6-K

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549

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                                    FORM 6-K

                        REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

                      PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF

                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                                     Report
                            for the month of May 2003

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                          JINPAN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
                 (Translation of Registrant's Name Into English)


                   c/o Hainan Jinpan Special Transformer Works
                                  Section D-2,
                             No. 100 Industry Avenue
                             Jinpan Development Area
                               Haikou, Hainan PRC
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

           Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will
         file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

                Form 20-F         |X|      Form 40-F             |_|

                  Indicate by check mark whether the  registrant  by  furnishing
         the information  contained in this form is also thereby  furnishing the
         information  to the  Commission  pursuant to Rule  12g3-2(b)  under the
         Securities Exchange Act of 1934:

                Yes               |_|      No                    |X|






         Attached hereto as Exhibit 1 and  incorporated  by reference  herein is
the Registrant's press release dated May 1, 2003.





















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                                 SIGNATURE

         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
the  Registrant  has duly  caused  this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.



                                              JINPAN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
                                              (Registrant)



                                              By: /s/ Jing Yuqing
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                                                  Name: Jing Yuqing
                                                  Title: Director and Secretary


Dated: May 5, 2003






                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

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         1            Press release dated May 1, 2003

EX-99

                                    EXHIBIT 1

MAY 1, 2003
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, NEW JERSEY
COMPANY CONTACT: MR. MARK DU
TELEPHONE (201)-227-0680


         JINPAN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED  (AMEX SYMBOL "JST")
         DECLARES 5 CENTS CASH DIVIDEND


ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, NJ -MAY 1, 2003-JINPAN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (AMEX SYMBOL:
JST) The Board of Directors of Jinpan International Limited declared a one-time
cash dividend of 5 cents per share of common stock.

All dividends are payable on or before August 29, 2003, to shareholders of
record on August 15, 2003.

The recent outbreak of the SARS virus in China appears to be slowing overall
business activities which could impact Q 2 revenues. At the moment it is too
early to understand what effect if any, will result but the situation continues
to be monitored.

Jinpan International Limited, through its joint venture interest in Jinpan JV,
designs, manufacturers and distributes cast coil transformers for power
distribution equipment in the People's Republic of China. The Company is one of
the largest manufacturers and distributor of cast coil transformers in China.
Jinpan obtained International Standardizing Organization (ISO) 9001
certification of its transformers in April 1997, making it one of only a few
transformer manufacturers to obtain this Standard. In February 1998, Jinpan
became the first Chinese transformer manufacturer to affect a public offering of
its shares in the US market.