Chinese delegation attended ATP annual conference
The annual “Innovations in Testing 2008, the 9th Annual Conference of ATP” was held in Dallas, Texas in the grand Gaylord Texan this year on March 3-5, 2008. As a platinum sponsor, ATA led a Chinese delegation consisting of 10 officials from Ministry of Health and China Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Association attended the annual event. Mr. Alex Tong, Vice President of ATA, presented his research findings on the validity between performance-based testing and on-job performance of candidates, and received enthusiastic responses and interests from the audience....
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China drafts law to curb exam cheating
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BEIJING, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- China is drafting a law to combat rampant exam cheating, said the country's education ministry on Wednesday.
The draft will be submitted to the Office of Legislative Affairs of the State Council for approval later this year, said the Education Ministry spokesman Wang Xuming.
The examination law will "upgrade exam order and standards", Wang was quoted by China Daily as saying.
Students have adopted innovative ways to cheat, and authorities want to discourage it with tough penalties, he said.
More than 1.2 million students sat this year's postgraduate examination last weekend and numerous cheats were exposed. ...
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ATA 2008 Chinese New Year Client Appreciation Party held in Beijing
On February 22, 2008, ATA Chinese New Year Client Appreciation Party was held at the International Hotel in Beijing. Over 500 distinguished guests from the various government offices, including Ministry of Education, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Construction, Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Personnel, Ministry of Communication, State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China Banking Association and China Securities Association. Honorable guests also came from IT vendors including representatives from Microsoft, Cisco, Turbolinux, and Corel, who spent a joyful and peaceful evening together. Together with showing our appreciations to the support we get from our guests for the last year; we took the opportunity to share our joy of the recent IPO at NASDAQ on January 29, 2008 with our honorable guests in the party. In the warm welcoming speech, Mr. Ma Xiaofeng, CEO of ATA, expressed his best wishes to the entire ATA staff for a happy and prosperous new year and his sincere appreciation for the generous support rendered by our clients in the past year. Mr. Wang Lin, President, shared his feeling with the audience about ATA IPO process and the challenges along this achievement since the inception of the company. “Leveraged on technology innovation”, he stated, “ATA will continue to lead the advancement of the testing industry in China and create maximum value for our clients”. ...
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