CHICAGO - October 24, 2000 - China Southern Airlines (NYSE: ZNH) (HKSE: 1055)  www.csair.com/en, the largest airline in The  People's Republic of China is pleased to announce that pigs do fly!

The China Southern Airlines' 747-400 cargo aircraft carried 700 swine from 
Chicago to Shenzhen and is being unloaded in China today. The total weight 
of the live shipment was more than 85 tons.

"Clearly this is the first and largest live animal shipment we have carried 
since we began cargo operations in the USA last April," said Wayne Chen, 
General Manager, Chicago. Chen added that a host of governmental agencies 
were involved in approving this live air shipment including the United States 
Department of Agriculture.

The hogs are headed to China for processing and originated from a family farm 
in the Midwest - which has been in the business of live animal trading with 
Chinese processing companies in Shenzhen and Shanghai since 1978 - and have 
been fully inspected and approved by the Chinese Quarantine Bureau for more 
than two months prior to today's air cargo shipment. 

China Southern Airlines' offers Boeing 747-400 cargo flights from Chicago to 
Shenzhen with a cargo stop in Shanghai, China every Wednesday, Friday or 
Sunday. 

The return flight from Shenzhen to Chicago is a direct flight. Both inbound 
and outbound flights make technical refueling stops in Anchorage.

Additionally, East Coast USA shippers can drop off their freight at JFK 
International Airport with one-day service to either Shanghai or Shenzhen.

For additional information about China Southern Airlines' cargo between the 
USA and China, please call the China Southern Airlines Cargo Office in 
Chicago at (773) 601-8800, toll free at 1-888-212-0833 or via fax at (773) 
601-8866.

For Immediate Release: Contact: Mr. Jeff Ruffolo
Senior Advisor
International Public Relations
Office 1-714-532-2054
E-Mail: RuffoloPR@aol.com