Dr. MAO Erwan, is the chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of each of the Audit Committee, the Nomination Committee and the CGRC Committee of the Company. Dr. MAO was appointed as an independent non-executive Director of the Company in January 2003. He is currently a deputy professor of School of International Business, Beijing Foreign Studies University, a committee member of China Institute of Finance, Financial Engineering and Deputy Director of Financial Quantity Analysis and Computation Committee. He was a senior economist of Da Cheng Fund Management Co. Ltd. Dr. MAO received a bachelor’s degree in science from Hebei Normal University in 1984, a master’s degree in science from Sichuan University in 1989 and a doctorate degree in science from Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1998. He has substantial experience in finance.