Hollysys Automation Technologies to Provide Its Ground-based High-Speed Railway Signaling System to Qinhuangdao-Shenyang Line

BEIJING, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Hollysys Automation Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ: HOLI) ("Hollysys" or the "Company"), a leading provider of automation and control technologies and applications in China, announced today that it has won the bidding to supply its ground-based high-speed rail signaling system for the Qinhuangdao-Shenyang high-speed railway line. The contract value totaled approximately US $11.8 million, or RMB 79.5 million. Qinhuangdao-Shenyang Line connects Qinhuangdao in Hebei province and Shenyang in Liaoning province, with 404 km in total length.

Pursuant to the terms of the contract, Hollysys will supply its ground-based high-speed rail signaling system, including Train Control Centers (TCC), Temporary Speed Restriction Servers (TSRS), Line Side Electronic Unites (LEU) and Safe Information Data Network to Qinhuangdao-Shenyang Line with a designed traveling speed of 200-250 km/h. The project is scheduled to be completed in December 2010.

Dr. Changli Wang, Hollysys' CEO and Chairman of the Board, commented, "We are very pleased to have won this bidding to supply our ground based high-speed rail signaling system to the Qinhuangdao-Shenyang high-speed railway line. It is the quality of our products, brand-name recognition, and speed to delivery under a tight schedule that played an important role in winning this project. We will continue to leverage on our core competency demonstrated in our track record to take our fair share in China's high-speed rail build-out."

Following the bid win, Hollysys has entered the contract signing process with the pertaining department of Ministry of Rail of China, which normally takes a few weeks to a few months.

About Hollysys Automation Technologies, Ltd.

Hollysys Automation Technologies is a leading provider of automation and control technologies and applications in China that enables its diversified industry and utility customers to improve operating safety, reliability, and efficiency. Founded in 1993, Hollysys has approximately 2,100 employees with 9 sales centers and 13 service centers in 21 cities in China and serves over 1700 customers in the industrial, railway, subway & nuclear industries. Its proprietary technologies are applied in product lines including Distributed Control System (DCS) and Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) for industrial sector, high-speed railway signaling system of TCC (Train Control Center) and ATP (Automatic Train Protection), subway supervisory and control platform (SCADA), and nuclear conventional island automation and control system.

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   Email: investors@hollysys.com

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CONTACT: Jennifer Zhang, Investor Relations, +86-10-5898-1386, +1-646-
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