SHANGHAI, July 31 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited (Nasdaq: SNDA), Shanda or the 'Company', announced that it was ranked highest for all three awards issued at the Ten-Year China Online Game Industry Award Ceremony. The awards celebrate and recognize companies and individuals that have made outstanding contributions in China's online game industry in the past ten years. The three awards Shanda received were as follows:

    -- Most Influential Figure in China's Online Game Industry in the Past Ten
       Years - Tianqiao Chen, Shanda's Chairman and CEO
    -- Most Valuable Enterprise in China's Online Game Industry in the Past
       Ten Years - Shanda
    -- Most Popular Original Online Game in China's Online Game Industry in
       the Past Ten Years - The World of Legend

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About Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited

Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited (NasdaqGS: SNDA) is a leading interactive entertainment media company in China. Shanda offers a portfolio of diversified entertainment content including some of the most popular massively multi-player online role-playing games (MMORPGs) and advanced casual online games in China, as well as online chess and board games, network PC games and a variety of cartoons, literature works and music. Shanda's interactive entertainment platform attracts a large and loyal user base. Each user can interact with thousands of other users and enjoy the interactive entertainment content that Shanda provides. Interaction enriches your life. For more information about Shanda, please visit http://www.snda.com

    For more information, please contact:
    Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited
     Mabel Hsu, IR Associate Director
     Vivian Chen, IR Manager
     Maggie Yun Zhou, IR Manager
     Phone: +86-21-5050-4740 (Shanghai)
     Email: IR@snda.com

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