date of this prospectus supplement is May 12, 2006.