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Attached hereto as Exhibit 1 and incorporated by reference herein is the Registrant’s press release, dated September 19, 2008.

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

	By:	/s/ Mark Du
	Name:	Mark Du
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit No.	Description
1.	Press release, dated September 19, 2008.

Press Release

Source: Jinpan International Ltd.

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., Sept. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Jinpan International Ltd (Nasdaq: JST - News),a leading designer, manufacturer, and marketer of cast resin transformers for voltage distribution equipment, today announced that its U.S. sales office has secured a significant order for power distribution transformers with Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. The order represents revenue potential of approximately $6.6 million and is deliverable in 2009.

Mr. Zhiyuan Li, Chief Executive Officer of Jinpan, commented, “We are delighted to have secured this sizeable order with Siemens and are pleased to add another international blue chip industrial company to our growing customer base. Demand for our highly reliable and efficient transformers continues to grow as electricity power capacity increases in the U.S. and around the world.

In addition to the Seimens order, our sales of transformers and reactors for wind power applications continue to grow as many governments around the world continue to encourage increasing the use of alternative forms of energy. We expect this trend to continue in 2009. Furthermore, we are also expanding our offering of power distribution products for alternative energy applications. We recently secured an order for power distribution transformers for nuclear applications, which is deliverable in late 2008. Overall, we believe there is a sizeable market opportunity for both traditional and alternative forms of energy and we are positioning our business to meet the changing and ever-growing needs of today’s energy market,” concluded Li.

Jinpan International Ltd. (Nasdaq GS: JST) designs, manufactures, and markets cast resin transformers for voltage distribution equipment in China and other various countries around the world. Jinpan’s cast resin transformers allow high voltage transmissions of electricity to be distributed to various locations in lower, more usable voltages. The Company has obtained ISO9001 and ISO1401 certifications of its cast resin transformers. Its principal executive offices are located in Hainan, China and its U.S. headquarters is based in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

Forward Looking Statements “Safe Harbor” Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

This press release contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and observations and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties or other factors not under the company’s control, which may cause actual results, performance or achievements of the company to be materially different from the results, performance or other expectations implied by these forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, the following:

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our ability to successfully implement our business strategy;

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the impact of existing and new competitors in the markets in which we compete, including competitors that may offer less expensive products and services, more desirable or innovative products or technological substitutes, or have more extensive resources or better financing;

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the effects of rapid technological changes and vigorous competition in the markets in which we operate;

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uncertainties about the future growth in electricity consumption and infrastructure development in the markets in which we operate;

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uncertainties about the degree of growth in the number of consumers in the markets in which we operate using mobile personal communications services and the growth in the population in those areas;

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other factors or trends affecting the industry generally and our financial condition in particular;

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the effects of the higher degree of regulation in the markets in which we operate;

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general economic and political conditions in the countries in which we operate or other countries which have an impact on our business activities or investments;

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the monetary and interest rate policies of the countries in which we operate;

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changes in competition and the pricing environments in the countries in which we operate;

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exchange rates; and

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other factors listed from time to time in the our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, without limitation, our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the period ended December 31, 2007 and our subsequent reports on Form 6-K.