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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 3, 2010
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SINA CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Cayman Islands</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>N/A</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>37F, Jin Mao Tower<BR>
88 Century Boulevard, Pudong<BR>
Shanghai 200121, China</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Amended and Restated 2007 Share Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SINA.COM ONLINE<BR>
883 N. Shoreline Blvd., Suite&nbsp;C200, Mountain View, CA 94043</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(650)&nbsp;210-9888</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">Copy to:<BR>
David C. Lee<BR>
Orrick, Herrington &#038; Sutcliffe LLP<BR>
1040 Marsh Road<BR>
Menlo Park, California 94025<BR>
(650)&nbsp;614-7400</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Large accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</FONT></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="center">Title of securities</TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000" nowrap><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><B>Amended and Restated 2007 Share
Incentive Plan</B></DIV></TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Ordinary Shares, $0.133 par value</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>

<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000" nowrap>5,000,000 Shares</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$41.75(2)</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$208,750,000.00</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$14,883.88</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;<U>Securities
Act</U>&#148;), this Registration Statement also covers any additional securities which become
issuable under the Amended and Restated 2007 Share Incentive Plan by reason of any stock
dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the
registrant&#146;s receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the
registrant&#146;s outstanding ordinary shares.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated in accordance with Rule&nbsp;457 under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of
calculating the registration fee based upon the average of the high
($43.00) and low
($40.50) sale prices of the ordinary shares as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on
August 27, 2010.</TD>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="f56752exv4w1.htm">EX-4.1</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this &#147;<U>Registration Statement</U>&#148;) is filed by
SINA Corporation (the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;) to register an additional 5,000,000 ordinary shares, par
value $0.133 per share, of the Company that are issuable under the SINA Corporation Amended and
Restated 2007 Share Incentive Plan (the &#147;<U>Plan</U>&#148;). Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form
S-8, the Registration Statements relating to the Plan (SEC File No.&nbsp;333-144890) filed by the
Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<U>SEC</U>&#148;) on July&nbsp;26, 2007 is
incorporated herein by reference, except as amended hereby.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. </B><U><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</B></U><B>.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed with the SEC are hereby incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2009
filed with the SEC on May&nbsp;14, 2010, as amended by its Form 20-F/A filed with the SEC on June&nbsp;10,
2010, which contains audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2009.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The registrant&#146;s Reports of Foreign Issuer on Form 6-K filed with the SEC on May&nbsp;19, 2010,
July&nbsp;8, 2010 and August&nbsp;9, 2010.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;The description of the registrant&#146;s ordinary shares contained in the registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on April&nbsp;12, 2000 including any amendment or
report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;The description of the registrant&#146;s ordinary share purchase rights in the registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on February&nbsp;24, 2005, as amended by the
registrant&#146;s Form 8-A/A filed with the SEC on November&nbsp;20, 2009.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents, except as
to specific sections of such statements as set forth therein. Unless expressly incorporated into
this Registration Statement, a report furnished on Form 6-K prior or subsequent to the date hereof
shall not be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. Any statement contained
in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement.
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    <TD align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">4.1</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">4.2</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement dated as of February 22, 2005 between SINA
Corporation and American Stock Transfer &#038; Trust Company, as Rights Agent (filed as
Exhibit 4.1 to the Company&#146;s Report on Form 8-K filed on February 24, 2005 and incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">4.3</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment No. 1 to the Rights Agreement dated as of November 18, 2009
between SINA Corporation and American Stock Transfer &#038; Trust Company, as Rights Agent (Filed as
Exhibit 4.2 to the Company&#146;s Report on Form 6-K filed on November 20, 2009, and incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">23.2</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian CPAs Limited Company.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">23.3</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu CPA Ltd.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">23.4</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Jun He Law Offices.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">24.1</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney (included within signature page).</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in Beijing, the People&#146;s Republic of
China, on September 3, 2010.
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>SINA Corporation</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ CHARLES CHAO
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Charles Chao&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Charles Chao and Herman Yu, jointly and severally, his attorneys-in-fact and agents,
each with the power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place or stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to
file such amendments, together with exhibits and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to each attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and
about the premises, as fully as he might or could do in person, and ratifying and confirming all
that the attorney-in-facts and agents, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="21%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>
<Tr style="font-size: 6pt"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ CHARLES CHAO
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Charles Chao
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director&nbsp;<BR>
(Principal  Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September 3, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ HERMAN YU
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Herman Yu
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer<br>&nbsp;(Principal
Financial Officer and Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September 3, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ YAN WANG
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Yan Wang
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September 3, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ PEHONG CHEN
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Pehong Chen
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September 3, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ LIP-BU TAN
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Lip-Bu Tan
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September 3, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ TER-FUNG TSAO
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Ter-Fung Tsao
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September 3, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ SONG-YI ZHANG
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Song-Yi Zhang
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September 3, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ YI-CHEN ZHANG
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Yi-Chen Zhang
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September 3, 2010</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REGISTRANT</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned, the duly authorized
representative in the United States of SINA Corporation, has signed this Registration Statement or
amendment thereto in Beijing, the People&#146;s Republic of China, on September 3, 2010.
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>SINA.COM ONLINE</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ HERMAN YU
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Herman Yu&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="91%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit Number</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">SINA Corporation Amended and Restated 2007 Share Incentive Plan.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement dated as of February&nbsp;22, 2005 between SINA
Corporation and American Stock Transfer &#038; Trust Company, as
Rights Agent (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Company&#146;s Report on
Form&nbsp;8-K filed on February&nbsp;24, 2005 and incorporated herein by
reference).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Rights Agreement dated as of November&nbsp;18,
2009 between SINA Corporation and American Stock Transfer &#038;
Trust Company, as Rights Agent (Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to the
Company&#146;s Report on Form&nbsp;6-K filed on November&nbsp;20, 2009, and
incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Conyers Dill &#038; Pearman.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Conyers Dill &#038; Pearman (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian CPAs Limited Company.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu CPA Ltd.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Jun He Law Offices.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney (included within signature page).</TD>
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As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 3, 2010
Registration No. 333-__________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SINA CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Cayman Islands
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
N/A
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
37F, Jin Mao Tower
88 Century Boulevard, Pudong
Shanghai 200121, China
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Amended and Restated 2007 Share Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
SINA.COM ONLINE
883 N. Shoreline Blvd., Suite C200, Mountain View, CA 94043
(Name and address of agent for service)
(650) 210-9888
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
David C. Lee
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
1040 Marsh Road
Menlo Park, California 94025
(650) 614-7400
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount of
Title of securities
Amount to be
offering price per
aggregate offering
registration
to be registered
registered(1)
share
price
fee
Amended and Restated 2007 Share
Incentive Plan
Ordinary Shares, $0.133 par value
5,000,000 Shares
$41.75(2)
$208,750,000.00
$14,883.88
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "
Securities
Act
"), this Registration Statement also covers any additional securities which become
issuable under the Amended and Restated 2007 Share Incentive Plan by reason of any stock
dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the
registrant's receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the
registrant's outstanding ordinary shares.
(2)
Estimated in accordance with Rule 457 under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of
calculating the registration fee based upon the average of the high
($43.00) and low
($40.50) sale prices of the ordinary shares as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on
August 27, 2010.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 8. Exhibits
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EX-4.1
EX-5.1
EX-23.2
EX-23.3
EX-23.4
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this "
Registration Statement
") is filed by
SINA Corporation (the "
Company
") to register an additional 5,000,000 ordinary shares, par
value $0.133 per share, of the Company that are issuable under the SINA Corporation Amended and
Restated 2007 Share Incentive Plan (the "
Plan
"). Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form
S-8, the Registration Statements relating to the Plan (SEC File No. 333-144890) filed by the
Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "
SEC
") on July 26, 2007 is
incorporated herein by reference, except as amended hereby.
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The following documents filed with the SEC are hereby incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement:
(a) The registrant's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009
filed with the SEC on May 14, 2010, as amended by its Form 20-F/A filed with the SEC on June 10,
2010, which contains audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009.
(b) The registrant's Reports of Foreign Issuer on Form 6-K filed with the SEC on May 19, 2010,
July 8, 2010 and August 9, 2010.
(c) The description of the registrant's ordinary shares contained in the registrant's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on April 12, 2000 including any amendment or
report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
(d) The description of the registrant's ordinary share purchase rights in the registrant's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on February 24, 2005, as amended by the
registrant's Form 8-A/A filed with the SEC on November 20, 2009.
All documents subsequently filed by the registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents, except as
to specific sections of such statements as set forth therein. Unless expressly incorporated into
this Registration Statement, a report furnished on Form 6-K prior or subsequent to the date hereof
shall not be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. Any statement contained
in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
Exhibit Number
Description
4.1
SINA Corporation Amended and Restated 2007 Share Incentive Plan.
4.2
Rights Agreement dated as of February 22, 2005 between SINA
Corporation and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Rights Agent (filed as
Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Report on Form 8-K filed on February 24, 2005 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.3
Amendment No. 1 to the Rights Agreement dated as of November 18, 2009
between SINA Corporation and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Rights Agent (Filed as
Exhibit 4.2 to the Company's Report on Form 6-K filed on November 20, 2009, and incorporated herein by reference).
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Exhibit Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Conyers Dill & Pearman.
23.1
Consent of Conyers Dill & Pearman (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian CPAs Limited Company.
23.3
Consent of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu CPA Ltd.
23.4
Consent of Jun He Law Offices.
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included within signature page).
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in Beijing, the People's Republic of
China, on September 3, 2010.
SINA Corporation
By:
/s/ CHARLES CHAO
Charles Chao
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Charles Chao and Herman Yu, jointly and severally, his attorneys-in-fact and agents,
each with the power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place or stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to
file such amendments, together with exhibits and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to each attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and
about the premises, as fully as he might or could do in person, and ratifying and confirming all
that the attorney-in-facts and agents, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ CHARLES CHAO
Charles Chao
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal  Executive Officer)
September 3, 2010
/s/ HERMAN YU
Herman Yu
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal
Financial Officer and Accounting Officer)
September 3, 2010
/s/ YAN WANG
Yan Wang
Chairman of the Board
September 3, 2010
/s/ PEHONG CHEN
Pehong Chen
Director
September 3, 2010
/s/ LIP-BU TAN
Lip-Bu Tan
Director
September 3, 2010
/s/ TER-FUNG TSAO
Ter-Fung Tsao
Director
September 3, 2010
/s/ SONG-YI ZHANG
Song-Yi Zhang
Director
September 3, 2010
/s/ YI-CHEN ZHANG
Yi-Chen Zhang
Director
September 3, 2010
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SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REGISTRANT
Pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned, the duly authorized
representative in the United States of SINA Corporation, has signed this Registration Statement or
amendment thereto in Beijing, the People's Republic of China, on September 3, 2010.
SINA.COM ONLINE
By:
/s/ HERMAN YU
Herman Yu
Chief Financial Officer
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit Number
Description
4.1
SINA Corporation Amended and Restated 2007 Share Incentive Plan.
4.2
Rights Agreement dated as of February 22, 2005 between SINA
Corporation and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as
Rights Agent (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Report on
Form 8-K filed on February 24, 2005 and incorporated herein by
reference).
4.3
Amendment No. 1 to the Rights Agreement dated as of November 18,
2009 between SINA Corporation and American Stock Transfer &
Trust Company, as Rights Agent (Filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the
Company's Report on Form 6-K filed on November 20, 2009, and
incorporated herein by reference).
5.1
Opinion of Conyers Dill & Pearman.
23.1
Consent of Conyers Dill & Pearman (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian CPAs Limited Company.
23.3
Consent of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu CPA Ltd.
23.4
Consent of Jun He Law Offices.
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included within signature page).