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Accoona new online Business Database and Business Search Engine is due to be released today; backed by the former chief of Compaq Computer and China's official English language Web site ChinaDaily.com.cn.

?Accoona?s proprietary business database includes information on five million Chinese companies?thanks to an exclusive partnership Accoona has with the China Daily Information Company, an official agency of the Chinese government, and www.ChinaDaily.com.cn, the largest English language web site in China. Accoona possesses the largest database of Chinese businesses in the world. This information will provide global corporations with the information they need to do business in this burgeoning market. As China prepares for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Accoona will play an increasing important role both in helping foreign companies enter China and in helping Chinese companies sell their goods and services abroad.? More