EXHIBIT 99.1

                           CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                            18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                            AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                 SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

   In connection with the Annual Report of AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. (the
"Company") on Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 2002 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I,
James Ding, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18
U.S.C. (S)1350, as adopted pursuant to (S)906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, that:

   (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
       15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

   (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
       respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
       Company.


/s/ James Ding
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James Ding
Chief Executive Officer

March 21, 2003