Treasury Stock

JPMorgan Chinese Inv Tst PLC
23 May 2007

                          STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT





                     JPMORGAN CHINESE INVESTMENT TRUST PLC





                                 TREASURY STOCK






JPMorgan Chinese Investment Trust plc announces that today in the market, it
purchased into treasury 255,000 ordinary shares at 100.0 pence per share.



Following this repurchase the Company now holds a total of 755,000 shares in
treasury at an average size-weighted discount of 9.31%.  The Company will only
re-issue shares held in treasury at a premium to net asset value.



The number of shares in issue less the total number of treasury shares is
74,707,001.





23rd May 2007



For further information, please contact:



Lucy Dina

JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited - Secretary

020 7742 6000



Nathan Brown

Winterflood Investment Trusts - Stockbrokers to the Company

020 3100 0000




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