XI'AN, China, June 16 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Green Agriculture, Inc. (NYSE Amex Equities: CGA; "China Green Agriculture" or "the Company"), a leading producer and distributor of humic acid ("HA") based liquid compound fertilizer through its wholly owned subsidiary, Shaanxi TechTeam Jinong Humic Acid Product Co., Ltd., today announced that it is set to join the broad-market Russell 3000(R) Index when Russell Investments ("Russell") reconstitutes its comprehensive set of U.S. and global equity indexes on June 26, 2009, according to a preliminary list of additions posted on June 12, 2009 at http://www.russell.com/ . Annual reconstitution of Russell's U.S. indexes captures the 4,000 largest U.S. stocks as of the end of May 2009 ranking them by total market capitalization. Membership in the Russell 3000, which remains in place for one year, means automatic inclusion for China Green Agriculture in the Russell Microcap(R) Index as well as the appropriate growth and value style indexes. Russell determines membership for its equity indexes primarily by objective, market-capitalization rankings and style attributes. "We are very pleased to be selected for the Russell Indexes," stated Mr. Tao Li, Chairman and CEO of China Green Agriculture. "We believe inclusion in these indexes will help increase our visibility among investors and contribute to our efforts to increase liquidity and shareholder value." The Russell 3000 Index also serves as the U.S. component of the Russell Global(R) Index, which Russell launched in 2007. The Russell indexes are widely used by investment managers and institutional investors for index funds and as benchmarks for both passive and active investment strategies. An industry-leading $4 trillion in assets currently are benchmarked to them. Total returns data for the Russell 3000 and other Russell indexes are available at http://www.russell.com/Indexes/performance/default.asp . About China Green Agriculture, Inc. China Green Agriculture, Inc. produces and distributes humic acid ("HA") based liquid compound fertilizer through its wholly owned subsidiary, Shaanxi TechTeam Jinong Humic Acid Product Co., Ltd., ("TechTeam"). TechTeam produces and sells approximately 15,000 metric tons of over 100 different kinds of fertilizer products per year. All of TechTeam's fertilizer products are trademarked by the PRC government as Green Production Material and suitable for growing "green" foods, as stated by the China Green Food Development Center. TechTeam's fertilizers are highly concentrated liquids which require an application of approximately 120 ml per mu per application. Its average end user has approximately four mu of land (one mu = .165 acres). China Green Agriculture currently markets its fertilizer products to private wholesalers and retailers of agricultural farm products in 27 provinces in the PRC. The leading five provinces by revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2009 are Shaanxi (12.2%), Shandong (10.6%), Anhui (6.2%), Xinjiang (6.0%) and Henan (5.4%), which in total accounted for 40.5% of our total fertilizer sales from the sale of our fertilizer products. For more information, visit http://www.cgagri.com/ . Safe Harbor Statement This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning the Company's business, products and financial results. The Company's actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements depending on a number of risk factors including, but not limited to, the following: general economic and business conditions, development, shipment, market acceptance, additional competition from existing and new competitors, changes in technology, and various other factors beyond the Company's control. All forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by this Cautionary Statement and the risk factors detailed in the Company's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. China Green Agriculture undertakes no duty to revise or update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release For more information, please contact: China Green Agriculture, Inc. Ms. Ying Yang, Chief Financial Officer Tel: +1-626-623-2575 Email: HC International, Inc. Ted Haberfield, Executive VP Tel: +1-760-755-2716 Email: Web: http://www.hcinternational.net/ DATASOURCE: China Green Agriculture, Inc. CONTACT: China Green Agriculture, Inc., Ms. Ying Yang, Chief Financial Officer, +1-626-623-2575, or HC International, Inc., Ted Haberfield, Executive VP, +1-760-755-2716, for China Green Agriculture, Inc. Web site: http://www.russell.com/ http://www.cgagri.com/ http://www.russell.com/Indexes/performance/default.asp http://www.hcinternational.net/

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