ATA Inc. Announces Conference Call to Discuss First Quarter Fiscal Year 2009 Results

    BEIJING, Aug. 18 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ATA Inc. (Nasdaq:  
 ATAI) ("ATA", or the "Company"), the leading provider of computer-based
 testing services in China, today announced that it will host a conference
 call at 9:00 a.m. ET on Thursday, August 28, 2008, to discuss results for
 the first quarter of fiscal year 2009.
 
     Joining Kevin Ma, CEO of ATA Inc., will be Walter Wang, Director and
 President, and Carl Yeung, Chief Financial Officer. The Company plans to
 distribute its earnings announcement before the call.
 
     To participate in the conference call, please dial +1(866) 578-5771
 five to ten minutes prior to the scheduled conference call time and mention
 the passcode 10565544. International callers should dial +1(617)213-8055,
 and mention the pass code 10565544.
 
     If you are unable to participate in the call at this time, a replay
 will be available on August 28 at 11:00 a.m. ET, through September 4, 2008.
 To access the replay, dial +1(888)286-8010, international callers should
 dial +1(617)801- 6888, and enter the pass code 58866634.
 
     This conference call will be broadcast live over the Internet and can
 be accessed by all interested parties on ATA Inc.'s website at
 http://www.ata.net.cn . To listen to the live webcast, please go to ATA
 Inc.'s website at least fifteen minutes prior to the start of the call to
 register, download, and install any necessary audio software. For those
 unable to participate during the live broadcast, a replay will be available
 shortly after the call on ATA Inc.'s website for 90 days.
 
     About ATA Inc.:
 
     ATA Inc. (Nasdaq:   ATAI) ("ATA" or the "Company") is the leading
 provider of computer-based testing services in China. The Company offers
 comprehensive services for the creation and delivery of computer-based
 tests based on its proprietary testing technologies and test delivery
 platform. The Company's computer-based testing services are used for
 professional licensure and certification tests in various industries,
 including information technology, or IT, services, banking, teaching,
 securities, insurance and accounting. ATA's test center network comprised
 1,835 authorized test centers located throughout China as of December 31,
 2007, which the Company believes is the largest test center network of any
 commercial testing service provider in China. Combined with its test
 delivery technologies, this network allows ATA's clients to administer
 large-scale nationwide tests in a consistent, secure and cost-effective
 manner. ATA has delivered over 23 million tests since it commenced
 operations in 1999, and in July 2007 delivered tests to more than 200,000
 test takers in a single day for the China Banking Association, through its
 test delivery platform.
 
 
For more information, please contact: ATA Inc. Carl Yeung, CFO Phone: +86-10-6518-1122 x5107 CCG Elite Investor Relations Crocker Coulson, President Phone: +1-646-213-1915 Email: crocker.coulson@ccgir.com Ed Job, CFA Phone: +1-646-213-1914 Email: ed.job@ccgir.com

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