The9 (NCTY) has appointed Nancy Zhou as the company's new Vice President of Operations.

Zhou will be in charge of The9's operational activities, including sales, business development, public relations and technical matters. She has assumed her post effective September 15, 2005.

Jun Zhu, The9's Chairman and CEO, commented: "We are very pleased to welcome Nancy Zhou to our management team as VP-Operations. Nancy brings to The9 over twenty years of operational experience for multinational and China-focused enterprises. Her strong technical aptitude and managerial experience locally and overseas will be a tremendous asset to the Company. This is especially the case as The9 continues to execute its strategy of horizontal diversification and vertical integration, which may extend the geographic reach of the Company's activities beyond China."