Executive Directors
Ms. Yuan XinMs. Yuan Xin (“Ms. Yuan”), aged 52, has served as Deputy General Manager of Jiangsu Yancheng Port Holding Group Co., Ltd* (江蘇鹽城港控股集團有限公司), the Company’s controlling shareholder, since September 2022. She has over 30 years of experience in management in the aviation and port transportation industry. Ms. Yuan has served in various positions in the civil aviation station in Yancheng United Airlines Co., Ltd.* (鹽城聯合航空公司) from 1997 to 2013, where she last worked as director of marketing office and general manager of passenger and cargo company. Ms. Yuan served as the deputy director of aviation industry department of Yancheng Transportation Bureau from August 2013 to December 2014. She then served as the special assistant to general manager and deputy director of marketing committee of Yancheng Nanyang Airport from December 2014 to May 2020 and the general manager of Yancheng Nanyang Airport Trading Co., Ltd.* (鹽城南洋機場商貿有限公司) from May 2020 to January 2021. Ms. Yuan was the head of strategic planning and investment department from January 2021 to May 2022 and the head of production and operations department from April 2021 to May 2022 in Jiangsu Yancheng. Ms. Yuan was the chairman of Jiangsu Yancheng Port Dafeng Port Development Group Co., Ltd.* (江蘇鹽城港大豐港開發集團有限公司) from January 2022 to September 2022. Ms. Yuan graduated from the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Part of China majoring in economics through distance learning in 1997 and studied in Jiangsu College of Economics and Management* (江蘇經濟管理科技學院) majoring in administrative management from March 2020 to July 2022.
Mr. Ji YaoshengMr. Ji Yaosheng (“Mr. Ji”), aged 30, has been the secretary of the Communist Party of China of the Company since September 2024. Mr. Ji has extensive experience in the field of finance. Mr. Ji worked as an account manager assistant in Jiangsu Financial Leasing Co., Ltd.* (江蘇金融租賃股份有限公司) from May 2019 to March 2022. He has been a deputy minister of finance department, a deputy minister of investment and finance department in Jiangsu Yancheng from April 2022 to October 2023. He was an executive director and a general manager of Yangang Jurong Commercial Factoring (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.* (鹽港聚融商業保理 (上海) 有限公司) and a general manager of Yangang Financial Leasing (Beijing) Co., Ltd.* (鹽港融資租賃 (北京) 有限責任公司) from March 2023 to March 2025. He was a deputy general manager of Jiangsu Yancheng Port Asset Management Co., Ltd.* (江蘇鹽城港資產管理有限公司) from October 2023 to September 2024. Mr. Ji graduated from the Nanjing University of Science and Technology with a bachelor’s degree in Finance in 2017 and the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom with a master degree in Finance and Economics in 2018.
Non-executive Directors
Mr. Zhou Zhengxiong
Mr. Zhou Zhengxiong (“Mr. Zhou”), aged 58, has over 30 years of experience in government and corporate leadership. He has served in various administrative roles in Funing County of Jiangsu Province in the PRC from July 1987 to January 2012, where he last served in Funing County as the deputy county governor, director of County Construction Bureau and secretary of the Communist Party Committee. Mr. Zhou was the deputy director of Yancheng Railway Construction Office* (鹽城市鐵路建設辦公室) and a member of the Communist Party Committee of Yancheng Transportation Bureau* (鹽城市交通運輸局) from January 2012 to June 2015. Mr. Zhou was the chairman of the Yancheng Transportation Holding Group Co., Ltd.* (鹽城市交通控股集團有限公 司) from June 2015 to December 2019, the deputy general manager and deputy secretary of the Communist Party Committee of Yancheng Railway Investment and Development Co., Ltd.* (鹽城市鐵路投資發展有限公司) from June 2017 to December 2019, the deputy secretary of the Communist Party Committee and deputy general manager of Yancheng Transportation Investment and Construction Holding Group Co., Ltd.* (鹽城市交通投資建設控股集團有限公司) from February 2019 to December 2019. Mr. Zhou served as general manager and the deputy secretary of the Communist Party Committee of Yanwu Group Co., Ltd.* (燕舞集團有限公司) from December 2019 to June 2020. Mr. Zhou was a general manager of Jiangsu Yancheng from June 2020 to September 2022 and has been the secretary of the Communist Party Committee and the chairman of Jiangsu Yancheng since June 2020. Mr. Zhou obtained bachelor’s degree majoring in politics and laws, through distance learning, from the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in 1998 and a master’s degree in scientific socialism and international communist movement from the Party School of Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China in 2002.
Mr. Ding AnguangMr. Ding Anguang (“Mr. Ding”), aged 58, has been the deputy general manager and a committee member of the Communist Party Committee of Jiangsu Yancheng since June 2020. He has been working in the enterprise section of Yancheng State-owned Assets Bureau from December 1994 to October 2001 and state-owned assets division of Yancheng Finance Bureau from October 2001 to June 2011. He was the chief section member and deputy director of the enterprise asset management division of Yancheng State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission from June 2011 to June 2014. He was the director of the property management department of Yancheng State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission from June 2014 to June 2020. Mr. Ding was a director of Jiangsu Yancheng from June 2020 to September 2022. Mr. Ding studied finance at the Jiangsu College of Finance and Economics* (江蘇財經高等專科學校) from September 1987 to August 1990.
Independent Non-executive Directors
Mr. Lau Hon Kee
Mr. Lau Hon Kee (“Mr. Lau”), BComm, MPA, FCPA, CPA (Aust.), aged 54, was appointed as an independent non- executive Director on 31 May 2016. He was the financial controller and company secretary of 山東羅欣藥業集團股份有限公司 (Shandong Luoxin Pharmaceutical Group Stock Co., Ltd.*) (a company previously listed on the Stock Exchange with stock code: 8058; currently delisted) from March 2003 to 31 December 2017 and a joint company secretary of Zhejiang Tengy Environmental Technology Co., Ltd (a company listed on the Stock Exchange with stock code: 1527) from 1 November 2014 to 31 January 2018. Mr. Lau was an independent non-executive director of Strong Petrochemical Holdings Limited (a company listed on the Stock Exchange with stock code: 852) from November 2008 to January 2012. Mr. Lau has been an independent non-executive director of Astrum Financial Holdings Limited (a company listed on the Stock Exchange with stock code: 8333) since 23 June 2016. Mr. Lau obtained a bachelor’s degree in commerce from the Australian National University in April 1994 and a master’s degree in professional accounting from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in October 2009. Mr. Lau has been a Certified Practising Accountant of CPA (Aust.) and a certified public accountant of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants since 1999. Also, he has been a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants since 2006 and FCPA of CPA (Aust.) since 2020.
Mr. Yu XugangMr. Yu Xugang (“Mr. Yu”), aged 56, was appointed as an independent non-executive Director on 31 May 2016. He was a partner at Beijing Dentons Law Offices, LLP from August 2001 to December 2003 and has been promoted to a senior partner at Beijing Dentons Law Offices, LLP since January 2004. Mr. Yu was an independent director of Da Cheng Fund Management Company Limited from August 2008 to August 2011. Mr. Yu was an independent director of Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Union Co., Ltd (a company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange with stock code: 600010), from August 2009 to August 2015, an independent director of Hubei Shuangjian Blower Company Limited (a company listed on National Equities Exchange and Quotations with stock code: 833468) from October 2012 to October 2015, and an independent non-executive director of Central China Securities Co., Ltd. (a company listed on the Stock Exchange with stock code: 1375) from December 2015 to February 2022. He served as anindependent director of Polaris Bay Group Co., Ltd. (a company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange with stock code: 600155) from December 2016 to April 2023. Mr. Yu obtained a bachelor’s degree in law from the China University of Political Science and Law in 1990, a master’s degree in international economic law from the Peking University in July 1998 and a doctorate degree in law from the Peking University in July 2001.
Ms. Hui AliceMs. Hui Alice (“Ms. Hui”), aged 36, was appointed as an independent non-executive Director of the Company on 28 March 2024. She has over 14 years of experience in non-profit and stakeholder engagement. Since September 2022, she has served as the Head of Alumni and Development at the Faculty of Business and Economics of The University of Hong Kong. Ms. Hui has served as a member of the Executive Committee of the HKU Business School Alumni Association since December 2023. From February 2011 to September 2022, Ms. Hui worked at China-United States Exchange Foundation, a non-profit and non-governmental foundation which provides platforms to encourage constructive dialogue and diverse exchanges between the people of the United State and China, with her last position as a senior director. From September 2010 to February 2011, Ms. Hui worked as a management trainee at Orient Overseas Container Line Limited, a container shipping and logistics service company. From June to August 2009, Ms. Hui worked as a television news producer at the Beijing office of Thomson Reuters. Ms. Hui obtained a Master of Business Administration degree and a Bachelor of Journalism degree from The University of Hong Kong in November 2021 and November 2010, respectively.