ROTH Capital Partners, www.roth.com, a full service investment bank recognized for its expertise in U.S.-listed China-based equities, has announced that Director of Research, Mark Tobin will speak at the CCG hosted China Rising Investment Conference scheduled for May 18, 2009 at the Yale Club in New York City.

Mr. Tobin will appear on a noon panel entitled: “Four leading equity analysts provide their top China Stocks for 2009 (and a few shorts for dessert).” Based in ROTH’s Shanghai office, Mr. Tobin covers small cap Chinese equities and is in charge of the firm’s equity research efforts, both in the U.S. and China.

In addition to coverage of U.S.-based small cap stocks, ROTH is deeply committed to China and maintains 15 professionals in Shanghai, plus a complementary China team in the U.S. ROTH currently maintains research coverage on approximately 50 U.S. exchange listed Chinese companies. ROTH's in-depth, feet-on-the-ground approach has built an industry leading knowledge of the overall U.S.-listed China sector, with analysts conducting site visits to over 100 companies in the past 12 months.

Over the past two years ROTH has taken U.S. investors to more than 40 company facilities in mainland China and hosted close to 350 China company presentations at its U.S. and China conferences. It has completed over 40 transactions totaling more than $2 billion for U.S. listed Chinese companies.

“Our China research has focused on companies we believe are better positioned to benefit from domestic growth within China," noted Tobin. "China's aggressive fiscal stimulus is beginning to take hold and is enabling it to continue its growth, despite the global economic downturn. We believe certain sectors, such as consumer, agriculture, education, energy/environment, healthcare and infrastructure are particularly attractive in this setting. We’ll be discussing those stocks at the China Rising Investment Conference.”

The China Rising Investment Conference will feature 30 U.S. listed Chinese growth stocks and 10 private Chinese companies from a wide range of sectors including consumer staples, agriculture, pharmaceuticals, infrastructure, information technology, advanced materials and alternative energy.

For more information on the conference-- agenda, updated list and schedule of presenting companies and Webcast information-- please visit: www.chinarisingconference.com

About Roth Capital Partners, LLC:

With corporate headquarters in Newport Beach, California and offices in strategic locations in the Western United States and Shanghai, China, Roth Capital Partners, LLC is a full service investment bank serving corporate and institutional clients throughout the world. Offering a wide array of investment banking services including: initial public offerings, follow-ons, PIPEs, private placements, mergers and acquisitions, investment research, and institutional sales and trading, the firm is perhaps best known for finding, funding and fostering the growth of emerging companies. It is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”), and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC). Visit the Roth Capital Partners website at www.roth.com and roth.china.com

Keywords: China Stocks, Consumer Stocks, Agriculture Stocks, Education Stocks, Energy/environment Stocks, Healthcare Stocks, Infrastructure Stocks