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Executive Directors

Mr. Tan Xin, who joined the group in July 2005, currently serves as Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the company. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Marketing from the Macau University of Science and Technology, and a master’s degree in Business Administration from University of East Anglia, the U.K. Mr. Tan is also a representative at the 11th and 12th national congresses of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, a representative at the 17th national congress of the Communist Youth League of China, a member of the 11th and 12th Standing Committees of Liaoning Federation of industry and Commerce, Vice President of Liaoning General Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Standing Committee of the 10th and 11th Liaoning Province Youth Federation, a member of the 12th and a member of the Standing Committee of the 13th Jinzhou Municipal Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, and President of Jinzhou Youth Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Tan was awarded the Liaoning “Excellent Entrepreneur”, the 4th Constructors’ Medal, the “May 1st” Labour Medal, the “Jinzhou Model Worker”, “Meritorious Entrepreneur“, “Outstanding Private Entrepreneurs” and “Top 10 New Industrial Enterprises” and “Top Ten Young Entrepreneurs” and “Jinzhou City Science and Technology Expert with Outstanding Contribution” and other honorary titles. Before taking the role of Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Tan Xin worked in other subsidiaries within the group and accumulated much experience from his prior positions. He is the son of Mr. Tan Wenhua, Executive Director and Chairman of the company.
Mr. Tan Wenhua, Executive Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors, is one of the founders of Jinzhou Plants established in 2001. Various honours were conferred on him, including Model for the Labour of the Building Materials Systems of the Nation, “May 1st” Labour Medal of Liaoning Province, Builders Merit Award of Liaoning Province, Outstanding Member of the Communist Party of China, Outstanding Entrepreneur of the Building Materials Industry of the Nation, Venture Entrepreneur of Liaoning Province and First Prize Entrepreneur of Jinzhou. He is also a visiting professor at Liaoning University of Technology and Vice President of Bohai University. Prior to the founding of Jinzhou Plants, he served as Chairman of Jinzhou Xinhua Quartz Glass (Group) Co., Ltd. and Director of Jinzhou 155 Factory, a state-owned factory engaging in quartz crucibles manufacturing. He was granted a special subsidy by the State Council in 2004 for his contribution in engineering technology. He is the father of Mr. Tan Xin, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the company.

Mr. Wang Junze, who joined the company on 1 January 2007, now serves as Executive Director of the company and Deputy General Manager of the company in China, responsible for accounting and finance of the group. He obtained a master’s degree in Business Administration from the State University of New Jersey (Rutgers). He is a certified public accountant in Maryland, the United States. Prior to joining the group, he served as Special Assistant to President & Deputy Spokesman of the Office of General Manager of WWX, and Spokesman and Chief Financial Officer of Panram International Corp., a company listed on the Gre Tai Securities Market in Taiwan.

Non-executive Directors

Mr. Hsu You Yuan, Non-executive Director of the company, joined the group on 6 February 2007 and was appointed Executive Director on the same date. He graduated with a master degree in Business Administration from the Chinese Culture University in 1980. Prior to joining the group, Mr. Hsu served as Managing Director of Wafer Works Corp. (WWX) from 1998 to 2003 and later appointed Vice-Chairman of WWX in 2003. WWX, a manufacturer of silicon wafers for the semiconductor industry, was listed on the Gre Tai Securities Market in Taiwan in 2002. He was Managing Director of Silicon Technology Investment (Cayman) Corp. and Chief Executive Officer of Solar Technology Investment (Cayman) Corp., responsible for overseeing, amongst others, WWX’s investment in the solar energy industry. He became Director of Jinzhou Youhua in March 2006 and was subsequently appointed as Chairman of the Board of Directors in September 2006. Previously, Mr. Hsu served as Deputy General Manager of Mosel Vitelic Inc., a company listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange and as Director and Executive Vice-President of Mosel Vitelic (Hong Kong) Limited, a subsidiary of Mosel Vitelic Inc. Mr. Hsu also made contributions to non-commercial sectors in the past. He served as Researcher, Deputy Director, and Director of the Business Department of the Executive Yuan Development Fund (now known as National Development Fund, Executive Yuan) of Taiwan. He was also a lecturer of Statistics and Managerial Mathematics for the Business Administration Department at the Chinese Culture University.

Independent Non-executive Directors

Dr. Wong Wing Kuen, Albert was appointed Independent Non-executive Director on 12 January 2008. Dr. Wong is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, the Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries, the Taxation Institute of Hong Kong, Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments, the UK, Association of International Accountants, Society of Registered Financial Planners, Hong Kong, and the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland (now known as CPA Ireland), the UK, as well as a member of Hong Kong Securities Institute, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Macau Society of Certified Practising Accountants and an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland, the UK. Dr. Wong had been Director and Chief Executive Officer of Minghua Group International Holdings Limited, a listed public company in the United States, until 30 September 2004. He had also been Independent Non-executive Director of Rare Earths Global Limited, a company listed on the AIM, London Stock Exchange, since March 2012, and retired as Independent Non-executive Director on 2 May 2014 because of the cancellation of admission on AIM of the Ordinary Shares of Rare Earths Global Limited. According to the filings made available to public through the EDGAR database in U.S., for the quarterly period ended 30 September 2005, Minghua Group International Holdings Limited was “a small business issuer” and “a development stage company”. Dr. Wong served as Chief Consultant of KND & Co. CPA Limited, which was deregistered on 31 December 2017. Since 1 January 2018, Dr. Wong has served as Principal Consultant of KND Associates CPA Limited. He has been Independent Non-executive Director of APAC Resources Limited, a company listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Exchanges, since July 2004, and was appointed as Independent Non-executive Director of China Merchants Land Limited, a company listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Exchanges, in June 2012. He became Independent Non-executive Director of China VAST Industrial Urban Development Company Limited, a company listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Exchanges, in August 2014, Independent Non-executive Director of China Wan Tong Yuan (Holdings) Limited, a company listed on the GEM Board of the Hong Kong Exchanges, in September 2017, and Independent Non-executive Director of Capital Finance Holdings Limited, a company listed on the GEM Board of the Hong Kong Exchanges, in January 2018.

Ms. Chung Wai Hang holds a bachelor’s degree in Social Science from Lingnan University and a master’s degree in Science in International Real Estate with distinction from Royal Agricultural University, the UK. She has about 30 years of working experience in private enterprises and listed companies in Hong Kong, and has led one of Hong Kong companies with manufacturing plants in the Chinese mainland to carry out business development and general management. With professional knowledge in real estate development and corporate governance, she gained practical experience in domestic and overseas investment, asset and portfolio management and valuation in the past 10 years. She is a life member of the Hong Kong Independent Non-Executive Director Association.

Ms. Tan Ying has more than 30 years of experience in the legal and academic industry in the People’s Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’). She worked as a full-time lawyer at Jinzhou City Huaying Law Firm* (錦州市華英律師事務所) from September 1990 to February 1996, and subsequently as a part-time lawyer at Liaoning Qiuming Law Firm* (遼寧秋銘律師事務所). Since March 1996, she has been serving as a professor in Bohai University Law School (渤海大學法學院) in the PRC. She is also a part-time legal advisor and arbitrator to certain governmental bodies (including Jinzhou Municipal People’s Government (錦州市人民政府)) in the PRC. Ms. Tan obtained a bachelor’s degree in Law from China University of Political Science and Law (中國政法大學) in 1994, and further obtained a master’s degree in Economics from Nankai University (南開大學) in the PRC in 1999. She holds the Teachers’ Qualification Certificate of the PRC* (中華人民共和國教師資格證), the Legal Professional Qualification Certificate of the PRC* (中華人民共和國法律職業資格證書) and the Legal Practicing Qualification Certificate of the PRC* (中華人民共和國律師執業資格證). From 11 February 2018 to 30 October 2019, Ms. Tan served as Independent Non-executive Director of Bank of Jinzhou Co., Ltd.* (錦州銀行股份有限公司) (stock code: 0416), a company listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange.

Senior Management: Mr. YEUNG Chi Tat, Mr. ZHANG Hai, Ms. LIU Bo, Mr. WANG Lixin, Mr. ZHANG Yubo, Mr. MA Yuan, Mr. GU Xiaodong, Mr. CAO Hongbin, Mr. SATO Masanobu

Mr. Yeung Chi Tat (楊志達), is Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of the company. Mr. Yeung graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and obtained a master’s degree in Professional Accounting with distinction from Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. He had worked at a major international accounting firm for over 10 years and then worked for various companies listed in Hong Kong as Vice-president, Chief Financial Officer, Financial Controller and/or Company Secretary. He possesses extensive experience in auditing, accounting, business management, corporate restructuring and corporate finance.
Mr. Zhang Hai (張海), General Manager of the Module Business Department of the group. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Information Technology and Business Management at Northeastern University, a master’s degree in Energy Management from Tulane University. He is a PhD candidate in Business Administration at the Belhaven University and is an electrical engineer. In 2010, Mr. Zhang was employed by Huachang Photovoltaic Technology Co., Ltd (華昌光伏科技有限公司) as head of the Quality Assurance Department. He served as head of the group’s Quality Control Department in 2012 and Director of the group’s Quality Management Department in February 2014. In August 2014, he became General Manager of the Module Business Department. Since January 2018, he has been serving as Vice General Manager and General Manager of R&D Quality Assurance Centre of the group. He was appointed as General Manager of the Module Business Department in February 2021. He is currently Vice Chairman of China Photovoltaic Industry Association, a member of Technical Standards Committee of China Photovoltaic Industry Association, Executive Director of China Electronic Materials Industry Association and Vice Chairman of the Semiconductor Materials Branch. As one of the inventors of 16 patents, he was awarded the “May 1st” Labor Medal of Jinzhou City, a third prize of Liaoning Province Science and Technology Progress Award and a first prize of Jinzhou Science and Technology Progress Award.
Ms. Liu Bo (劉波), aged 49, joined the group in 2005 and now serves as General Manager of Jianhu Production Base of the Module Business Department of the group. She graduated from Dongbei University of Finance and Economics in 1996. Ms. Liu became team leader of Wafer Slicing from 2006. Since 2008, she has been serving as Director of the Production and Equipment Department. In January 2013, she was appointed Vice General Manager of the Module Business Department, and she has served as General Manager of Jianhu Production Base of the Module Business Department since May 2019.

Mr. Wang Lixin (王立新), General Manager of Jinzhou Production Base of the Module Business Department of the group. He graduated from the Party School of Liaoning Province in 2000. Prior to joining the group, Mr. Wang served as Chief Engineer of Jinzhou Thermal Power Corporation (錦州熱電總公司) from April 1990 to May 2008. He joined the group as head of the Cell Business Department and the Equipment Department in 2008, and has been the plant head of the Cell Business Department since 2012 and General Manager of the Cell Business Department since 2014. He has also served as General Manager of the Module Business Department since January 2018 and General Manager of Jinzhou Production Base of the group’s Module Business Department since December 2020.

Mr. Ma Yuan (馬園), General Manager of the group’s Marketing Operation Centre, joined the group in 2008 and served in Shanghai Marketing Centre. He graduated from Dalian Jiaotong University in 2008. Mr. Ma was Vice Supervisor of Shanghai Marketing Centre in 2013. Later, he became head of the Domestic Marketing Department in 2015 and Director in 2017. In 2020, he was appointed as General Manager of the group’s Marketing Operation Centre. He has won various provincial and municipal honorary titles many times, such as “Jinzhou Model Worker” and “Jinzhou Top Ten Industrial Sales Champions”. The marketing team led by him won the “Jinzhou May Fourth Youth Medal” (collective) in 2019.
Mr. Gu Xiaodong (顧曉東), General Manager of the group’s Liaoning Boxinke Semiconductor Materials Co., Ltd., joined the group in 2018. He graduated from Tongji University in 2003 with a bachelor’s degree in Materials Science and Engineering. He became a technician of the Monocrystalline Silicon Division of Shanghai Shenhe Thermo-Magnetics Electronics Co., Ltd. in 2003 and Section Chief in 2005. In 2006, he served as Deputy General Manager of Production in Inner Mongolia Minaji Photovoltaic Materials Co., Ltd. (內蒙古晟納吉光伏材料有限公司).
Mr. Cao Hongbin (曹紅彬), aged 57, joined the group in January 2021 and now serves as General Manager of the group’s Jiangsu Xinyangguang Zhiding Technology Co., Ltd. Majoring in Enterprise Management, he graduated from Jiangsu Agricultural Reclamation Workers’ College (江蘇省農墾職工大學) in 1989 and obtained the title of Senior Economist. Mr. Cao became General Manager of Jinzhou Xinyangguang Photovoltaic Application Co., Ltd. in January 2021. Since March of the same year, he has served as General Manager of Jiangsu Xinyangguang Zhiding Technology Co., Ltd.
Mr. Sato Masanobu (佐藤正延) is Quality Director of the Solar Cell Business Department and Technology and Quality Director of the Module Business Department of the group. Prior to joining the group, he worked in Sharp Corporation from 1988, with 18 years of experience in the semiconductor field. For 10 years from 2006, he had served as Quality Manager of the Department of Photovoltaic Systems in Sharp Corporation. Since 2016, he has served as Quality Director of the Cell Business Department and Technology and Quality Director of the Module Business Department of the group.