MSN China has announced plans to add four more new partners as web content suppliers, which has increased the company's total content partners to 22.

The four new partners are Hexun.com, Yesky.com, Ctrip.com and Eastday.com. They will help MSN to create four channels of stock, digital and IT, travel and graphics areas, respectively. With the addition of these four channels, MSN Chinese website will have 25 channels covering information, entertainment, finance, real estate, cars, community and film.

Liu Shu, publisher and chief editor of MSN Chinese website, says that China has become one of the four most important markets for Microsoft and the MSN Chinese website won't change its policy in cooperating with partners for web content. Liu discloses that MSN will continue to introduce many business partners to further enrich its web content.

In addition to signing the new partners, Microsoft has also changed the navigation of MSN's home page by combining it with the new design of its latest operating system Vista.