was appointed as an independent non-executive Director of the Company in October 2024. Mr. LI served respectively as (i) the general manager of financial department, chief financial officer and vice president of China Merchants Group Limited (招商局集團有限公司), (ii) a chief executive officer of China Merchants Capital Investment Co., Ltd. (招商局資本投資有限責任公司), (iii) a director of China Merchants Port Holdings Company Limited (招商局港口控股有限公司) (formerly known as China Merchants Holdings (International) Company Limited (招商局國際有限公司)) (a company listed on the Stock Exchange (stock code: 144)), (iv) a director of China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. (招商銀行股份有限公司) (a company listed on the Stock Exchange (stock code: 3968) and the Shanghai Stock Exchange (stock code: 600036)), and (v) a director of China Merchants China Direct Investments Limited (招商局中國基金有限公司) (a company listed on the Stock Exchange (stock code: 133)) from March 2000 to December 2017. Concurrently, Mr. LI also served as directors of a number of other listed companies, including an independent non-executive director of Sound Group Inc. (a company listed on NASDAQ (ticker: SOGP) (formerly known as Lizhi Inc.) from January 2020 to June 2021, an independent non-executive director of Kimou Environmental Holding Limited (金茂源環保控股有限公司) (a company listed on the Stock Exchange (stock code: 6805)) from June 2019 to December 2022, and an independent non-executive director of China AgriProducts Exchange Limited (中國農產品交易有限公司) (a company listed on the Stock Exchange (stock code: 149)) from April 2024 to August 2024. Mr. LI has currently served as directors of a number of listed companies, including: (i) an independent non-executive director of Genertec Universal Medical Group Company Limited (通用環球醫療集團有限公司) (formerly known as Universal Medical Financial and Technical Advisory Services Company Limited (環球醫療金融與技術諮詢服務有限公司)) (a company listed on the Stock Exchange (stock code: 2666)) since June 2015, (ii) an independent non-executive director of Million Cities Holdings Limited (萬城控股有限公司) (a company listed on the Stock Exchange (stock code: 2892)) since June 2018, (iii) an independent non-executive director of Hong Kong Shanghai Alliance Holdings Limited (滬港聯合控股有限公司) (a company listed on the Stock Exchange (stock code: 1001)) since July 2018, (iv) an independent non-executive director of China Everbright Bank Company Limited (中國光大銀行股份有限公司) (a company listed on the Stock Exchange (stock code: 6818) and the Shanghai Stock Exchange (stock code: 601818)) since June 2020, and (v) an independent non-executive director of Mainland Headwear Holdings Limited (飛達帽業控股有限公司) (a company listed on the Stock Exchange (stock code: 1100)) since September 2023. Throughout the significant years of directorship in certain Hong Kong listed companies, Mr. LI has gained relevant experience in, including but not limited to, (i) the review and preparation of comparable and/or audited financial statements of Hong Kong listed companies; (ii) the review of internal control systems; and (iii) the analysis of financial statements and information of Hong Kong listed companies. Moreover, Mr. LI has also obtained vast experience in collaborating and dealing with internal and external auditors regarding the supervision of internal financial controls and the auditing of financial statements. Mr. LI holds a master's degree in economics from Research Institute of Finance of the People's Bank of China (中國人民銀行金融研究所) in the PRC and a master's degree in banking and finance for development from Finafrica Institute in Italy. Mr. LI was qualified as a senior economist of the PRC.