Chi Guohua

Mr. Chi Guohua (池國華), aged 45, was appointed as an independent non-executive director of the Company on 22 November 2012. He is a certified public accountant (non-practicing member) in the PRC. From March 2000 to October 2017, Mr. Chi was a teaching assistant, lecturer, associate professor and professor of the School of Accounting of Dongbei University of Finance and Economics (東北財經大學). He has been appointed as the doctoral supervisor of Financial Management Department by Dongbei University of Finance and Economics since 1 January 2013. Mr. Chi has been the associate dean of the Audit Science Graduate School of Nanjing Audit University since November 2017 and the dean of the School of Internal Audit of Nanjing Audit University and China Institute of Internal Audit since November 2018. Furthermore, Mr. Chi has also been serving as an independent director of Zhejiang XinNong Chemical Co., Ltd. (浙江新農化工股份有限公司) since May 2016 and an external director of Jiangsu Huilong Assets Management Co., Ltd. (江蘇省惠隆資產管理有限公司) since September 2017. From April 2012 to March 2017, he was an independent director of Dalian Tianbao Green Foods Co., Ltd. (大連天寶綠色食品股份有限公司), a company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. From February 2005 to February 2006, Mr. Chi was the head of the strategic investment department of Shenyang Machine Tool (Group) Co., Ltd. (瀋陽機床(集團)有限公司); and from March 2006 to March 2007, he was the financial adviser of Shenyang Machine Tool (Group) Co., Ltd. (瀋陽機床(集團)有限公司). Since February 2017, he has been a consultant in the Committee on Internal Control Standards for the Ministry of Finance of the PRC (中國財政部內部控制標準委員會). Mr. Chi currently also holds positions in certain academic and professional organisations, including serving as a member of the Internal Control Committee of Accounting Society of China (中國會計學會內部控制專業委員會) since 2014 and a councillor of the Audit Education Branch of China Audit Society (中國審計學會審計教育分會) since March 2018. Mr. Chi was awarded the leading accounting representative of the Ministry of Finance of the PRC (中國財政部全國會計學術領軍人才) in November 2014. Mr. Chi obtained a post doctorate degree in business administration from the Xiamen University (廈門大學) in January 2008 and a doctorate degree in management (accounting studies) from Dongbei University of Finance and Economics in April 2005.