ATA appoints Cheng-Yaw Sun as new CEO and member of its Board of Directors

– CHINA, Beijing – ATA Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAI), a leading provider of advanced testing technologies and testing-related services in China, today announced that the Board of Directors has appointed Xing Wei’s founder and chairman Mr. Cheng-Yaw Sun as ATA’s new chief executive officer effective October 8, 2013, succeeding Mr. Kevin Ma who will remain on ATA’s Board of Directors as Chairman. Mr. Sun will also serve as a director on ATA’s Board of Directors.

Mr. Sun has extensive experience in corporate management and operations in the high tech industry. He founded Xing Wei in 2012 and has served as its chairman ever since. Prior to that, Mr. Sun served as chairman of ALi Corporation, chairman of hiSoft Technology International Limited, and on the Board of Directors at MediaTek Inc. Mr. Sun began his career at the Hewlett-Packard Company (“HP”) in 1982, where he served in a variety of positions for over 25 years, working his way up to later become vice president of HP and managing director of HP China.

Mr. Ma continued, “We are also very pleased to have Mr. Sun join ATA’s management team as our new chief executive officer. We had the opportunity to work closely with Mr. Sun and his team as part of this transaction, and we shared the same vision of growth in China’s employment sector. I firmly believe that Mr. Sun’s past managerial and operational experience at various tech companies qualify him as the right person to lead our Company in executing our growth initiatives in the years ahead. I look forward to working with Mr. Sun on expanding ATA’s business to include this new training platform that Xing Wei will contribute to our service offerings. At the same time, I will remain deeply involved in the Company’s interests as Chairman of the Board.”

Mr. Sun commented, “I am honored to have the opportunity to integrate ATA’s and Xing Wei’s resources and am eager to begin working on the joint development of the synergies created by bringing our two companies together. Kevin and the management team at ATA have established trusted relationships among its clients, which is a testament to the quality of the Company’s advanced testing technology products and excellence in customer service. I am very pleased to be joining a company of such high caliber and look forward to bringing my expertise in the tech industry to ATA.”

About ATA Inc.

ATA is a leading provider of advanced testing technologies in China. The Company offers comprehensive services for the creation and delivery of assessments based on its proprietary testing technologies and test delivery platform. ATA’s testing technologies are used for professional licensure and certification tests in various industries, including information technology services, banking, teaching, securities, insurance, and accounting. As of June 30, 2013, ATA’s test center network comprised 2,810 authorized test centers located throughout China. The Company believes it has the largest test center network of any commercial testing service provider in China.

ATA has delivered more than 50.0 million billable tests since ATA started operations in 1999.

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