Beijing, February 22, 2000-- SOHU.com (www.sohu.com), one of the most popular Internet portals in mainland China, will celebrate its 2nd Anniversary on February 25 2000 at Beijing's Capital Stadium, with an original music concert "A Night with SOHU". SO MUSIC (http://music.sohu.com), SOHU's music channel, will broadcast the concert live online.

Famous presenters Ya Ning and Liang Hong will host the massive concert, with singers such as Tian Zhen, Piao Shu, Han Hong and BOB.

SO MUSIC's online live broadcast of the concert will be the first of its kind in mainland China. Concentrating on the mainland, SO MUSIC also promotes Chinese music professionally to overseas Chinese, while at the same time actively participating in global music culture. With its Internet dynamic and agile corporate mindset, SO MUSIC aims to be the most popular brand name in the world of Chinese Internet music.

Leading the Internet world in the mainland, SOHU.com launched on February 25 1998. All through the rapid development of the Internet in the intervening two years, SOHU.com has been leading the way with its quality content service and pioneering innovations.

"The 2nd Anniversary of SOHU.com is an important event for the Chinese Internet world," said Charles Zhang, CEO of SOHU.com. "SOHU's development represents the Chinese Internet world's process of self-realization. In the last two years, SOHU.com has effectively promoted the general application of the Internet in Mainland China, and pioneered the way to the introduction of free Internet access, risk financing systems, etc."

"I am very happy with SOHU.com's past achievements and very confident for its bright future. " Mr. Zhang added.

About SOHU.com:
SOHU.com (www.sohu.com), the leading internet portal in China with a current (February, 2000) page view posting of 10million per day, is the first major Chinese language web destination on the Internet. SOHU.com has pioneered many firsts, including the introduction of banner advertising and the setting of standard for Web traffic assessment in China. "SOHU.com is the top brand in the Chinese Internet and NOKIA is the top brand in wireless communications. We are proud to be a partner of NOKIA in this important project", said Dr. Charles Zhang, President and CEO of SOHU.com.