Great China International Holdings, Inc., through its various indirect subsidiaries, is engaged in commercial and residential real estate investment, development, sales and management in the city of Shenyang, Liaoning Province, in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”). Amounts expressed in U.S. dollars are based on a conversion rate of $1.00 for 8.11 Renminbi (RMB) at December 31, 2005.

The Company was incorporated in the State of Nevada on December 4, 1987, under the name of Quantus Capital, Inc., and in 1992, it changed its name to Red Horse Entertainment Corporation. Effective July 5, 2005, the Company completed the acquisition of Silverstrand International Holdings Limited (“Silverstrand”), a Hong Kong limited liability company, by issuing 10,102,333 shares of its common voting stock to the former stockholders of Silverstrand in exchange for all of the capital stock of Silverstrand. For financial reporting purposes the acquisition was treated as a recapitalization of Silverstrand. On September 15, 2005, the Company changed its name to Great China International Holdings, Inc. Prior to its acquisition of Silverstrand, the Company was not engaged in active business operations.

Silverstrand was incorporated on September 30, 2004 in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, PRC, and is the holding company of Shenyang Maryland International Industry Company Limited (formerly: Shenyang Malilan Audio Equipment Company, Limited) (“Shenyang Maryland”). Shenyang Maryland was originally registered as a limited liability Sino-foreign joint investment enterprise on December 15, 1989, in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, PRC. In October 2004, Silverstrand acquired all of the registered equity of Shenyang Maryland, and this transfer and the reclassification of Shenyang Maryland as a “wholly foreign-owned enterprise” (“WFOE”) was approved in November 2004 by the Liaoning Provincial Bureau of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation. This approval was subsequently registered, and a business registration certificate (No. 111103721 (1-1)) was issued to Shenyang Maryland as a WFOE in April 2005 by the Shenyang Municipal Administration of Industry and Commerce.