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EXHIBIT 4.1




Employment Agreement



The parties to this agreement are LJ International Inc., a British Virgin Islands Company (the
“Company”) and YIH Yu Chuan (the “Executive”). The Company and the Executive hereby agree as
follows :





	1.	 	Employment and Duties







The Company shall employ the Executive and the Executive shall serve the Company as
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. The Executive shall use his best
efforts to promote the interests of the Company, and shall perform his duties in relation
to the Company and/or its subsidiaries (collectively “the Group”) faithfully and
diligently, consistent with sound business practices.




	2.	 	Term of Employment







The Executive shall be employed by the Company under this Agreement for a period of three
(3) years commencing as of the date of this agreement.




	3.	 	Remuneration and Reimbursement







	 	(A)	 	Subject to Clause 5, the Executive shall receive during the continuance of
the Appointment :







	 	(1)	 	  A salary at the rate of HK$2,400,000 per annum such salary to
accrue on a day to day basis (including any sum receivable by the Executive as
director’s fee from any company in the Group) and to be payable monthly in
twelve equal installments in arrears on the last day of each calendar month
provided that if the Appointment is terminated prior to the end of a calendar
month, the Executive shall only be entitled to a proportionate part of such
salary in respect of the period of service during the relevant month up to the
date of termination. Such salary shall be adjusted on annual basis at a rate
to be determined by the Board as its absolute discretion having regard to the
operating results of the Group and the performance of the Executive.

	 
	 	(2)	 	  An annual management bonus of a sum to be determined by the
Board at its absolute discretion having regard to the operating results of the
Group and the performance of the Executive during the relevant financial year
or any proportionate part thereof in which service of the Executive pursuant
to this Agreement is rendered. The management bonus shall be payable in
arrears in respect of each relevant financial year within one month after the
issue of the consolidated audited accounts of the Group for such financial
year. The amount payable to the Executive shall be decided by majority
decision of the members of the Board present in the meeting called for that
purpose provided that the Executive





 









 






	 	 	 	shall abstain from voting and not be
counted in the quorum in respect of the resolution regarding the amount so
payable to himself.







	 	(B)	 	The Executive shall continue to receive his salary during any period of
absence on medical grounds up to a maximum of 12 weeks in any period of 12 months
provided that the Executive shall if required supply the Company with medical
certificates covering the period of absence.

	 
	 	(C)	 	The Executive shall be reimbursed all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
(including expenses of entertainment subsistence and travelling) incurred by him on
the Group’s business which expenses shall be evidenced in such manner as the Board may
require.

	 
	 	(D)	 	The Executive will be entitled to the benefits of any medical or provident
fund scheme as maybe maintained by the Group from to time.

	 
	 	(E)	 	The Executive shall be entitled to 12 working days paid vacation each year.







	4.	 	Other Benefits






The Executive shall be entitled, during the continuance of the Executive’s engagement hereunder,
to the use of a motor car and the Company shall pay all vehicle registration fees, taxes and
insurance premiums in respect of the car and shall pay or reimburse against receipts all
maintenance, repair and other running costs in respect of the car and the cost of petrol.




	5.	 	Termination of the Appointment







	 	(A)	 	Without prejudice to the accrued rights (if any) or remedies of either party
under or pursuant to this Agreement :

	 
	 	(1)	 	the Executive shall be entitled to terminate the Appointment by two months’
notice in writing to the Company if any money payable by the Company to the Executive
under or pursuant to this Agreement is not paid in full by the Company to the
Executive within a period of 30 days from any written demand by the Executive for the
payment thereof;

	 
	 	(2)	 	the Company shall be entitled to terminate the Appointment without any
compensation to the Executive :







	 	(a)	 	  by not less than three months’ notice in writing given at any
time while the Executive shall have been incapacitated or prevented by reason
of ill health, injury or accident from performing his duties hereunder for a
period of or periods aggregating 90 days in the proceeding 12 months provided
that if at any time during the currency of a notice given pursuant to this
sub-paragraph the Executive shall provide a medical certificate satisfactory
to the Board to the effect that he has fully recovered his physical and/or
mental health and that no recurrence of illness or incapacity can reasonably
be anticipated the Company shall withdraw such notice; or

	 
	 	(b)	 	  by summary notice in writing if the Executive shall at any
time:





 









 











i.      commit any serious or persistent breach of any of the provisions herein contained (and to
the extent that such breach is capable of remedy shall fail to remedy such breach within 60 days
after within warning given by the Board);



ii be guilty of any given misconduct or willful
neglect in the discharge of his duties (and to the extent that such
breach is capable of remedy shall fail to remedy such breach within 60
days after written warning given by the Board);



iii. become bankrupt or have a receiving order made
against him;



iv. become a lunatic or of unsound mind;



v. absent himself from the meetings of the Board
during a continuous period of three months, without special leave of
absence from the Board, and his alternate director (if any) shall not
during such period have attended in his stead;



vi. become prohibited by law from acting as a director;



vii.      be guilty of conduct tending to bring himself or
any company in the Group into disrepute;



viii.      be prohibited by law from fulfilling his duties
hereunder; or



ix. be convicted of any criminal offence (other than an
offence which in the reasonable opinion of the Board does not effect his
position as a director of the Company).




	 	(B)	 	If the Company becomes entitled to terminate the Appointment pursuant to
sub-clause (A)(2)(b) it shall be entitled (but without prejudice to its right
subsequently to terminate the Appointment on the same or any other ground) to suspend
the Executive without payment of salary in full or in part for so long as it may think
fit.

	 
	 	(C)	 	If the Executive shall have refused or failed to agree to accept without
reasonable grounds an appointment offered to him on terms no less favourable to him
than the terms in effects under this Agreement, either by a company which has acquired
or agreed to acquire the whole or substantially the whole of the undertaking and
assets of the Company or which shall own or has agreed to acquire the whole or not
less than 90% of the issued share capital of the Company, the Executive shall have no
claim against the Company by reason of the subsequent voluntary winding up of any
company in the Group or of the disclaimer or termination of this Agreement by the
Company within three months after such refusal or failure to agree.

	 
	 	(D)	 	On the termination of the Appointment howsoever arising the Executive shall :







(1) at any time and from time to time thereafter at the request of the Company resign from
office as a director of the Company and all offices held by him in any company in the Group
and shall transfer without payment to the Company or as the Company may direct any
qualifying shares provided by it or any shares held by the Executive as



 









 






nominee for the
Company or any company in the Group provided by it and the Executive hereby irrevocable
appoints the Company to be his attorney and in his name and on his behalf to sign and do
any documents or things necessary or requisite to give effect thereto and a certificate in
writing signed by any director or by the secretary of the Company that any instrument or
act falls within the authority hereby conferred shall be conclusive evidence that such is
the case and any third party shall be entitled to rely on such certificate without further
enquiry provided however that such resignation or resignations shall be given and accepted
on the footing that it is or they are without prejudice to any claims which the Executive
may have against any such company or which any such company may have against the Executive
arising out of this Agreement or of the termination of the appointment; and




	 	(2)	 	     forthwith deliver to the Company all books, documents,
papers, materials, credit cards (if any) and other property of or relating to
the business of the Group which may then be in his possession or under his
power or control.







	 	(E)	 	Save as expressly provided herein, neither party may terminate this Agreement.







	6.	 	Confidentiality







The Company shall not, at any time during or after his employment under this agreement,
disclose to any third party, except in the performance of his duties under this agreement,
any confidential information regarding the Company’s customers, suppliers, trade secrets or
business. The Executive shall return all tangible evidence of such confidential
information to the Company prior to or at the termination of his employment.




	7.	 	Waiver







	 	(A)	 	Time is of the essence of this Agreement but no failure or delay on the part
of either party to exercise any power, right or remedy hereunder shall operate as a
waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise by either party of any power,
right or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any
other power, right or remedy by that party.

	 
	 	(B)	 	The remedies provided herein are cumulative and are not exclusive of any
remedies provided by law.







	8.	 	Former Service Agreements






This agreement contains a complete statement of all the arrangements between the parties with
respect to its subject matter, supersedes all existing and former agreements between them with
respect to that subject matter, may not be changed or terminated orally and any amendment or
modification must be in writing and signed by the party to be charged.





	9.	 	Notices






 









 











All notices, requests, demands, consents or other communications to or upon the parties
under or pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing addressed to the relevant party at
such party’s address set out below (or at such other address as such party may hereafter
specify to the other party) and shall be deemed to have been duly given or made :-




	 	(A)	 	in the case of a communication by letter 48 hours after despatch or, if such
letter is delivered by hand, on the day of delivery;

	 
	 	(B)	 	in the case of communication by telex or facsimile, when sent.





The Company’s address :



Unit 12, 12/F., Block A, Focal Industrial Centre

21 Man Lok Street, Hunghom

Kowloon, HONG KONG



The Executive’s address :



House No. K80, Stage IV, Marina Cove, Sai Kung

HONG KONG





	10.	 	Assignability







This Agreement shall be binding upon and ensure to the benefit of each party hereto and its
successors and assigns and personal representatives (as the case may be), provided always
that the Executive may not assign his obligations and liabilities under this Agreement
without the prior written consent of the Company.




	11.	 	Relationship







None of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to constitute a partnership or
joint venture between the parties for any purpose.




	12.	 	Amendment






This Agreement may not be amended, supplemented or modified except by a written agreement or
instrument signed by or on behalf of the parties hereto.




	13.	 	Severability







Any provision of this Agreement prohibited by or unlawful or unenforceable under any
applicable law actually applied by any court of competent jurisdiction shall, to the extent
required by such law, be severed from this Agreement and rendered ineffective so far as is
possible without modifying the remaining provisions of this Agreement. Where,
however, the provisions of any such applicable law may be waived, they are hereby waived by
the parties to the full extent permitted by such law to the end that this Agreement shall
be a valid and binding agreement enforceable in accordance with its terms.




	14.	 	Law and Jurisdiction






 









 











This Agreement shall be governed and construed in all respects in accordance with the laws
of Hong Kong and the parties hereby submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts
of Hong Kong.


IN WITNESS whereof this Agreement has been duly executed the 1st day of January, 2007.




Signed by




	 	 	 	 	 
	/s/ Au Ka Man

	 	/s/ YU CHUAN YIH	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

LJ International Inc.

	 	 

YIH Yu Chuan