was appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company in July 2018. He is also a member of the Audit Committee and the Remuneration Committee of the Company. Mr. Li serves as an independent non-executive director of other listed companies on the main board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (“Hong Kong Stock Exchange”) namely, China Everbright Bank Company Limited (which is also listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange), Genertec Universal Medical Group Company Limited, Kimou Environmental Holding Limited and Million Cities Holdings Limited. He served respectively as the general manager of financial department, chief financial officer, vice president of China Merchants Group and chief executive officer of China Merchants Capital Investment Co., Ltd from 2000 to 2017. He also served as an executive director of other listed companies on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange namely, China Merchants Port Holdings Company Limited and China Merchants China Direct Investments Limited and as a non-executive director of China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. (which is also listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange) as well as an independent non-executive director of Lizhi Inc. which is a company listed on NASDAQ. Mr. Li also serves as the Hong Kong Deputy to the 13th National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China. Mr. Li graduated from Shaanxi Institute of Finance and Economics with a bachelor’s degree in economics. He was also awarded a master’s degree in economics from the PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University (formerly known as Graduate School of the People’s Bank of China) and a master’s degree in banking and finance for development from Finafrica Institute in Milan, Italy.