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Appropriation  to the statutory surplus reserve should be at least 10% of the  after tax net income determined in accordance with the PRC GAAP  until the reserve is equal to &lt;font style=" FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;  50&lt;/font&gt;% of the entities&amp;#8217; registered capital or  members&amp;#8217; equity. Appropriations to the statutory public  welfare fund are at a minimum of &lt;font style=" FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;  5&lt;/font&gt;% of the after tax net income determined in accordance with  PRC GAAP. Commencing on January 1, 2006, the new PRC regulations  waived the requirement for appropriating retained earnings to a  welfare fund. In accordance with the Chinese Company Law, the  Company allocated &lt;font style=" FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;10&lt;/font&gt;% of  income after taxes to the statutory surplus reserve for the six  months ended June 30, 2013. For the six months ended June 30, 2013,  statutory reserve activity is as follows:&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div style="clear:both; FONT-FAMILY:Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt 0px; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;  &amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div style="clear:both; FONT-FAMILY:Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;  &lt;div style="clear:both; FONT-FAMILY:Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;TEXT-ALIGN:Left; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; WIDTH: 100%"&gt;  &lt;table style="clear:both;BORDER-BOTTOM: #9eb6ce 0px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #9eb6ce 0px solid; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; WIDTH: 92%; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; OVERFLOW: visible; BORDER-TOP: #9eb6ce 0px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #9eb6ce 0px solid"   cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left"&gt;  &lt;tr style="HEIGHT: 12px"&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="79%"&gt; 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