VIMC (MM)

BEIJING, China, May 4, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Vimicro International Corporation (NASDAQ: VIMC) ("Vimicro"), a leading multimedia semiconductor and solution provider, today announced it has retained CCG Investor Relations ("CCG") to design and execute its strategic communications and investor relations campaign.

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"We selected CCG as our investor-relations firm not only due to its expertise in implementing an investor communications strategy, but also because of the relationships and the global reach the firm brings," commented Dr. John Deng, Vimicro's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.  "We look forward to working with CCG as we move aggressively to refine our investor message and expand our shareholder base."

"We are very excited to be working with Vimicro during this exciting chapter in their corporate development, as they have refocused their semiconductor business to achieve profitability and work to drive adoption their high-performance surveillance technology," said Crocker Coulson, President of CCG.  "As an innovation leader, Vimicro has played a key role in developing China's new Surveillance Video and Audio Coding (SVAC) standard and their solutions address a growing need for next generation, intelligent surveillance technology in China."

About Vimicro International Corporation

Vimicro International Corporation is a leading multimedia semiconductor and solution provider that designs, develops and markets mixed-signal semiconductor products and system-level solutions that enable multimedia capabilities in a variety of products for the consumer electronics and communications markets. Vimicro is also expanding business into the surveillance market with system-level solutions and semiconductor products. Vimicro's ADSs, each of which represents four ordinary shares, are currently trading on the NASDAQ Global Market under the ticker symbol "VIMC."

About CCG Investor Relations

CCG is one of the nation's leading investor relations and strategic communications agencies. In business for more than 30 years, the agency provides a complete range of investor communications and counseling services to nearly 80 clients across multiple capital markets. CCG is uniquely positioned to provide an outsourced, high-level investor relations solution that combines in-depth understanding of Asia's corporate culture and economic scene with a direct pipeline into the leading funds and broker-dealers in the United States. CCG has been awarded a number of industry honors for its handling of complex investor relations and crisis communications matters. The agency's corporate headquarters is in Los Angeles with additional offices in New York, San Francisco, Beijing, Shanghai, Frankfurt and Tel Aviv. For further information, contact CCG directly, or visit CCG's web sites at http://www.ccgir.com and http://www.ccgirasia.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This announcement contains forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "confident" and similar statements. Among other things, the quotations from management in this announcement, as well as Vimicro's expectations and forecasts, contain forward-looking statements. Vimicro may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its periodic reports to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on forms 20-F and 6-K, etc., in its annual report to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about Vimicro's beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to the following: the company's ability to develop and sell new mobile multimedia products; the expected growth of the mobile multimedia market; the company's ability to increase sales of notebook camera multimedia processors; the company's ability to retain existing customers and acquire new customers and respond to competitive market conditions; the company's ability to respond in a timely manner to the evolving multimedia market and changing consumer preferences and industry standards and to stay abreast of technological changes; the company's ability to secure sufficient foundry capacity in a timely manner; the company's ability to effectively protect its intellectual property and the risk that it may infringe on the intellectual property of others; and cyclicality of the semiconductor industry. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in Vimicro's annual report on Form 20-F filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Vimicro does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law. All information provided in this press release is as of the date hereof, and Vimicro undertakes no duty to update such information, except as required under applicable law.

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