Gushan Environmental Energy Limited Announces Results of its Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on November 25, 2011

NEW YORK, Nov.28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Gushan Environmental Energy Limited ("Gushan" or the "Company"; NYSE: GU), a leading producer of biodiesel and manufacturer of recycled copper products in China, today announced the results of its Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on November 25, 2011.

At this year's AGM, shareholders approved all of the resolutions proposed in the AGM notice, including the adoption of the 2010 annual report, the audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2010, and re-elections of directors Mr. Deyu Chen and Mr. Dongming Zhang. The total number of members of the board of directors remains five. KPMG was reappointed as the Independent Auditor for the fiscal year 2011.

"We are pleased that shareholders approved all of management's proposed resolutions at this year's Annual General Meeting," stated Jianqiu Yu, Chairman and Principal Executive Officer. "We would like to thank all our shareholders and our board of directors for their continued support of Gushan."

About Gushan Environmental Energy Limited

Gushan is a leader in the China biodiesel industry, in terms of annual production capacity, and one of the leading biodiesel producers in Asia, in terms of nominal capacity. Gushan produces biodiesel, a renewable, clean-burning and biodegradable fuel and a raw material used to produce chemical products, primarily from used cooking oil, and by-products from biodiesel production, including glycerine and plant asphalt. Gushan sells biodiesel directly to users, such as marine vessel operators and chemical factories, as well as to petroleum wholesalers and individual retail gas stations. The Company has seven production facilities, located in the Sichuan, Hebei, Fujian and Hunan provinces and in Beijing, Shanghai and Chongqing, with a combined annual production capacity of 490,000 tons. Gushan's Sichuan production facility is currently in operation. Gushan also operates a recycled copper business through Engen Investments Limited ("Engen"), a 75%-owned subsidiary, that manufactures copper rods, copper wires and copper granules from recycled copper. Currently, Engen has two plants, with a daily production capacity of approximately 210 tons of recycled copper products.

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SOURCE Gushan Environmental Energy Limited