Mr. LI Wenxiong
Co-Chairman and Non-Executive Director

Mr. Li has been appointed as a Co-Chairman of the Group and a Non-Executive Director of the Company since 23 September 2022. He is primarily responsible for advising on the formulation of the Group's general business model, development strategies and major business matters as well as leading the Board together with Mr. Cheng Chung Hing.

Mr. Li is currently the secretary of the Party Committee and the chairman of Shenzhen SEZ Construction and Development Group Co., Ltd.* (深圳市特區建設發展集團有限公司) (“SZCDG”) and a member of the second session of the council of China Ocean Development Foundation* (中國海洋發展基金會第二屆理事會理事). Mr. Li had previously served as the deputy secretary of the Party Committee and the secretary of the Disciplinary Committee, a director, the general manager of the SZCDG; and also served as the deputy secretary of the Party Committee and the secretary of the Disciplinary Committee of Shenzhen Yantian Port Group Co., Ltd.* (深圳市鹽田港集團有限公司).

Mr. Li obtained a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy from Sun Yat-sen University* (中山大學) and a Master's degree in Law from Xi'an Jiaotong University* (西安交通大學).

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Mr. WAN Hongtao
Executive Director and Group’s Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Wan has been promoted as an Executive Director of the Company and the Group’s Chief Operating Officer since 27 September 2024. He is responsible for the overall operation and management of the Group to achieve the long-tern developmant goals of the Group.

Mr. Wan joined the Group on 16 June 2022 and serves as an Executive Director of the Company and Group’s Vice President. Prior to joining the Group, Mr. Wan previously held various positions in Shenzhen SEZ Construction and Development Group Co., Ltd.* (深圳市特區建設發展集團有限公司) (“SZCDG”) and its certain subsidiaries, including a supervisor of Guangdong Special Construction Development East Investment Co., Ltd.*(廣東特建發東部投資有限公司), a subsidiary of SZCDG; and the deputy director of the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Office (Office of the Board of Supervisors), the deputy director of the Office (Secretariat of the Board of Directors), and the director of the Office (Secretariat of the Board of Directors) of SZCDG.

Mr. Wan graduated from Nanjing University of Science and Technology with a major in Economic Law and a minor in Accounting in 2000, and obtained a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Lanzhou University in 2016.

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Mr. FANG Ling
Executive Director and the Group’s Financial Controller

Ms. Fang has been appointed as an Executive Director of the Company and the Group’s Financial Controller since 3 April 2024. She is in charge of the Financial and Funding Division and is responsible for coordinating domestic financing, assist with overseas financing, etc.

Ms. Fang previously held various positions in Shenzhen SEZ Construction and Development Group Co., Ltd.* (深圳市特區建設發展集團有限公司) (“SZCDG”) and its certain subsidiaries, including the director of the operation and management department of SZCDG and a director of Shenzhen SEZ Technology Park Development Co., Ltd* (深圳市特區建發科技園區發展有限公司) (a subsidiary of SZCDG). Prior to joining the Group, Ms. Fang served as the deputy director of the financial management department of SZCDG, the financial controller of Shenzhen Luqiao Construction and Development Group Co., Ltd.* (深圳市路橋建設發展集團有限公司), and the director of the financial management department of Shenzhen SEZ Investment Development Co., Ltd.* (深圳市特區建發投資發展有限公司).

Ms. Fang obtained a Bachelor of Management with a major in Accounting from the Hunan University in 2000.

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Ms. Xu Hongxia
Executive Director and Chairman of CSC Harbin

Ms. Xu has been appointed as an Executive Director of the Company and the chairman of CSC Harbin since 9 September 2024. She is in charge of Operations and Management Division and responsible for presiding over the daily management of CSC Harbin.

Ms. Xu joined the Group in September 2013 and is currently the Party Committee Secretary, the chairman and general manager of CSC Harbin. Before joining the Group, Ms. Xu served as the general manager of the China-Russia Timber Trading Centre and the deputy director of the Qing'an County Investment Promotion Bureau. Ms. Xu is currently a representative of the 14th Heilongjiang Provincial People’s Congress, a representative of the 13th National Congress of Chinese Women, and the party committee secretary and the president of the Heilongjiang New Social Class People’s Association. She served as a deputy to the 15th Harbin Municipal People’s Congress, a deputy to the 13th Heilongjiang Provincial People’s Congress, a standing committee member of the Heilongjiang Provincial Federation of Industry and Commerce, the vice president of the Heilongjiang Provincial International Chamber of Commerce, and the executive president of the Heilongjiang Provincial Federation of Economic and Trade Industry with Russia. She was awarded the 2017 Heilongjiang Provincial Model Worker and the 2019 Heilongjiang “8th March Red Flag Bearer”.

Ms. Xu obtained the title of Senior Economist from the Department of Human Resources and Social Security of Heilongjiang Province and a Master degree of Business Administration from Harbin Institute of Technology.

Mr. LIU Heng
Executive Director and Group’s Vice President

Mr. Liu has been appointed as an Executive Director of the Company and a Group’s Vice President since 16 October 2024. Mr. Liu is currently the Party Branch Secretary and chairman of Xi'an China South City Company Limited. He is in charge of Audit and Legal Division and responsible for the group’s internal audit and legal affairs.

Prior to joining the Group, Mr. Liu held various positions in Shenzhen SEZ Construction and Development Group Co., Ltd.* (深圳市特區建設發展集團有限公司) (“SZCDG”) and certain of its subsidiaries, including party branch secretary, director and deputy director of the SZCDG, deputy general manager of Guangdong Special Construction Development East Investment Co., Ltd.* (廣東特建發東部投資有限公司), a subsidiary of SZCDG; civil engineer of the Residential Engineering Management Station of Shenzhen Construction and Public Works Department, hydropower engineer and project manager of Shenzhen Great Wall Decoration Design Engineering Co., Ltd.

Mr. Liu obtained a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Guangxi University Business School in 2015.

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Mr. FUNG Sing Hong Stephen
Non-Executive Director

Mr. Fung has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the Company since 25 August 2023. He is primarily responsible for advising on the formulation of the Group’s general business models, development strategies and the resolution of major issues.

Mr. Fung first joined our Group in July 2006 and since then he acted as the Group’s Chief Financial Officer until 19 May 2016. He was an Executive Director of the Company from August 2014 to April 2020. Mr. Fung was the Chief Executive Officer of the Group from 1 January 2016 until he was promoted to Vice Chairman of the Group on 4 May 2017. Mr. Fung resigned as Vice Chairman of the Group and an Executive Director and was appointed as a Senior Adviser of the Group on 1 April 2020. Mr. Fung has more than 30 years of experience in financial management, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets financing and corporate restructuring. Prior to joining our Group, Mr. Fung was an executive director and the chief financial officer of Guangdong Investment Limited (“GDI”). Before joining GDI, Mr. Fung served as an executive director and the chief financial officer of Guangdong Land Holdings Limited (formerly known as Kingway Brewery Holdings Limited) (“GDL”). Both GDI and GDL are companies listed on the Main Board of The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (Stock Codes: 270 and 124, respectively).

Mr. Fung graduated from the University of Wales, United Kingdom with a master’s degree in business administration. He is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Mr. Fung is a Hong Kong Accounting Advisor appointed by the Ministry of Finance of the People’s Republic of China, a member of the Hong Kong Election Committee, a member of the Advisory Committee of the Accounting and Financial Reporting Council in Hong Kong, a vice president of the Association of Hong Kong Accounting Advisors, the former president of the Hong Kong Business Accountants Association, an executive committee member of the Hong Kong Professionals and Senior Executives Association, a standing member of the Chongqing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and an executive vice president of the Hong Kong Chongqing Friendship Federation.

Ms. SHEN Lifeng
Non-Executive Director

Ms. Shen has been appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company since 16 June 2022 and has been re-designated as a Non-Executive Director of the Company with effect from 6 January 2023; and is primarily responsible for advising on the formulation of the Group’s general business models, development strategies and the resolution of major issues. Ms. Shen has solid basic professional knowledge of civil law, company law, financial law and other civil and commercial law. She has worked in multinational institutions in Hong Kong for 7 years and has 20 years of experience in large state-owned enterprises, foreign companies, multinational companies, and had been executives and independent directors of listed companies.

Ms. Shen has been appointed as a member of the 13th Hebei Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultant Conference on 7 January 2023. Prior to joining the Group, Ms. Shen served as the legal director and deputy general manager of China Textile Import & Export Corporation Hebei Branch Company* (中紡進出口總公司河北省分公司), the executive deputy general manager of Shenglun Import & Export Group Co., Ltd. (聖侖進出口集團股份有限公司), the vice chairman of board of directors and the general manager of Shaanxi Kunzheng Mining Co., Ltd.* (陝西坤正礦業股份有限公司), the chief executive officer of Hong Kong Porda Havas International Financial Communication Group*(香港博達浩華國際財經傳訊集團). Ms. Shen is currently an executive director of China Tianbao Group Development Company Limited (stock code: 1427) and an independent non-executive director of Hebei Construction Group Corporation Limited (stock code: 1727), shares of both companies are listed on the Stock Exchange. She is also the deputy secretary general of the Hong Kong State-owned Assets Investment Association and an independent director of SZCDG.

Ms. Shen obtained a Master of Buddhist Studies from the University of Hong Kong, a Master’s degree in Economics from Hebei University, and a Ph.D in Civil and Commercial Law from Peking University.

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Ms. LI Aihua
Non-Executive Director

Ms. Li has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the Company since 16 May 2023. Ms. Li is primarily responsible for advising on the formulation of the Group’s general business models, development strategies and the resolution of major issues.

Ms. Li is currently the director of the financial management department of SZCDG and the supervisor of Shenzhen Special Zone Construction & Development Group, Marine Industry Development Co., Ltd. (深圳市特區建發海洋產業發展有限公司) and Shenzhen Marine Expo Co., Ltd.* (深圳海博會有限公司) (both of which are a subsidiary of SZCDG). Ms. Li previously served as the deputy director of the financial management department of SZCDG and the director of the financial management department of Shenzhen Special Zone Construction & Development Group, Marine Industry Development Co., Ltd..

Ms. Li obtained a Bachelor of Management from the Shenzhen University with a major in Accounting in 2009, and obtained a Master of Science in Real Estate from the University of Greenwich in 2016.

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Ms. DENG Jin
Non-Executive Director

Ms. Deng has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the Company since 16 May 2023. Ms. Deng is primarily responsible for advising on the formulation of the Group’s general business models, development strategies and the resolution of major issues.

Ms. Deng currently serves as the deputy director of the strategy and investment department of SZCDG and a director of Shenzhen Infrastructure Investment Fund Management Co., Ltd.* (深圳市基礎設施投資基金管理有限責任公司) (a subsidiary of SZCDG).

Ms. Deng obtained a Bachelor of Economics from Northwest University in Xian City, the People’s Republic of China in 2010 with a major in Finance, and obtained a Master of Science in Management from Case Western Reserve University in 2011.

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Mr. LEUNG Kwan Yuen Andrew, GBM, GBS, JP
Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr. Leung has been appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company since 4 September 2009. He has more than 44 years of management experience in the textile manufacturing, wholesale and distribution businesses.

Mr. Leung was elected as the President of the Sixth and seventh Legislative Council of Hong Kong and a member of the Industrial (First) Functional Constituency of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. He is also a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. Mr. Leung is currently the honorary chairman of Textile Council of Hong Kong, the honorary president of the Federation of Hong Kong Industries, a fellow member of the Textiles Institute as well as the Clothing and Footwear Institute in the United Kingdom. He was a council member of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council.

In addition, Mr. Leung is an independent non-executive director of Wharf Real Estate Investment Company Limited (stock code: 1997) and Dah Sing Financial Holdings Limited (stock code: 440), both are companies listed on the Main Board of The Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Mr. LI Wai Keung
Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr. Li has been appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company since 4 September 2009. Mr. Li has more than 46 years of experience in financial management.

Mr. Li graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic and holds a Master degree in Business Administration from the University of East Asia, Macau (currently known as the University of Macau). He is a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Li is currently a standing member of Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, the honorary president and director of Hong Kong Business Accountants Association, a member of China Overseas Friendship Association, the secretary of the Financial and Accounting Affairs Steering Committee of the Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association and Advisor of Management Accounting of the Ministry of Finance, PRC.

Mr. Li is an independent non-executive director of Shenzhen Investment Limited (“SZ Investment”), Hans Energy Company Limited (“Hans”), Centenary United Holdings Limited (“Centenary United”) and Midland IC&I Limited ("Midland IC&I"). SZ Investment, Hans, Centenary United and Midland IC&I are listed on the Main Board of The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (stock codes: 604, 554, 1959 and 459 respectively). Mr. Li was an executive director and chief financial officer of GDH Limited, an executive director of Guangdong Land Holdings Limited (stock code: 124) and a non-executive director of Guangdong Investment Limited (stock code: 270) until his resignation effective from 27 June 2019, 31 December 2019, 20 February 2020 and 28 March 2020 respectively. Mr. Li had worked for Henderson Land Development Company Limited (stock code: 12).

Mr. HUI Chiu Chung Stephen, JP
Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr. Hui has been appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company since 11 April 2011. Mr. Hui has over 52 years of experience in the securities and investment industry.

He served as a council member and vice chairman of The Hong Kong Stock Exchange, a member of the Advisory Committee of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, a director of the Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited, a member of the Listing Committee of the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, an appointed member of the Securities and Futures Appeal Tribunal, a member of the Standing Committee on Company Law Reform and an appointed member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants Investigation Panel A, a member of the Committee on Real Estate Investment Trusts of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission and a member of Government “Appointees” (independent member) of the Appeal Panel of the Travel Industry Council of Hong Kong throughout the years. Mr. Hui was appointed by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region a Justice of the Peace (JP) in 2004 and was also appointed as a member of the Zhuhai Municipal Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference from 2006 to 2017. He is a fellow member of The Hong Kong Institute of Directors and a senior fellow member of Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute.

Mr. Hui also serves as a non-executive director of Luk Fook Holdings (International) Limited (stock code: 590) and an independent non-executive director of Lifestyle International Holdings Limited (stock code: 1212), Gemdale Properties and Investment Corporation Limited (formerly known as Frasers Property (China) Limited) (stock code: 535), SINOPEC Engineering (Group) Co., Limited (stock code: 2386), Agile Group Holdings Limited (formerly known as Agile Property Holdings Limited) (stock code: 3383) andFSE Lifestyle Services Limited (formerly known as FSE Services Group Limited) (stock code: 331), of which the shares are listed on The Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Since 30 April 1998, Mr. Hui has been an independent non-executive director of Zhuhai Holdings Investment Group Limited (formerly under stock code: 908), the shares of which were delisted from The Hong Kong Stock Exchange on 18 June 2021.

Mr. Hui is at present an independent non-executive director of Lifestyle International Holdings Limited (former stock code: 1212) whose shares had also been delisted from The Hong Kong Stock Exchange on 20 December 2022.

Ms. ZEE Helen
Independent Non-Executive Director

Ms. Zee has been appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company. Ms. Zee has almost 20 years of experience in investment banking and corporate finance, and held various senior positions including Deputy Chief Executive and Managing Director in Haitong International Capital Limited from 2013 to 2019.

Ms. Zee has vast experiences in public services, she is currently a member of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Advisory Committee, University Grants Committee Chinese and Medicine Council of Hong Kong. She was a former member of the Listing Committee of the Main Board and GEM of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited from 2013 to 2019. In addition, Ms. Zee is an independent non-executive director of Henderson Sunlight Asset Management Limited (as the manager of Sunlight Real Estate Investment Trust (stock code: 435), a real estate investment trust listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited).

Ms. Zee holds a Bachelor of Science, Business Administration degree from University of California, Berkeley, and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Dr. LI Xu
Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr. Li has been appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company since 16 May 2023.

He obtained a Bachelor of Economics with a major in International Business Administration from the University of International Business and Economics in 1997. He obtained his Master’s degree in Finance from Boston College in 1998 and his Doctor of Philosophy (in Accounting) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2004.

Dr. Li joined the School of Business of The University of Hong Kong (“HKU”) as an Associate Professor in Accounting in July 2012 and he teaches accounting and finance related courses and conducts related research there since then. Currently Dr. Li also serves as the Programme Director of the Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) Programme offered by the School of Business, HKU. Before joining HKU, Dr. Li worked as an Assistant Professor in Lehigh University from August 2010 to June 2012 and The University of Texas at Dallas from July 2004 to August 2010, respectively. In 1999, he worked as an associate manager in Lucent Technologies, Inc., a strategic information technology consulting firm, where he was primarily responsible for conducting financial analysis. Dr. Li has obtained the Certified Financial Analyst (CFA) qualification from the Association for Investment Management and Research (now known as the CFA Institute) in October 2003. Dr. Li is currently an independent non-executive director of China Tianbao Group Development Company Limited (stock code: 1427), the shares of which are listed on the Main Board of The Hong Kong Stock Exchange, China Kangda Food Company Limited, the shares of which are primarily listed on the Main Board of The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (stock code: 834) and secondarily listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (stock code: P74) and Pizu Group Holdings Limited, the shares of which are listed on GEM of The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (stock code: 8035).

Mr. YU Mingming
Group's Vice President and General Manager of Qianlong Logistics

He is in charge of the Safety Management Division and is responsible for the overall operation and management of Qianlong Logistics Group Limited. Mr. Yu joined our Group in June 2017 as the General Manager of Qianlong Logistics Group Limited, and was appointed as the Group’s Vice President in June 2021.

Mr. Yu graduated from Shanghai Maritime University with a Bachelor degree in Logistics Management and subsequently graduated from the Economics and Management School of Wuhan University with an EMBA degree. Mr. Yu was qualified as a Senior Logistician by 湖北省人力資源和社會保障廳 (Hubei Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security*) in 2016. Mr. Yu has extensive experience in investment, operation and management of logistics parks.

Prior to joining the Group, Mr. Yu was the general manager of Guangzhou branch company of China Merchants Logistics Group Limited and an assistant to the general manager of China Merchants Logistics Group Limited (a subsidiary of China Merchants Group Limited which is a state-owned backbone enterprise directly administered by the central government of China with its headoffice based in Hong Kong).

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Mr. CHEN Weiguo
Group's Vice President

Mr. Chen is in charge of the Merchants Recruitment and Operation Division. He joined our Group as the General Manager of CSC Nanning in February 2018. In December 2018, he was appointed as the Business Management Division’s Executive Vice President, and was then appointed as the President of the Business Management Division and Group’s Vice President in April 2020 and September 2022, respectively.

Mr. Chen graduated from the Chemistry Department, Hanshan Normal University. Mr. Chen has extensive experience in merchants recruitment and management in the wholesale market.

Prior to joining the Group, Mr. Chen worked as the managing director of China Pearls and Jewellery International City Co., Ltd. (a subsidiary of Man Sang International Limited, a company listed on the Main Board of The Hong Kong Stock Exchange, stock code: 938). He also worked for Man Hing Industry Development (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.

Mr. XU Lei
Group's Vice President

Mr. Xu is in charge of the Development and Management Division. He joined our Group on 5 September 2022 as Assistant President, then served as the Group’s Vice President in March 2023. Mr. Xu has 16 years of experience in real estate development and management, and has extensive experience in design, construction and sales.

Mr. Xu graduated from Jilin Jianzhu University with a Bachelor degree.

Before joining the Group, Mr. Xu served as the chairman of the Northeast Region of CITIC Real Estate Co., Ltd. (“CITIC Real Estate”) and worked in CITIC Real Estate for 12 years.

Mr. ZHANG Wenhong
Group’s Vice President

Mr. Zhang is in charge of the Group's Offices. He joined the Group in September 2012 and has successively served as Assistant to the Chairman of the Group, Deputy Director of the Headquarters Office, General Manager of the Comprehensive Management Centre, Chairman and President of HOBA Home Furnishing, and Chairman of the China South City E-commerce Industry Alliance, and has been appointed as Group’s Vice President in August 2023.

Mr. Zhang graduated from China University of Political Science and Law with a Bachelor's degree in Law, and later obtained a Master's degree in Business Administration from Peking University. He is the sixth and seventh party representative of Longgang District, Shenzhen City, the vice president of the Shenzhen Chamber of Commerce, and a mediation expert of the Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration.

Before joining the Group, Mr. Zhang worked for BYD Co., Ltd. (a company listed on The Hong Kong Stock Exchange and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, stock codes 1211 and 002594 respectively) as the manager of the international legal department.

Mr. CHAN Hing Chau
Company Secretary

Mr. Chan was appointed as Company Secretary on 16 August 2021. He is in charge the daily affairs of the Board and offshore financing matters. He has more than 17 years of extensive experience in financial management, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, company secretarial matters, and establishing and maintaining investor relations.

Mr. Chan obtained his Bachelor’s degree of Arts in Accountancy and Master degree of Corporate Governance from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in November 2004 and September 2018 respectively. He was also qualified as a member of Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants in July 2008.

Prior to joining our Group, Mr. Chan was a general manger of finance department of Redco Holdings (Hong Kong) Co., Limited in March 2013, then served as a company secretary of Redco Properties Group Limited. (it is listed on the main board of The Hong Kong Stock Exchange with stock code: 1622) from October 2013 to July 2021. Mr. Chan had worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers from December 2004 to March 2013.