Diversity of Board Members

To strengthen corporate governance and promote the sound development of the composition and structure of the board of directors, the company's board of directors passed a revised "Code of Corporate Governance Practice" on April 30, 2020. The revised code stipulates that the composition of the company's board of directors should consider diversity. In addition to limiting directors to no more than one-third of the board seats to concurrently serving as company managers, the board should formulate an appropriate diversification strategy based on its own operations, business model, and development needs. This should include, but is not limited to, the following two aspects:

1. "Basic conditions and values: gender, age, nationality, and culture, etc."
2. "Professional knowledge and skills: professional background (such as law, accounting, finance, marketing or technology), professional skills and industry experience" are the two main aspects.

The specific management objectives of the Company's board member diversity policy and the achievement status in fiscal year 2014 are summarized below:

1. Our company emphasizes the independence and diversity of our board members. Regarding independence, we aim for at least three independent directors, representing no less than one-fifth (inclusive) of the board seats. As of 2023, we had four independent directors, accounting for four-sevenths of the board seats. Furthermore, we aim for directors who also serve as company employees to not exceed one-third (inclusive) of the board seats; currently, only one director holds this position. In summary, both independence objectives have been achieved.
2. Regarding basic qualifications and value, the company aims to have at least one-third of the board seats held by each gender. Currently, there is one female director among the seven board members (including independent directors).
3. In terms of professional knowledge and skills, the company aims for its board members to possess multiple expertise, including finance or accounting, law, business management, and industry knowledge. Currently, the board of directors is composed of all the necessary professional qualifications.

The Company's Ninth Board of Directors currently comprises seven members, including three general directors and four independent directors. Of the three general directors, one is an individual director and the other two are corporate directors, all of whom possess professional experience and skills related to company operations. Of the four independent directors, Zhou Huizheng and Zhu Shumei both have accounting and finance backgrounds, Chen Qizhen and Zhang Yongfu possess the professional academic backgrounds required for company operations, and Xu Libing has a legal background. In addition, one director is an employee of the Company (representing 14%), and one female director (including the representative of a corporate director) represents 14% of the board. Regarding the distribution of directors' terms of service, there are four directors (including independent directors) with terms of service of less than three years, and three directors (including independent directors) with terms of service of four to nine years. Regarding the distribution of directors' ages, as of the end of 2015, there is one director (including independent director) aged 41 to 50, five directors (including independent directors) aged 51 and above, and one director (including independent director) aged 61 and above.

The implementation status of the diversification of the company's board of directors in fiscal year 2014 is shown in the table below: