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Joe Zhou, SAIF Partners, Partner

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		Joe Zhou is a Partner at SAIF Partners. He is one of the most active VCs in China. He was elected as “the top ten Venture Capitalist in China” in 2005, 2001 and year 2000 by CVCF. He was elected by TopCapital as “2005 Venture Capitalist of the Year”. Mr. Zhou joined SAIF in October 2001. He participates, leads or manages a numbers of SAIF’s investment in China including Shanda Interactive Entertainment (“SNDA”), Acorn International, ATA, Joymedia, Jade Chip, Sicomm Tech, Risecomm, My Show, Ad-union, Jiahe, Huanqiu Yasi, Unionpay Merchant, UnionPay Loyalty Program Services, Alchip Technologies, and Mobile Digital Corporation. Prior to joining SAIF, Mr. Zhou worked at Softbank China Venture Capital from 2000 to 2001 as the Head of Beijing office. From 1995 to 1999, Mr. Zhou worked at UTStarcom China as Vice President. From 1990 to 1995, Mr. Zhou worked at AT&T Bell Laboratory as a consultant and Lepton Inc as a project manager in New Jersey. From 1982 to 1987, he taught IC design in Beijing University of Technology. Mr. Zhou received a Bachelors degree in engineering from the Beijing University of Technology in 1982, a Masters degree from New Jersey Institute of Technology in 1990.