EX-10.4



 Exhibit 10.4 
 Employment Contract Amendment Agreement 
 This Employment Contract
Amendment Agreement (this “Amendment Agreement”) is entered into this 12th day of May 2013 by and among: 
 Party A (Employer): AsiaInfo-Linkage Technologies (China),
Inc. 
 Legal Representative: Steve Zhang 
 Address: 3, 4/F, Zhongdian Information Tower, No. 6, Zhongguancun South Street, Haidian 

District, Beijing 
 Postal Code: 100086

 Party B (Employee): Yadong Jin 
 ID Card/Passport No.: 320902197007200012 
 Home Address: Apartment 202, Unit 6, Building 10,
Quanzong Road, Haidian District, Beijing 
 Telephone: 13701004020 
 Party C (Third Party Beneficiary): Skipper Holdings Limited 
 Authorized Signatory: Ji Zhen

 Communication Address: 28/F, CITIC Tower, 1 Tim Mei Avenue, Central, Hong Kong 
 Whereas, Party A and Party B executed an Employment Contract of AsiaInfo-Linkage Technologies (China), Inc. on November 12, 2011 (the “Original Employment Contract”), pursuant to which,
Party A shall employ Party B as senior vice president; 
 Whereas, Skipper Limited (“Parent”), Skipper Acquisition Corporation and
AsiaInfo-Linkage, Inc., a company which indirectly holds 100% equity interest in Party A, executed an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) on or about the date hereof, and subject to the consummation of the closing (the
“Merger Closing”) contemplated under the Merger Agreement, Party A and Party B desire to amend the Original Employment Contract in accordance with the terms hereof; and 
 Whereas, upon consummation of the Merger Closing, Party C will hold indirectly 100% of the equity in Party A, and accordingly enjoy the benefit of the services provided by Party B to Party A under the
Original Employment Contract and this Amendment Agreement. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the Labor Law of the People’s Republic of
China, the Labor Contract Law of the People’s Republic of China and other applicable laws and regulations, and after negotiations on an equal footing, Party A, Party B and Party C hereby voluntarily enter into this Amendment
Agreement and agree to comply with the terms of this Amendment Agreement. 
  

	1.	Amendments to the Original Employment Contract 

 Article 1.2 of the Original Employment Contract originally reading “If this Contract is a fixed duration, this Contract shall commence on November 12, 2011 and terminate on November 11,
2014 (the “Expiration Date”), with no probationary period” shall be amended to read as follows: 
 “If this Contract is a
fixed duration, this Contract shall commence on November 12, 2011 and terminate on the fifth anniversary of the date of the Merger Closing (the “Expiration Date”), with no probationary period.” 








	2.	Options 

 After the date of the Merger
Closing, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, any and all the options then held by Party B in AsiaInfo-Linkage, Inc. shall be converted accordingly into options, restricted cash or shares or any other similar awards in Parent or an affiliate thereof.

  

	3.	Miscellaneous 

  

	3.1	Articles 1 and 2 hereof are conditional. They shall (i) immediately take effect upon consummation of the Merger Closing, and (ii) prior to the consummation of
the Merger Closing or if the Merger Closing fails to be consummated, not take effect, and the Original Employment Contract shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its original terms. This Article 3 shall take effect upon execution
of this Amendment Agreement. 

  

	3.2	Party B hereby represents and warrants that Party B enters into this Amendment Agreement with Party A and Party C voluntarily in reliance on his full understanding of
his rights available under the Labor Law of the People’s Republic of China, the Labor Contract Law of the People’s Republic of China and other applicable laws and regulations. 


 

	3.3	After this Amendment Agreement becomes effective, other than those terms expressly amended hereby, the terms in the Original Employment Contract shall remain unchanged.
Unless by written agreement among all the three parties hereto, this Amendment Agreement may not be amended. This Amendment Agreement shall be executed in Chinese, in three (3) counterparts, with each party to hold one (1).









 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have affixed their appropriate signatures or seals
onto this Amendment Agreement on the date first above written. 
  

			
	Party A: AsiaInfo-Linkage Technologies (China), Inc.
		
	Seal:	 	/s/ AsiaInfo-Linkage Technologies (China), Inc.
		 	








  

			
	Party B: Yadong Jin
		
	Signature:	 	/s/ Yadong Jin
		 	









			
	Party C: Skipper Holdings Limited
		
	Signature:	 	/s/ Ji Zhen