AsiaInfo Announces Appointment of Ying Wu to Board.

Business Editors

BEIJING & SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 21, 2003

AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:ASIA), a leading provider of telecom network and software solutions in China, today announced the appointment of Ying Wu as an Independent Director to its Board.

A veteran to the telecommunications industry, Mr. Wu is the co-founder and Vice-Chairman of UTStarcom Inc. (Nasdaq:UTSI), a leading global provider of wireless and wireline access and IP switching solutions, and President of UTStarcom China. Before founding Starcom in 1991, which later merged with Unitech in 1995 to become today's UTStacom, Mr. Wu was a member of the technical staff and senior project manager of AT&T Bell Labs, which he joined in 1987. He holds a MS in Electrical Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology and a BS in wireless communication from Beijing Industrial University.

Mr. Wu replaces Louis Lau, who has been a member of AsiaInfo's Board of Directors from the company's inception. Mr. Lau's resignation from the Board and Mr. Wu's appointment are effective immediately.

James Ding, Chairman of AsiaInfo's Board of Directors said, "We are extremely pleased to welcome Ying as an Independent Director. His deep knowledge of the Chinese telecom market and his experience in leading a rapidly growing NASDAQ-listed company will certainly further strengthen our Board, and we look forward to his contribution."

Mr. Ding continued, "I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Louis for his many years of dedicated service to AsiaInfo. We are very grateful for his ongoing advice and council and look forward to his continued support in the years to come."

Mr. Lau said, "While it is difficult to leave the Board of a company that I have worked closely with for so long, I am pleased that my seat as a director will be filled by someone as well qualified as Ying Wu. I am confident that he will add great value to the AsiaInfo Board and to the long-term development of the company."

About AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc.

AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASIA) is a leading provider of telecom network and software solutions in China. The company provides high-quality software and solutions to China's telecom carriers, meeting the demanding needs of a fast-growing industry. AsiaInfo's products and services cover network infrastructure services including design, implementation, operation and optimization, customer management and billing solutions; decision support systems; and service applications encompassing messaging, broadband, wireless and other advanced applications.

Organized as a Delaware corporation, AsiaInfo has constructed national backbones and provincial access networks for all of China's major national telecom carriers since 1995, including China Telecom, China Mobile, China Unicom and China Netcom. Since 2000, the company has successfully shifted its focus from Internet infrastructure construction to the provision of a full suite of telecom software solutions.

For more information about AsiaInfo, please visit http:/www.asiainfo.com.