Mr. Zhang Ling, is a member of each of the Audit Committee, the Remuneration Committee and the CGRC Committee of the Company. Mr. ZHANG was appointed as an independent non-executive Director of the Company in November 2017. He is currently a professor and a mentor of doctoral students at the China University of Political Science and Law, a director of the China Law Society, an executive vice president and a legal representative of the Chinese Society of Criminology*, the person-in-charge of the National Victimology Professional Committee* and an officer of the Asian Law (Eastern Asia) Research Institution of the China University of Political Science and Law. Mr. ZHANG also serves as an independent director of each of Luzhou Laojiao Co., Ltd. (SZSE Stock Code: 000568) and Zhengzhou Sino-Crystal Diamond Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen Growth Enterprise Market Stock Code: 300064). In 1999, Mr. ZHANG was an external lecturer in the law department of Aichi University in Japan. From 2000 to 2002, Mr. ZHANG was a foreign researcher in the law research centre of Waseda University in Japan. Subsequently, Mr. ZHANG served as the deputy procurator and a committee member of the inspection committee of Beijing Chaoyang People’s Procuratorate* during 2004 to 2010, and has been serving as a committee member of the expert consultation committee of the Forth Court of Beijing People’s Procuratorate (Railway Inspections)* since 2015. Mr. ZHANG served as an independent director of Huadian Energy Company Limited (Shanghai Stock Exchange Stock Code: 600726) from 2010 to 2014. Mr. ZHANG received a master’s degree in law from Jilin University in 1987, a doctorate degree in law from the same university in 1995 and a doctorate degree in law from Waseda University in Japan in 2002. He has substantial experience in law and legal affairs, as well as risk management.