Recon Technology Subsidiary Awarded High-Tech Enterprise Certificate by Jiangsu Provincial Government

BEIJING, Jan. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Recon Technology, Ltd. (Nasdaq: RCON) ("Recon" or the "Company"), a leading Chinese non-state-owned oil field services provider to oil and gas companies and their affiliates, today announced that its subsidiary, Nanjing Recon Technology Co., Ltd. ("Nanjing Recon"), has been awarded a High-Tech Enterprise certificate by the Jiangsu provincial government.

The certification is intended to support and encourage the development of high-tech businesses within China. Among the six criteria for certification, a company must own the intellectual property rights to its core products or services, at least 10% of its employees must work in research and development, and the company must generate more than 60% of its annual revenue from the sale of high-tech products or services.

As a High-Tech Enterprise, Nanjing Recon will have access to a series of national and local government support programs, including tax incentives, intellectual property protection, and technical support from the central and local governments. Additionally, Nanjing Recon, which generates approximately 30% of Recon's total annual revenue, will receive a preferential reduced income tax rate of 15%. Prior to receiving the certification, Nanjing Recon was subject to the statutory corporate income tax rate of 25% as mandated by the Enterprise Income Tax Law of the People's Republic of China. The Company will recognize the benefits of the certificate through fiscal 2012.

Another Recon subsidiary, Beijing BHD Petroleum Technology Co., Ltd., received High-Tech Enterprise certification from the Beijing district on November 25, 2009 and will continue to benefit from the corresponding preferential policies through fiscal 2011. These policies include a preferential tax rate of 15% and support from the National Torch Program, which aims to develop high-tech industries in China.

About Recon Technology, Ltd.

Recon Technology, Ltd. has been providing leading Chinese oil and gas companies with automation services that increase efficiency and profitability in exploring, extracting, producing, processing, refining and transporting petroleum products for over 10 years. The company's proprietary computerized process control system manages oil production in real-time to increase extraction levels, reduce impurities in extracted petroleum and lower production costs. In addition, as one of only two acoustic system providers in the world, Recon's acoustic pipeline monitoring system is widely used to prevent gas leakage in the transport pipeline. Recon's technology is based on three software copyrights, eight product patents and four pending patents. Recon Technology is the first Chinese non-state-owned oil and gas service company to go public in the U.S.

More information may be found at http://www.recon.cn or via e-mail at [email protected].

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