Yuan Zhijun

Mr. Yuan Zhijun is the Chairman of the Board and the Nomination Committee, he was appointed as Executive Director on 4 November 2016. Mr. Yuan graduated from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China with a master's degree in business administration in 2003 and is a professor-level senior engineer. Mr. Yuan holds directorships of a number of subsidiaries and member companies of the Group. He is currently a director and the chief executive of their principal subsidiary, Liuzhou Wuling Motors Industrial Company Limited (“Wuling Industrial”), a joint-venture enterprise owned by the Company and Guangxi Automobile Holdings Limited (“Guangxi Automobile”)— the ultimate holding company of the Company. Mr. Yuan is also currently the Vice Chairman of the board of directors and chief executive of Guangxi Automobile. He is also a director of Wuling (Hong Kong) Holdings Limited and Wuling Motors (Hong Kong) Company Limited, respectively, the immediate holding company and the intermediate holding company of the Company. Since his joining the group of Guangxi Automobile in 1987, Mr. Yuan has held various positions within the group of Guangxi Automobile and has over 30 years of extensive experience in the production, product design and development, human resources, and corporate management of the automobile industry. Mr. Yuan has also served in a number of senior positions of SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile Co. Limited (“SGMW”) since February 2003. He is currently a director of SGMW, which is a joint venture formed among Shanghai Automobile Industry (Group) Company Limited, GM (China) Investment Company Limited, and Guangxi Automobile and is currently a major customer of the Group’s businesses in engines and automotive components.