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cies. The limitation of this delivery method has become apparent as the social demand for certification has exploded, requiring professional test-delivery services, testing methodologies and results analysis. Commercial test-delivery partners have emerged as a result, ATA Inc. being the leading provider since 1999. Nowadays, a number of government-sponsored tests are being commercialized, meaning they are being published, delivered and promoted through third-party providers. Test sponsors no longer are the administrators of the test; instead, they become the policy and standard setters. For example, ATA helped transform the qualification examination for the China Securities Professional, a yearly, paper-based test by the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC). The test, taken by a few thousand in 2001, was converted into a computer-based format (CBT). Within two years, CSRC moved this test to a quarterly program with more than 180,000 test-takers annually. Leveraging the ATA platforms, CSRC now manages the processes and real-time information of candidates’ training, testing and career development. According to the Ministry of Information Industry, a record of 8.48 million new mobile subscribers was reached in January 2008, with the total number of According to data released by the Chinese Ministry of Labor and Social Security, in the IT industry, the shortage for testing engineers in China is nearly 0 million and grows 20 percent each year. Chinese mobile users passing 555 million. At the same time, fixed-line subscriptions fell to less than 364 million, continuing a sixth-month decline. Additionally, the number of desktop PCs, laptops and servers sold in the country reached 23.37 million in 2006, an increase of 17.5 percent from 2005. Technology Infrastructure Supports CBT China’s rapid economic development also is reflected in technology infrastructures such as telecommunication and Internet access. 2 CERTIFICATION MAGAZINE August 2008 http://english.gov.cn/2005-10/02/content_74175.htm

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